Mary J. Blige has announced that her Strength of a Woman Festival & Summit has added Lauryn Hill, Summer Walker, Lucky Daye, Muni Long, and more to its 2023 lineup. The event will hit Atlanta’s State Farm Arena from May 11-14. Presale tickets are available today with the code, “SOAW23.” General on-sale tickets will go live on March 10 at 10:00 AM, ET. Blige made the announcement in a press release as well as a post on Instagram celebrating International Women’s Day.
The festival will kick off with a live music event from Grammy Award winner Robert Glasper. A #HipHop50 celebration hosted by Kenny Burns will come following that. On Saturday, Lauryn Hill, Summer Walker, Lucky Daye, Muni Long, and more will perform for R&B Night. The festival will later wrap up with Comedy Night Show at Tabernacle on Sunday.
Mary J. Blige Performing On Stage
“I’m so excited to bring our Strength of a Woman Festival & Summit back to Atlanta for its second year,” Blige said in a statement, according to Variety. “Having the opportunity to continue to uplift, inspire, and build amongst a community of women is the reason why we created this festival. I’m so grateful for all of the support from our performers and participants and of course Live Nation Urban, Pepsi and our additional partners who are committed to celebrating and creating community for Black women.”
Nicole Jackson, VP of MJB Inc., further added: “The popularity and impact of the inaugural Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit successfully showed how and why Black women are the blueprint for cultural relevancy and inclusion. Being able to look back and see the global reach the festival had through our live stream and billions of media impressions is confirmation that we are filling a void in the festival space. Mary, Ashaunna and myself are overjoyed to be back in Atlanta again and look forward to continued expansion in our programming and partnerships.”
Blige’s Announcement On IG
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