Festival No. 0002102 · Est. 2009
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Saturday
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Voices from the field
Reviews
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Four questions, one answer each
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Nobody has said what this weekend was like
14+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what Roots Picnic 2011 was actually like to be at.
Every edition since 2009
Roots Picnic editions
Somewhere in Philadelphia
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Festival Pier at Penn's Landing
- Address
- Columbus Blvd & Spring Garden St 19123
- City
- Philadelphia, US
- Capacity
- 6,500
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Festival Pier at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti formed in Los Angeles, United States. Plays chillwave, experimental, hypnagogic pop, lo-fi, new wave, post-punk, psychedelic pop, zolo. -
Black Thought was born in Philadelphia, United States, on 3 October 1971. Plays conscious hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop.
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, rock, stomp and holler.
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J.Period was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 12 February 1975. Plays hip hop.
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Little Dragon formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1996. Plays downtempo, electronic, electropop, indietronica, synth-pop.
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Mac Miller was born in Pittsburgh, United States, on 19 January 1992, and died on 7 September 2018, aged 26. Plays abstract hip hop, hip hop.
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Man Man formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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Nas was born in Brooklyn, United States, on 14 September 1973. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, deep soul, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, hip hop soul, jazz rap.
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The Dismemberment Plan formed in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1993, and split up in 2015, after 22 years. Plays indie rock, math rock, post-hardcore, post-punk revival, rock.
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The Roots formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 1987. Plays alternative hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz, jazz rap, progressive soul, rock, soul.
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Wiz Khalifa was born in Minot, United States, on 8 September 1987. Plays east coast hip hop, hip hop, pop rap.
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YelaWolf was born on 30 December 1979. Plays hip hop.