A veteran performer, Ruby headlined shows all around the Washington, DC metropolitan area prior to relocating to the West Coast. She was a Headliner in the San Diego 2004 Adams Avenue Street Fair Festival, the largest free festival in Southern California. She has opened shows for international artists such as, James Cotton (former harp player for Muddy Waters) Vernon Garrett, Ray, Goodman, & Brown, the late Little Milton, The Four Tops and Cab Calloway III.