Arts & Entertainment
WXPN's XPoNential Fest Kicks Off Next Weekend
Tickets are still available to see more than 30 acts, including national and local groups, right in Camden, New Jersey next weekend.
PHILADELPHIA – Get ready Philly, the WXPN 2017 XPoNential Music Festival is all set for next weekend and you can still get tickets to see 34 national, regional, and local acts take the stage at BB&T Pavilion and Wiggins Park in Camden, New Jersey.
The festival's main performances kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, July 28 when Wilco, Conor Oberst, and local act Hop Along will perform sets at BB&T.
On Saturday, July 29, gates open at 6 p.m. ahead of Amos Lee and Friends, Spoon, The Suffers, and Chicano Batman performing at the Pavilion as well.
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Acts performing at Wiggins Park Friday through Sunday are:
- Drive-By Truckers;
- Offa Rex (The Decemberists and Olivia Chaney)
- Philly artist Cliff Hillis
- Mt. Airy's Strand Of Oaks;
- Dave Hause of Roxborough;
- Angel Olsen;
- Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires;
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band;
- Joseph;
- Xenia Rubinos;
- Adia Victoria;
- Dave Bromberg Quintet;
- Arkells;
- Pinegrove;
- Brownout;
- Hurry;
- Swift Technique;
- Rhiannon Giddens;
- Foxygen;
- The Dove and The Wolf;
- The Record Company;
- Hurray For the Riff Raff;
- Davy Knowles;
- The Dream Syndicate;
- Sweet Spirit;
- No Good Sister;
- Hardwork Movement
You can see the festival's complete schedule (times and locations subject to change) online here. You can also get a taste of what music genres the acts will be performing with the Spotify playlist below:
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There will also be a special Children's Garden courtesy of the Please Touch Museum at the Camden Children's Garden. Learn more about the Children's Garden and what your kids can enjoy here.
Various ticket packages are available, including three-day passes for both BB&T and Wiggins Park ("go everywhere" passes), single-day BB&T tickets, single-day Wiggins Park tickets, and single-day "go everywhere" passes.
You can shop ticket and pass options online here.
Check out a brief preview video of the 2017 festival below:
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