Hip-hop luminaries The Roots and Reside Nation City reveal the small print for the 2023 installment of “Roots Picnic.” Famend for its full musical and cultural immersion, the two-day pageant might be again at The Mann in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4, 2023.
This yr, a particular stand-up comedy efficiency from Dave Chappelle and The Roots at Wells Fargo Heart on Friday, June 2 will kick off the weekend. A fan membership presale launches tomorrow, February 21 at 12PM ET, and common on-sale follows on Wednesday, February 22 at 10AM ET.
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This yr marks a really particular first because the legendary Diddy will headline the pageant with The Roots delivering a set highlighted by many years of his definitive hits. Moreover, Ms. Lauryn Hill will co-headline and carry out the whole lot of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – a uncommon occasion– to rejoice the twenty fifth anniversary of the seminal album’s launch.
Award-winning American comic, screenwriter, tv and movie producer, and actor Dave Chappelle will make his “Roots Picnic” debut performing with The Roots on what guarantees to be a seismic, first-ever comedy set of this magnitude. The spectacular line-up additionally hosts an enormous celebration of Philadelphia expertise together with a headline set from Lil Uzi Vert, the return of Eve throughout Black Thought’s Reside Mixtape set, DJ Drama, Kindred the Household Soul, a State Property Reunion, and extra. Try the complete confirmed lineup under.
Providing an inimitable expertise, “Roots Picnic” additionally invitations crowds to benefit from the fan-favorite Podcast Stage which might be headlined by stay podcasts from Charlamagne Tha God and Off The File with DJ Akademiks along with Don’t Name Me White Lady, Lip Service with Angela Yee, Folks’s Celebration with Talib Kweli, and naturally, Questlove Supreme. The concourse additionally boasts numerous activations and engagements, starting from movie to social justice.
“Roots Picnic” has continued to be one of many summer time’s most extremely anticipated festivals and a celebration of Philadelphia’s strong music scene. Over time, it’s been named certainly one of UPROXX’s “Finest Festivals For Hip-Hop Followers Of Any Technology” and lauded as “a significant staple throughout the Black group.” Billboard included the Roots Picnic of their High 50 Music Festivals round-up, and maybe BET put it greatest, “the two-day occasion proves why hip hop is such a regenerative drive of nature.”
Since launching in 2007, The Roots Picnic has stood on the crossroads of music and tradition, entertaining, partaking, and enlightening thousands and thousands of followers alongside the best way. Its dynamic lineups have included everybody from The Weeknd, Pharrell, Snoop Dogg, Phantogram, Usher, Nas, A$AP Rocky, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Future to Vampire Weekend, The Conflict on Medication, Gary Clark, Jr., Solange, Diplo, Gnarls Barkley, and extra. “Roots Picnic” isn’t only a cornerstone of the group’s profession, however a cornerstone of the tradition.
“ROOTS PICNIC” 2023 LINEUP:
Diddy w/ The Roots
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Lil Uzi Vert
Dave Chappelle w/ The Roots
Soulquarians Set that includes Roy Ayers & The Isley Bros
Black Thought Reside Mixtape that includes Busta Rhymes & Eve
Ari Lennox
Fortunate Daye
Metropolis Women
Maverick Metropolis
Syd
Glorilla
DJ Drama
Uncle Waffles
Saucy Santana
DVSN
Kindred The Household Soul
Spinall
State Property Reunion (Freeway, Beanie Siegel, Younger Gunz, Peedi Crakk, Oschino & Sparks)
Little Brother
Yussef Dayes Expertise
Adam Blackstone w/ Coco Jones & Mary Mary
Baller Alert Presents Go Go: Yard Band vs Uncommon Essence
Symba
Fridayy
Mike Phillips
Rocky
Dappa
Akin Inaj & Inutech
PODCAST STAGE:
Charlamagne Tha God
Off The File with DJ Akademiks
Don’t Name Me White Lady
Lip Service with Angela Yee
Questlove Supreme
Folks’s Celebration with Talib Kweli
Pour Minds
Entice Nerds
The Workplace XIV
Love + Grit