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The 2020 Roots Picnic is going down at the end of May, and the headliners are Meek Mill, DaBaby and Summer Walker.
Today (Feb. 11), Live Nation Urban & The Roots announced that the thirteenth annual “Roots Picnic” will be Saturday, May 30, 2020 in Philadelphia. For the second year in a row, the festival will be held at the Mann at Fairmount Park.
This year the festival grounds will boast 3 stages of “music, gaming, art and dialogue.”
Besides the aforementioned, other confirmed acts include Snoh Aalegra, Burna Boy, Thundercat and more. The Roots will be curating a set that celebrates R&B Music with a “heavy emphasis on collaboration and creativity,” titled The Roots Present SOUL, that is set to feature special guests like Brandy, SWV and Musiq Soulchild.
Black Thought and J Period’s annual “Live Mixtape” returns and is set to feature Buffalo hard body rappers Griselda (Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine & Benny The Butcher) as well as Wu-Tang Clan’s RAGU—Ghostface and Raekwon. Also on deac are a curation set to feature Meshell Ndegeocello: Reimagining Prince and This Thing Called Life and a live podcast experience that will include episodes of the Around the Way Curls Podcast, The Read and Questlove Supreme. Elliott Wilson will also be hosting a new CRWN episode.
For ticket info and more details, HEAD HERE. And if you’re a Citi cardmember you have access to purchase presale tickets starting today, Tuesday, February 11 until Thursday, February 13 at 10pm local time via www.citientertinament.com
Check out the full lineup below.
