americana, bluegrass, blues, contemporary, country, electronic, folk, funk, hard rock, metal, hip hop, indie, jam band, jazz, pop, R&B, reggae, rock
Location(s)
Festival Pier at Penn's Landing
Years active
2008–present
Founded by
The Roots
Website
rootspicnic.com
The Roots Picnic is an annual music festival created and hosted by hip hop group, The Roots. Co-founder, Shawn Gee, and manager of The Roots serves as executive producer of the festival.[1] The festival is held in Philadelphia, their hometown at the Mann at Fairmount Park. The first festival was held on June 7, 2008.
The festival is a one-day event but for one year it was expanded for two-days in 2012. It was expanded again in 2022. Another festival was held outside of Philadelphia in 2016.
^"This year's Roots Picnic will cater to the music connoisseur". AXS. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
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