The Roots have unveiled the lineup for their Roots Picnic 2023 festival, featuring Diddy, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Lil Uzi Vert, and many more noteworthy artists. Hill will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of her iconic album, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. Diddy will be backed by The Roots themselves for his performance. There will also be a comedy performance by Dave Chappelle alongside The Roots. A press release for the event describes that set as “a seismic, first-ever comedy set of this magnitude.”
Moving further down the lineup, Ari Lennox, City Girls, Maverick City, Lucky Daye, Syd, GloRilla, DJ Drama, Uncle Waffles, Saucy Santana, DVSN, and more will be taking the stage. There will also be a State Property reunion featuring Freeway, Beanie Siegel, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk, Oschino & Sparks. Outside of music, Roots Picnic will also feature a podcast stage, welcoming Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Akademiks, Talib Kweli, and more.
Roots Picnic 2023 Lineup
Roots Picnic 2023 will be held at The Mann in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4, 2023. Presale tickets will go on sale on February 21 at 12:00 PM, ET, followed by general on-sale on Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM, ET. Merchandise in support of the festival is available for pre-order now. The Roots Picnic 2023 Tee costs $50. Check out the full lineup for the event below.
FULL LINEUP:
Diddy w/ The Roots
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Lil Uzi Vert
Dave Chappelle w/ The Roots
Soulquarians Set featuring Roy Ayers & The Isley Bros
Black Thought Live Mixtape featuring Busta Rhymes & Eve
Ari Lennox
Lucky Daye
City Girls
Maverick City
Syd
Glorilla
DJ Drama
Uncle Waffles
Saucy Santana
DVSN
Kindred The Family Soul
Spinall
State Property Reunion (Freeway, Beanie Siegel, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk, Oschino & Sparks)
Little Brother
Yussef Dayes Experience
Adam Blackstone w/ Coco Jones & Mary Mary
Baller Alert Presents Go Go: Backyard Band vs Rare Essence
Symba
Fridayy
Mike Phillips
Rocky
Dappa
Akin Inaj & Inutech
PODCAST STAGE:
Charlamagne Tha God
Off The Record with DJ Akademiks
Don’t Call Me White Girl
Lip Service with Angela Yee
Questlove Supreme
People’s Party with Talib Kweli
Pour Minds
Trap Nerds
The Office XIV
Love + Grit
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