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Meek Mill, Lenny Kravitz, More Tapped For Roots Picnic 2025

The Roots Picnic this year will be held May 31 and June 1 at The Mann in Fairmount Park and feature numerous performers. See details here.

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In this July 4, 2014 file photo, Black Thought, foreground left, and Questlove, right, of The Roots perform at the Philly Forth of July Jam in Philadelphia.
In this July 4, 2014 file photo, Black Thought, foreground left, and Questlove, right, of The Roots perform at the Philly Forth of July Jam in Philadelphia. (Mark Stehle/Invision/AP)

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia's own legendary The Roots are back again for their beloved festival, Roots Picnic.

This year's festival will take place May 31 and June 1 at The Mann in Fairmount Park.

Presale tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday and will be available through 10 p.m. Thursday. General on-sale begins at 10 a.m. on Friday.

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All tickets, including weekend passes and VIP packages, will be available online here.

The 2025 Roots Picnic will feature a slew of artists, including Lenny Kravitz, Meek Mill, GloRilla, Maxwell, Tems, Latto, Kaytranada, Jeezy, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Musiq Soulchild, Kur, Elmiene, Jagged Edge, Backyard Band featuring CeeLo Green, Crystal Waters, Lay Banks, and Laila!.

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In addition to performances each day, Roots Picnic will keep the party going all weekend with a newly-established day party lineup. Attendees can catch their favorite DJs and dance into the night with the likes of Trap Karaoke, Chill Vibes featuring DJ Active, Doo-Wop …That R&B Party, Dear Summer Festival, Kirk Franklin’s Sunday School w/ DJ Mal-Ski, Philly Black Pride, and more.

Below is the full performance line up:

  • Maxwell with The Roots
  • Lenny Kravitz
  • Meek Mill
  • GloRilla
  • Miguel
  • Tems
  • Latto
  • Kaytranada
  • Jeezy celebrating the 20th anniversary of his album "Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101"
  • J.Period Live Mixtape Featuring Black Thought, 2 Chainz, and Pusha T
  • Musiq Soulchild celebrating the 25th anniversary of his album Aijuswanaseing
  • The Roots celebrating the 30th anniversary of their album "Do You Want More?!!!??!"
  • Adam Blackstone featuring Jagged Edge
  • Baller Alert Presents Backyard Band featuring CeeLo Green
  • Rich Medina’s Black House Set featuring Crystal Waters and Cece Peniston
  • Kur
  • Elmiene
  • Lay Banks
  • Jermaine Dolly
  • Laila!
  • Funk Flex
  • Diamond Kuts
  • DJ Aktive
  • Peyton
  • Leeyuh Neptune

Roots Picnic Day Party lineup

  • Trap Karaoke
  • DJ Aktive Presents Chill Vibes featuring Raheem Devaughn
  • Doo-Wop …That R&B Party
  • Girls Love Karaoke
  • Dear Summer Festival
  • Kirk Franklin’s Sunday School w/ DJ Mal-Ski
  • The Remedy feat Rich Medina & Cosmo Baker
  • Snacktime
  • All You Can Sing
  • Philly Black Pride
  • Interna$hional Bounce
  • All Spice World Dance
  • World Series of Spades

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