Get ready to kick off the 2023 summer in a musical blast of fun at The Roots Picnic! Award-winning hip hop group, The Roots and Live Nation Urban will bring their two day festival back to Fairmount Park's Mann Center on June 3rd and 4th. And don't miss out on Friday night entertainment – Dave Chappelle is set for an exclusive stand up comedy performance with The Roots at Wells Fargo Centre! Join presale tomorrow February 21st at 12PM ET, or get your tickets Wednesday 22nd 10AM EST before they sell out.
Music royalty, comedic genius, and a celebration of Philadelphia's talent – this year’s Roots Picnic is set to be one for the ages! GRAMMY Award-winning legend Diddy will headline alongside Ms. Lauryn Hill performing her seminal album The Miseduction of Lauryn Hill in its entirety – an event 25 years in the making! Dave Chappelle makes his “Roots Picnic” debut with The Roots as they offer up their first ever comedy performance together; additionally Lil Uzi Vert headlines while Eve returns during Black Thought's Live Mixtape Set, DJ Drama, Kindred the Family Soul, a State Property Reunion and many others!
Enjoy fan-favorite podcast performances from heavyweights in the entertainment world, and discover inspiring social justice activations as you explore the concourse. Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Akademiks, Angela Yee's Lip Service Podcast , Talib Kweli’s People’s Party, and Questlove Supreme will be headlining a star-studded lineup of live shows.
“Roots Picnic” has continued to be one of the summer’s most highly anticipated festivals and a celebration of Philadelphia’s robust music scene. Over the years, it’s been named one of UPROXX’s “Best Festivals For Hip-Hop Fans Of Any Generation” and lauded as “a major staple within the Black community.” Billboard included the Roots Picnic in their Top 50 Music Festivals round-up, and perhaps BET put it best, “the two-day event proves why hip hop is such a regenerative force of nature.”
Since launching in 2007, The Roots Picnic has stood at the crossroads of music and culture, entertaining, engaging, and enlightening millions of fans along the way. Its dynamic lineups have included everyone from The Weeknd, Pharrell, Snoop Dogg, Phantogram, Usher, Nas, A$AP Rocky, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Future to Vampire Weekend, The War on Drugs, Gary Clark, Jr., Solange, Diplo, Gnarls Barkley, and more. “Roots Picnic” isn’t just a cornerstone of the group’s career, but a cornerstone of the culture.
FULL LINEUP:
Diddy w/ The Roots
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Lil Uzi Vert
Dave Chappelle w/ The Roots
Soulquarians Set featuring Roy Ayers & The Isley Bros
Black Thought Live Mixtape featuring Busta Rhymes & Eve
Ari Lennox
Lucky Daye
City Girls
Maverick City
Syd
Glorilla
DJ Drama
Uncle Waffles
Saucy Santana
DVSN
Kindred The Family Soul
Spinall
State Property Reunion (Freeway, Beanie Siegel, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk, Oschino & Sparks)
Little Brother
Yussef Dayes Experience
Adam Blackstone w/ Coco Jones & Mary Mary
Baller Alert Presents Go Go: Backyard Band vs Rare Essence
Symba
Fridayy
Mike Phillips
Rocky
Dappa
Akin Inaj & Inutech
PODCAST STAGE:
Charlamagne Tha God
Off The Record with DJ Akademiks
Don’t Call Me White Girl
Lip Service with Angela Yee
Questlove Supreme
People’s Party with Talib Kweli
Pour Minds
Trap Nerds
The Office XIV
Love + Grit
**Lineup subject to change
