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2019 Roots Picnic Lineup, Venue Change Announced

The Roots Picnic will be held at the Mann Center and feature headliners such as 21 Savage and two-time Grammy award winner H.E.R.

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The Roots are moving their annual Roots Picnic to the Mann Center for the 12th installment of the music festival.
The Roots are moving their annual Roots Picnic to the Mann Center for the 12th installment of the music festival. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Philadelphia — The Roots, Philadelphia's legendary hip-hop band, have announced the lineup for the 2019 Roots Picnic, in addition to a major location change.

The line up was released Tuesday, March 12 along with the big news that the music festival will now be held at The Mann Center rather than Festival Pier.

Celebrating its 12th-year anniversary, Roots Picnic is expanding to a larger location at the Mann in Fairmount Park for the June 1 event.

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 & there it is: the official 2019 @RootsPicnic rollout!!! w The Roots performing the entire #ThingsFallApart lp/H.E.R./21 Savage/Lil Baby/Davido/Queen Naija/City Girls/Tank & The Bangas/Blueface/Ari Lennox/Tobe Nwigwe/Moonchild/Leven Kali/Resistance Revival Chrous/Asiahn/&More DJs The Originals (DJ Clark Kent, Dj Tony Touch, DJ Stretch Armstrong, DJ D-Nice, DJ Rich Medina); DJ Aktive & DJ R-Tistic Podcast Stage: The Joe Budden Podcast, The Read & Questlove Supreme Black Thought Mixtape w DJ J Period & Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) & Raphael Saadiq vs The Soulquarians At The Mann in Fairmount Park! june 1st 2019!!! Live Nation Pre-Sale starts Thursday, March 14 Password: MASHUP Go to rootspicnic.com to get your tickets Produced/Directed by: @nikkiborges Written by: @itscecifernandez Graphics by: @_janes.addiction_ Sound recording by: @amydepaolafilms AOL voice: @iamnatemiller Thank you @chethinks!
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The festival grounds will include three stages of music, gaming, art, and dialogue.

The lineup is extensive, and feature plenty of up-and-coming acts ranging from hip hop to indie rock, as well as live podcast recordings.

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Notable acts include 21 Savage, H.E.R. (who won the Best R&B Performance and for Best R&B Album Grammy awards this year), Lil Baby, and Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, who will be performing with The Roots' own Black Thought for the Black Thought Live Mixtape.

Check it out in full below:

Music

  • H.E.R.
  • 21 Savage
  • Lil Baby
  • Raphael Saadiq (Soulquarian vs. Raphael Saadiq Jam)
  • Davido
  • Queen Naija
  • Black Thought Live Mixtape featuring Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def)
  • Blueface
  • Tank & The Bangas
  • Ari Lennox
  • City Girls
  • Tobe Nwigwe
  • Moonchild
  • The Originals – DJ Clark Kent, D-Nice, Stretch Armstrong, Rich Medina and Tony Touch
  • Resistance Revival Chorus
  • Leven Kali
  • Asiahn
  • &More
  • DJ Aktive
  • DJ R-tistic

Podcasts

  • The Joe Budden Podcast
  • The Read Podcast
  • Questlove Supreme Podcast

Tickets go on sale March 15 and start at $69.50. Ticket prices go all the way up to $350 a piece for the VIP treatment.

According to the Roots Picnic website, ticket prices increase as the festival grows nearer so those interested may want to purchase early.

Get more information about The Roots Picnic online here.

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