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J. Cole and his record label Dreamville announce the lineup for 2025’s Dreamville Festival, featuring Lil Wayne with the Hot Boys and many more.
The outdoor weekend event returns to Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6, to celebrate the fifth and final iteration of the Dreamville Festival. With an original lineup always curated by Cole and his Dreamville team, the 2025 edition will feature Lil Wayne with the Hot Boys (Juvenile, Turk, and B.G.) and Big Tymers (Mannie Fresh and Birdman), as well as 21 Savage and Erykah Badu.
Other performances include PARTYNEXTDOOR, Chief Keef, Young Nudy, Ab-Soul, Ludacris, Keyshia Cole, GloRilla, Tems, Coco Jones, Wale, BigXthaPlug, and many more. In total, over 25 artists will perform at Dorothea Dix Park on April 5 and 6.
“Our team looks forward to welcoming fans from around the world to Dreamville Festival this spring for our fifth anniversary celebration. The first weekend in April has grown to become one of our team’s favorite times of the year as an annual NC reunion,” said Dreamville co-founder and Festival President Adam Roy.
Last spring saw a historic fourth edition in which 100,000 festival attendees from over 20 countries traveled to Cole’s home state of North Carolina to attend the Dreamville brand’s flagship annual event. Dreamville Festival will once again return to Dorothea Dix Park to usher in the new spring festival season with a massive outdoor celebration of music, culture, and community.
Dreamville Festival will continue to “offer a true taste of the good life in North Carolina this spring with dozens of local vendors, food trucks, artisans, and muralists spread across the Dix Park festival grounds.” As an annual reunion for Dreamville fans, the event drives a significant economic impact to the greater Wake County region.
Fans can also look forward to immersing themselves in site-wide art installations, learning more about local community organizations through Dreamville Foundation’s Nonprofit Row, enjoying some of the best food selections from around the state, and riding the iconic Dreamville Ferris wheel.
The many partners and sponsors supporting this year’s event include American Apparel, Bacardi, Chase, DoorDash, Electrolit, Hennessy, PATRON, PlutoTV, Red Bull, Smirnoff Ice, Starry, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, White Claw, and many others. This year’s charitable partners also include Dreamville Foundation and Dix Park Conservancy, for which a portion of proceeds from the event will go on to support these nonprofit organizations.
Dreamville Festival 2025 Lineup
Saturday, April 5
- Lil Wayne with Hot Boys and Big Tymers
- 21 Savage
- PARTYNEXTDOOR
- Ludacris
- Ari Lennox
- Chief Keef
- Keyshia Cole (celebrating 20 years of “The Way It Is”)
- Bas
- Young Nudy
- Ab-Soul
- Lute
- Omen
- Kai Ca$h & Niko Brim
Sunday, April 6
- J. Cole
- Erykah Badu
- Tems
- GloRilla
- J.I.D.
- Wale
- Coco Jones
- BigXthaPlug
- EarthGang
- Anycia
- Cozz
- Akia
