Festival No. 0002102 · Est. 2009
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Saturday
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Voices from the field
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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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Anderson Paak was born in Oxnard, United States, on 8 February 1986. Plays alternative hip hop, alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, hip hop, r&b, soul. -
Blood Orange was born in Ilford, United Kingdom, on 23 December 1985. Plays baroque pop, country, folk, funk, indie pop, post-hardcore, singer-songwriter, soul.
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DMX was born in Mount Vernon, United States, on 18 December 1970, and died on 9 April 2021, aged 50. Plays conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop.
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Future was born on 20 November 1983. Plays hip hop, southern hip hop, trap.
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Ibeyi formed in 2012. Plays contemporary r&b, downtempo, electronic, experimental, leftfield, soul.
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Jidenna was born in Wisconsin Rapids, United States, on 4 May 1985. Plays hip hop, pop, r&b.
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Kaytranada was born in Port-au-Prince, Canada, on 25 August 1992. Plays afro house, alternative r&b, bass house, bassline, club, contemporary r&b, dance, deep house.
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Kehlani was born in Oakland, United States, on 24 April 1995. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, hip hop, neo soul, pop, r&b.
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Leon Bridges was born in Atlanta, United States, on 13 July 1989. Plays contemporary r&b, neo soul, r&b, regional mexicano, smooth soul, soul.
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Lil Dicky was born on 15 March 1988. Plays comedy, comedy hip hop, hip hop, pop rap, trap.
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Lil Uzi Vert was born in Francisville, United States, on 31 July 1995. Plays cloud rap, east coast hip hop, emo rap, hip hop, pop rap, rage, trap.
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Metro Boomin was born in St. Louis, United States, on 16 September 1993. Plays hip hop, trap.
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Migos formed in Lawrenceville, United States, in 2008, and split up on 25 June 2023, after 15 years. Plays hip hop, southern hip hop, trap.
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Rich Medina was born in New Jersey, United States. Plays hip hop.
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Swizz Beatz was born in South Bronx, United States, on 13 September 1978. Plays hip hop.
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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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Usher was born in Dallas, United States, on 14 October 1978. Plays club, contemporary r&b, crunk, dance-pop, hip hop, pop, pop rap, r&b.
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Willow Smith was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 31 October 2000. Plays punk rock.