Arts & Entertainment

Roots Picnic 2024 Featuring Lil Wayne, André 3000, Jill Scott, More

Nas, Method Man and Redman, Victoria Monét, Gunna, Babyface, and more will be performing at this year's Roots Picnic in Philadelphia.

This Feb. 13, 2016 file photo shows the band The Roots at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Lionel Richie in Los Angeles.
This Feb. 13, 2016 file photo shows the band The Roots at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Lionel Richie in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia's own legendary hip hop band The Roots are yet again gathering a slate of performers for their annual music and arts festival in Philadelphia.

The 2024 Roots Picnic will be held Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2 at The Mann in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.

This year's festival will feature Lil Wayne performing with The Roots as the headlining act.

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Also joining the festival are André 3000, Nas, Jill Scott, Method Man and Redman, Victoria Monét, Gunna, Babyface, and more.

A full lineup is below.

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The Roots Picnic alumni presale goes live at 10 a.m. Tuesday, while general on-sale begins at 10 a.m. Friday. Weekend tickets and VIP packages will be available online here.

This year's event will also feature the Parkside Stage — formerly the Podcast Stage — which will host a range of curated experiential media along with live podcasts and DJ driven immersive experiences ranging from Million Dollaz Worth of Game, R&B Only & U+ME+RNB to Tonight’s Conversation, Juan Epstein Podcast, World Series of Spades and They Have the Range. The concourse will be populated by various immersive activities to be announced soon.

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.

Roots Picnic 2024 lineup:

  • Lil Wayne & The Roots Celebrate New Orleans (feat. Special guests PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty)
  • Jill Scott
  • André 3000
  • Nas
  • Gunna
  • Victoria Monét
  • Sexyy Red
  • Babyface
  • Robert Glasper & Yebba
  • J.Period Live Mixtape featuring Black Thought, Method Man, and Redman
  • Adam Blackstone’s Legacy Experience featuring Fantasia and Muni Long
  • Smino
  • Cam’ron
  • Wale
  • Tyla
  • Marsha Ambrosius
  • Baller Alert Presents Backyard Band featuring Scarface & Amerie
  • October London
  • Leon Thomas
  • Tasha Cobbs Leonard
  • Funk Flex
  • Q
  • Leon Thomas
  • Blk Odyssy
  • OT7 Quanny
  • Kenya Vaun
  • N3wyrkla
  • Julian King
  • Rec Philly Presents Chioke
  • DJ Diamond Kuts
  • DJ Aktive
  • DJ Doc B
  • DJ RL

Parkside Stage

  • R&B Only
  • U+ME+RNB
  • They Have the Range
  • Million Dollaz Worth of Game
  • Tonight’s Conversation
  • Juan Epstein Podcast
  • World Series of Spades

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