The Roots and Live Nation Urban proudly announce the 2025 installment of Roots Picnic. The two-day festival returns to its longtime home of The Mann in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, May 31 & Sunday, June 1, 2025. All tickets, including weekend passes and VIP packages, will be available HERE.
Boasting another dynamic lineup uniting generational voices with some of the hottest influential rising acts, multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning R&B titan D’Angelo will headline the landmark festival alongside The Roots, marking the Black Messiah musician’s return to Roots Picnic. Meanwhile, 4x GRAMMY Award-winning artist and all around multi-hyphenate icon Lenny Kravitz will take the stage to perform hits across his decades-spanning oeuvre as well as his latest studio album Blue Electric Light. Philadelphia legend Meek Mill will also make his first appearance on the Roots Picnic stage.
Roots Picnic will also welcome Memphis raptress GloRilla, fresh off the success of her album Glorious. Known as a spirited hub of boundless collaboration and unfettered creativity, the festival will bring together more icons from across the globe including Tems, Latto, Kaytranada, Jeezy, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Musiq Soulchild, Kur, Elmiene, Jagged Edge, Backyard Band featuring CeeLo Green, Crystal Waters, Lay Banks, and Laila!. More Roots Picnic performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
In addition to high-octane performances each day, Roots Picnic will keep the party going all weekend with a newly-established day party lineup. Attendees can catch their favorite DJs and dance into the night with the likes of Trap Karaoke, Chill Vibes featuring DJ Active, Doo-Wop …That R&B Party, Dear Summer Festival, Kirk Franklin’s Sunday School w/ DJ Mal-Ski, Philly Black Pride, and more.
Line Up: D’Angelo with The Roots, Lenny Kravitz, Meek Mill, GloRilla, Miguel, Tems, Latto, Kaytranada, Jeezy celebrating the 20th anniversary of his album Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, J.Period Live Mixtape Featuring Black Thought, 2 Chainz, and Pusha T, Musiq Soulchild celebrating the 25th anniversary of his album Aijuswanaseing, The Roots celebrating the 30th anniversary of their album Do You Want More?!!!??!, Adam Blackstone featuring Jagged Edge, Baller Alert Presents Backyard Band featuring CeeLo Green, Rich Medina’s Black House Set featuring Crystal Waters and Cece Peniston, Kur, Elmiene, Lay Banks, Jermaine Dolly, Laila!, Funk Flex, Diamond Kuts, DJ Aktive, Peyton, Leeyuh Neptune, and more to be confirmed.
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