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How Much Are Dreamville Fest 2024 Tickets?

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Only two weeks have passed since Dreamville Festival announced its 2024 dates, but it’s never too early to start planning. While the festival’s headliners haven’t been announced yet, the bulk of the lineup is pretty easy to predict, and fans of J. Cole and his labelmates like Ari Lennox, Bas, Earthgang, and JID are undoubtedly already looking forward to finding who’ll be joining them at next year’s show.

Of course, planning to attend means budgeting the trip ahead of time — which means knowing how much tickets cost. Presale tickets go on sale tomorrow (November 7) with the public sale beginning Friday (11/10) at 10 am, so it’s probably worth knowing what the impact on wallets could be.

How Much Are Dreamville Fest 2024 Tickets?

Judging from the prices of this year’s tickets, fans should expect to pay at least $249 for general admission tickets. Meanwhile, GA + packages this year started at $499, junior varsity VIP packages started at $749, varsity VIP packages started at $999, and most valuable player VIP packages started at $1,499. Unless there’s a drastic leap from last year, it’s probably fair to assume next year’s prices will be similar (we’ll update this post when we know for sure).

One thing’s for certain, though: It’s bound to be worth the price of admission as J. Cole has proven a masterful curator. Look no further than Dreamville Fest 2023, when headliner Drake brought out a plethora of special guests and performers like Burna Boy, Summer Walker impressed.

Dreamville Festival 2024 will take place on April 6 and 7. Get more info here.

How To Buy Dreamville Fest 2024 Tickets

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Dreamville Festival couldn’t possibly fit its heavy-hitting performers on one marquee for its 2023 staging in early April. J. Cole, Drake, Usher, and Burna Boy shared headlining duties, while Drake welcomed 21 Savage, GloRilla, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Wayne during his set. That’s before mentioning Dreamville staples like Ari Lennox, Bas, and JID.

All of which is to say, who knows what Dreamville bosses J. Cole and Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad have in store for the 2024 Dreamville Festival, but we at least know when and where it will return to Raleigh, North Carolina: April 6 and 7, 2024.

According to a press release, “An early-bird ticket sale for the general public” is scheduled for Friday, November 10, but the 2024 pre-sale begins on Tuesday, November 7, at 10 a.m. EST “for fans who are newsletter subscribers.” Dreamville additionally posted instructions to Instagram this morning (November 6), writing, “Text DREAMVILLE to 68624 and be the first to get your presale password. Public on sale starts Friday at 10am ET at Dreamvillefest.com 🌻 Disclaimer: fees are included in this year’s ticket pricing, so you’ll be able to see the full amount up front! (before taxes, if applicable)”

If you visit the official Dreamville Festival website, you’re immediately prompted to sign up for festival updates. Ticketing information is also provided, including details about two general admission packages, three VIP packages — JV, Varsity, and MVP — and hotel options. Chase cardholders “will have early access to GA, GA+, and all VIP-tiered tickets” beginning on Wednesday, November 8, at 10 a.m. EST.

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Dreamville Festival Returns: J. Cole and Team Announce Dates for 2024

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Dreamville Festival, the brainchild of Grammy-winning rapper J. Cole and his acclaimed Dreamville team, is set to triumphantly return to Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday, April 6, and Sunday, April 7, 2024. After an immensely successful previous edition, which saw a record-breaking 100,000 attendees worldwide, Dreamville Festival is poised to make its mark again as the world’s largest artist-led music festival.

“Dreamville Fest 2023 was a major cultural moment for the spring festival season. We had amazing performances from some of the biggest artists of my generation, and we plan to bring that same energy in 2024! Lineup coming soon,” said Dreamville Festival President Adam Roy. 

For fans eager to secure their spot, an early-bird ticket sale will commence in the coming days. Subscribers to the festival’s e-newsletter and SMS updates will receive priority access by signing up at www.DreamvilleFest.com.

Dorothea Dix Park, Raleigh’s expansive public park, will host the festival. Spanning over 300 acres, the park boasts picturesque landscapes, skyline views, and a variety of family-friendly attractions, including carnival rides and immersive art installations. Attendees can look forward to a diverse array of local vendors, food trucks, and community organizations from the Wake County region.

Emphasizing community, diversity, and inclusivity, the festival is not just a music event but an annual reunion for Dreamville fans worldwide. The festival is also committed to making a significant economic and cultural impact on North Carolina, contributing to the state’s growth and culture.

Dreamville Festival’s return promises a weekend of music, art, and unity, a testament to J. Cole’s vision and the enduring power of Dreamville.

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Dreamville Announced The Official 2024 Dates For Its Annual Festival

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Dreamville Festival will return in 2024, as J. Cole and Dreamville announced the dates for next year’s event, along with sharing some presale information.

The festival is returning to Raleigh, North Carolina on April 6 and 7, 2024. More info will presumably be shared as the date gets closer.

Dreamville Festival is entering its fourth year after officially launching in 2019, when it was rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence. Mother Nature’s beef with J. Cole carried over into 2020, nixing the second edition, which was pushed back into 2022 to allow more time to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dreamville’s 2022 comeback festival was headlined by Lil Baby, with performances from Kehlani, DJ Drama accompanied by Lil Wayne, Jeezy, and T.I., Blxst, Ja Rule and Ashanti, Moneybagg Yo, Larry June, Wizkid, Wale, and T-Pain. Meanwhile, this year’s festival saw J. Cole and Drake play a tandem headlining set, with Usher headlining the first day, and Lil Durk, City Girls, Sean Paul, Jessie Reyez, Key Glock, Summer Walker, GloRilla, Waka Flocka Flame, Mario, Ayra Starr, Baby Tate, and Burna Boy all performing throughout the weekend in addition to the Dreamville roster.

Drake and J. Cole’s set kicked off an impressive run of 2023 live guest appearances from J. Cole, who popped up at shows with Drake tour stop in Montreal, 50 Cent’s Final Lap Tour, and 6lack’s Since I Have A Lover Tour stop in LA.

Drake Posts Up With J. Cole & The OVO Crew In New Dreamville Photo Dump

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It’s been nearly a week since the Dreamville Festival kicked off but Drake’s still looking back fondly at the memories. The Scorpion star shared the stage with J. Cole for a co-headlining slot on Sunday night, bringing out a slew of guests on stage. GloRilla, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, and Lil Wayne graced the stage before Cole joined the Canadian rapper on stage for a final bow. Drake and J. Cole came through with a legendary performance that will undoubtedly be remembered for years to come.

Throughout the week, Drake shared some of his favorite memories from the festival on Instagram. Shortly after the festival, he dropped a gang of pictures from his set with his special guests and J. Cole. Today, he gave fans a bit of insight into the behind-the-scenes of the fest. His latest photo dump includes shots of him and J. Cole after they hit the stage, the OVO clique at Dave & Buster’s, and more. According to the Raleigh News Observer, Drake actually rented out the arcade in Raleigh to celebrate the evening.

Drake’s Dreamville Performance Sets The Tone For Summer ‘23

Following a spree of releases through the pandemic, including Certified Lover Boy, Honestly, Nevermind and Her Loss with 21 Savage, the rapper is finally getting ready to hit the road for the first time in years. In the past few months, he’s returned to the stage for a pair of shows at the Apollo Theater, performed at festivals in Latin America, and is currently ramping up for his upcoming tour with 21 Savage – his first North American run since his co-headlining venture with Migos in 2018.

The upcoming It’s All A Blur tour will kick off at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center on June 16th before closing out in Glendale, AZ on September 5th. The upcoming tour will also hit up major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and more for multiple shows. Given that he’s dropped three albums (four if you include Dark Lane Demo Tapes) since his last tour, we could imagine that his setlist will include plenty of new material. Check out Drake’s latest photo dump above. 

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Summer Walker Announces Date For Upcoming EP & Third Baby Daddy Hunt

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Summer Walker announced she will release her project Clear 2: Soft Life EP in May while performing at the 2023 Dreamville Festival on April 2. The new EP, according to Walker will be an auto-tune-free project. While performing at the 2023 Dreamville Festival, the Grammy-nominated artist Summer Walker announced that she would release her new project […]

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City Girls Make Headlines With Awkward Dreamville Festival Interview: Video

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JT and Yung Miami, best known to the world as the City Girls, have come a long way since their humble beginnings in 2017. In 2023 so far, they’ve already performed at Rolling Loud California (where they previewed an upcoming release called “Piñata”), as well as this past weekend’s Dreamville Festival. Not only did the girls join Usher on stage during his headlining set to rap “Good Love,” but they also showed out during a performance of their own, which heard them revisit plenty of fan favourites from their discography.

During the show, the City Girls wore matching brown leather looks, complete with sultry thigh-high boots and flashy silver chains. For her glam, Caresha wore her long black hair in waves down to her booty. JT’s short, chocolate brown locks were in soft, shoulder-length curls. Following the concert, the partners in rhyme sat down for an interview, though the cameras caught Lil Uzi Vert’s girlfriend in a world of her own as the media personalities asked them questions.

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“Who are your favourites right now?” the host asked the “Act Up” artists, leading to an undeniably hilarious moment of silence from everyone. “Whoever wants to go first,” she later added as the tension continued to build. “I think it’s cool, I love to see everybody thriving!” Yung Miami said. “I feel like everybody deserves a chance, so to see everyone trying to feed their family and do what they love, it’s an amazing thing.” As for who she has her eye on that’s on the come up right now, the City Girl said Lola Brooke and Ice Spice.

During their time at Rolling Loud, the rap duo went through a similar encounter with another media personality, Tamera Kissen, who was accused of acting “unprofessionally” while speaking with her subjects at the California festival. In defence of her unusual behaviour on camera, the 28-year-old wrote on Twitter, “I STILL GOT PAID.” Keep scrolling for more photos and videos from the City Girls’ weekend at Dreamville Festival, and check back later for more pop culture news updates.

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21 Savage Shares Pics From Dreamville Festival After Surprise Appearance

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21 Savage shared a series of photos from his time at Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina on Instagram, Monday morning. The rapper was brought out at the event by his Her Loss collaborator, Drake. The Toronto rapper was co-headlining the event alongside the host, J. Cole. On stage, he performed “Knife Talk” and “Rich Flex.”

“Dreamville was different,” 21 Savage captioned the series of photos. Among them were a pair of pictures of himself backstage with his kids. There were also two photos of himself on stage during the performance with Drake. The two will be hitting the road together, later this year, in support of their aforementioned collaborative album, Her Loss. They’ll be stopping in Houston, Dallas, Miami, Detroit, Montreal, Brooklyn, and many more cities beginning in June.

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ATLANTA, GA – OCTOBER 19: 21 Savage and Drake Onstage During Wicked (Spelhouse Homecoming Concert) Featuring 21 Savage at Forbes Arena at Morehouse College on October 19, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)

After Drake came on stage, he got the crowd to sing Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” to J. Cole, who was grateful in response. “J. Cole, if you can’t tell, Raleigh North Carolina and myself we love you, brother, Drake said. In response, Cole remarked, “This man right here, bro, I was such a fan, and I feel like I am speaking for all of us when I say this, bro… We are fucking wowed, amazed, blown away by your greatness, bro. It gives me chills to see you do this shit at the highest level, non-stop and constantly serve us and bless us with the fucking soundtrack to our lives. I am blown away by your greatness. Y’all make some fucking noise for Drizzy Drake!”

In addition to 21 Savage, Drake brought several other familiar faces to perform. Among them were both GloRilla, who performed her breakthrough track “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” and Lil Uzi Vert, who performed “XO Tour Llif3” and “Just Wanna Rock.” Drake also welcomed his longtime collaborator Lil Wayne to the stage. He performed “Uproar” and “A Milli.”

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Summer Walker Announces New Project ‘Clear 2: Soft Life EP’ At Dreamville Festival

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During her stellar performance at 2023’s Dreamville Festival, the empress of modern-day R&B, Summer Walker (LVRN/Interscope Records), announced that her forthcoming effort CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP will drop May 19th. CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFEEP is the sequel to Summer’s 2019 release, CLEAR, which served as a four-track offering and a prelude to her magnum opus and platinum effort, Over It. Fans can pre-order the project exclusively from her website at www.summerwalkermusic.com 

In 2022, Summer revamped her 2018 masterpiece Last Day of Summer with Last Day of Summer (Sped Up). The newer version arrived after the TikTok success of “Karma,” which saw spikes in streams after fans sped up the older rendition at the start of 2022. TikTok influencer @whereisreese created the viral dance and helped propel the song into new success, including her No. 9 entry on urban radio, which continues to climb. 

Other Summer songs which have found similar success after being sped up on TikTok and YouTube include “Shame,” “Deep,” and her Billboard smash hit “Girls Need Love (Remix)” featuring Drake. The latter began catching traction when Kehlani expressed her joy in the sped-up version, dubbing it her “new favorite sound.” Last Day of Summer is officially the first sped-up album to be released by a major recording artist and is a result of the singer listening to her devoted fanbase, who found pleasure in revisiting her classic but in a newer way. Last Day of Summer was the precursor to Summer’s electric 2019 debut album Over It, which spawned acclaim and fanfare throughout the music industry. 

She also continues to rack up more RIAA wins and certifications, including “I’ll Kill You (2X Platinum),” “CPR (Platinum),” “Just Might (Platinum),” “Karma (Platinum),” “Just Might (Platinum),” “Tonight (Platinum),” “Constant Bullshit (Gold),” “Insane (“Gold”), “My Affection” featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR (Gold),” “Off Of You, (Gold”), “Toxic” featuring Lil Durk (Gold)” and “Unloyal” featuring Ari Lennox (Gold).”  

Summer Walker’s CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP is now available for pre order exclusively at www.summerwalkermusic.com.

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J. Cole Was Left Speechless After Summer Walker Beat Him At An Arcade Basketball Game

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J. Cole hosted Dreamville Festival for yet another year at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina this weekend. The Dreamville boss reasserted his rap dominance as the co-headliner with Drake on Sunday, April 2, but his Cole’s otherwise pristine reputation as a hooper took a hit.

Summer Walker was not intimidated by Cole nor his presumed home-court advantage.

“[Cry-laughing emoji] ran it up at the Dave & Buster’s,” Walker captioned an Instagram reel. In it, Walker is coolly running up the score on the Pop-A-Shot. Cole stands beside her in amazement, putting his hands on his head and staring at her in disbelief.

An A&R consultant who was on hand confirmed that Walker actually beat Cole at the game.

Walker used her Sunday set at Dreamville Fest to confirm she’ll be dropping an EP, Clear 2: Soft Life, next month.

“Just wanted to let you guys know that I have an EP dropping May 19,” Walker said before finishing her set with “Insane,” a track from 2021’s Still Over It. “Go to my website if you wanna pre-order it. It’s a lil somethin’, somethin’. Clear. Y’all ready for some new music?”

Dreamville Festival also boasted Usher as the headliner on Saturday, April 1. Lil Durk, Ari Lennox, City Girls, Sean Paul, EarthGang, Jessie Reyez, Key Glock, Sir, Lute, Omen, Marqus Clae, Victony, JID, GloRilla, Bas, Waka Flocka Flame, Mario, Ayra Starr, Baby Tate, Cozz, Jordan Ward, Reuben Vincent, and Burna Boy rounded out the heavy-hitting lineup.

Clear 2: Soft Life is out 05/19 via LVRN/Interscope Records. Find more information here.

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