The Roots Picnic has stuffed in the remainder of its 2026 lineup, including Erykah Badu as a second headliner alongside a deeper slate of R&B and hip-hop names.
As beforehand reported, Jay-Z will high the Could 30 invoice at Belmont Plateau with the Roots serving as his backing band — a years-in-the-making reunion that had already been introduced earlier this week. Click on right here for tickets.
The newly revealed particulars put Badu within the closing slot on Could 31, giving the long-running Philadelphia competition a becoming counterbalance: one in every of hip-hop’s most elusive stay performers adopted by the enduring “Queen of Neo-Soul,” whose ties to the town date again to her earliest recordings.
Past the headliners, the expanded invoice leans closely into R&B legacy and modern crossover. Kehlani returns to the Roots Picnic stage for the primary time in a decade, whereas Brandy makes her debut. Additionally newly introduced are T.I., De La Soul, Mariah the Scientist, Wale, Jermaine Dupri and Philadelphia mainstay DJ Jazzy Jeff.
As in previous years, the programming extends past commonplace units. A Fiftieth-anniversary celebration of go-go music will characteristic an all-star band, whereas Adam Blackstone is ready to guide a tribute to the soundtrack of the 1995 movie Ready to Exhale with Yolanda Adams and Ledisi.
