The Roots Picnic 2025 lineup brings some excitement! Why?
The festival has become one of the most anticipated music events 2025 because of its exciting announcements and features. D’Angelo returns to the stage after nine years to headline with The Roots while celebrating Voodoo‘s 25th anniversary.
At the festival, Meek Mill will make his festival debut, Lenny Kravitz will perform his “Blue Electric Light” tracks, and D’Angelo will perform his first full live show in nine years.
The Roots will perform their “Do You Want More?!!!??!” album alongside Musiq Soulchild, who marks his 25th anniversary with Aijuswanaseing. The festival will feature musical performances by GloRilla and Miguel, Tems and beautiful Latto, and hip-hop legends Jeezy, Pusha T and 2 Chainz.
The 2025 Roots Picnic seems to create an unforgettable weekend by blending established performers with emerging talent and cultural events.
The Roots Picnic 2025 sounds like a celebration of the hip-hop culture to me. So, if you are into hip-hop and R&B music, I assume you will not miss this festival edition. Yet, if you are not so much of a hip-hop hooray, the festival welcomes you as well.
Participation Lineup for 2025 Roots Picnic
Headliners
- D’Angelo with The Roots
- Meek Mill
- Lenny Kravitz
- Glorilla
- Miguel
- Tems
- Latto
- Kaytranada
- Jeezy
Special Performances
- J. Period Live Mixtape featuring Black Thought, Pusha T, 2 Chainz
- Musiq Soulchild
Celebrating 25 years of Aijuswanaseing - The Roots
Celebrating 30 years of Do You Want More? - Baller Alert: Go-Go with Backyard Band featuring CeeLo Green
- Rich Medina: Black House Set featuring Crystal Waters & CeCe Peniston
Other Artists
- Kur
- Elmiee
- Laila!
- Trap Karaoke
- Lay Bankz
- Funk Flex
- Diamond Kuts
- Dear Summer Festival
- Jermaine Dolly
- Doo-Wop: All R&B Soul Music
- Girls Love Karaoke
- Aktive Presents Chill Vibes featuring Raheem DeVaughn
- Snacktime
- The Remedy featuring Rich Medina & Cosmo Baker
- Peyton
- Leeyuh Neptune
- All You Can Sing
- Philly Black Pride with Jacen Bowman
- International Bounce
- All Spice World Dance with Sibby Liv, Nailah Blackman
- World Series of Spades
- Kirk Franklin’s Sunday School with DJ Mal-Ski
When Is The Roots Picnic 2025?
The Roots Picnic 2025 will occur on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, 2025.
The Roots founded this annual music festival, which first appeared on June 7, 2008, at Festival Pier Penn’s Landing. The festival began as a one-day event on June 7, 2008, at Festival Pier Penn’s Landing before expanding to a two-day event in 2012 and further growing in 2022. The Roots Picnic presented virtual events during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 before it resumed its traditional in-person format.
Where Is The Roots Picnic 2025?
The Roots Picnic 2025 will occur at The Mann Center in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA.
The Roots Picnic Tickets
GA experience starts at $255, GA+ begins at $400, Silver VIP starts at $799, and Gold VIP starts at $1.299. Choose a pass according to your needs, get on your hoodie, and be ready for hip-hop hooray!
Of course, if you want to see the details about the difference between the types of passes, and if want to buy a ticket, I recommend you visit the festival’s official website.
Similar Festivals
- Essence Festival (New Orleans, LA) – The Essence honours the Black culture by invoking musical performances of R&B music and hip-hop music with empowerment seminars and community engagement initiatives. It’s really more like a festival of culture than a music festival. The Roots Picnic shares its mission of uplifting Black voices with this event.
- Broccoli City Festival (Washington, D.C.) – Like the Roots Picnic, Broccoli City Festival celebrates Black culture and features a mix of top-tier hip-hop and R&B artists alongside emerging talent.
- Afropunk Festival (Brooklyn, NY) – Afropunk follows the Roots Picnic’s lead by presenting Black music that includes hip-hop, R&B and alternative genres.
- One Musicfest (Atlanta, GA) – The festival unites hip-hop with R&B and soul music while creating an environment that welcomes everyone. I recognize that The Roots Picnic shares its format with this event by bringing together famous artists with new talent and building a community spirit among festival-goers.
