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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Nobody has said what this weekend was like
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Every edition since 2009
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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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2 Chainz was born in College Park, United States, on 10 September 1976. Plays dirty south, electronica, future bass, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, house, r&b. -
6LACK was born in Baltimore, United States, on 24 June 1992. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, hip hop, hip hop soul, pop soul, trap soul.
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BadBadNotGood formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2010. Plays hip hop, instrumental hip hop, jazz.
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Brandy was born in Mccomb, United States, on 11 February 1979. Plays contemporary r&b, deep soul, hip hop, hip hop soul, neo soul, pop, pop soul, r&b.
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Bri Steves was born in Philadelphia, United States. Plays east coast hip hop, hip hop.
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Dave Chappelle was born in Washington, D.C., United States, on 24 August 1973. Plays comedy, standup comedy.
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Dirty Projectors formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2002. Plays avant-garde, post-rock.
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DJ Drama was born in Philadelphia, United States, on 22 April 1978. Plays hip hop, r&b.
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dvsn formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2015. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b.
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Fabolous was born in Brooklyn, United States, on 18 November 1977. Plays east coast hip hop, hip hop, pop rap.
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GoldLink was born in Washington, D.C., United States, on 17 May 1993. Plays hip hop, leftfield.
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Jadakiss was born in Yonkers, United States, on 27 May 1975. Plays east coast hip hop, hip hop.
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Jay Critch was born in 1997. Plays trap.
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Jojo Abot plays afrobeat, electronic, folk, jazz, reggae, soul.
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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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Rapsody was born in Wilson, United States, on 21 January 1983. Plays hip hop.
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Rich the Kid was born on 13 July 1992. Plays hip hop, southern hip hop, trap.
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Sun Ra Arkestra formed in Chicago, United States, in 1952. Plays avant-garde jazz, free improvisation, free jazz, jazz, jazz fusion, post-bop.
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The Diplomats formed in 2002. Plays east coast hip hop, gangsta rap, hip hop.
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Tierra Whack was born in Philadelphia, United States, on 11 August 1995. Plays hip hop.