Roots Picnic
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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.
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Genre | 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 |
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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.