May 30, 2013
This weekend brings the Roots Picnic, the annual music extravaganza from our hometown hip-hop heroes, returning for its sixth year on Saturday, June 1. With a reputation as the hardest working band in music, The Roots are set to deliver a blockbuster day of concerts. This year’s show at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing [...]
Read more»May 2, 2013
The month of May overflows with awesome spring events and outdoor festivals, so to help you navigate through them all and find the ones you definitely do not want to miss, we’ve updated our Spring Festivals roundup with a more comprehensive list of all the festivals we could find this month and next. From blockbuster [...]
Read more»May 1, 2013
Take note, music fans. The Roots Picnic, the annual music extravaganza from our hometown hip-hop heroes, returns for its sixth year on June 1. With a reputation as the hardest working band in music, The Roots deliver a blockbuster day of concerts every year. This year’s show is set to hit Festival Pier at Penn’s [...]
Read more»March 15, 2012
Exciting news! This June, the Roots Picnic returns even bigger and better than ever. The highly anticipated annual music festival, now in its fifth year, has expanded and will be taking over Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing for TWO days, June 2-3, with its always eclectic mix of artists. This year’s lineup once again highlights [...]
Read more»March 24, 2011
Philadelphia’s favorite drummer, Questlove of The Roots, is holding a open casting call on Twitter for an aspiring chef to win the opportunity to work with the renowned musician on a number of upcoming projects, including the chance to prepare a meal for him, the band and several special guests during The Annual Roots Picnic [...]
Read more»March 1, 2011
The annual Roots Picnic will return to Penn’s Landing’s Festival Pier on June 4 and this year’s lineup includes, an always, an eclectic list of performers. Headliners include rising star Wiz Khalifa, Grammy-award winner Esperanza Spalding, hip-hop legend Nas and, of course, The Roots. They’ll be joined by a host of other performers spanning all [...]
Read more»June 9, 2010
The 3rd Annual Roots Picnic took place this weekend at Penn’s Landing and once again, it did not disappoint. Featuring some of the top musicians from nearly every genre, the festival provided a full day’s worth of head-nodding, crowd-surfing, hand-waving action. Our sister site Philly 360° has an in-depth recap post complete with a photo [...]
Read more»June 8, 2009
Photos by M. Kennedy for GPTMC The Roots Picnic was this weekend, and we’ve got a handful of photos of the Roots playing live at the awesome concert. There’s a few more after the jump, including one of the Roots with the Philly 360 look-book. Take a peak! Were you there? Take some sweet shots? [...]
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