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Philly’s Made in America festival posts 2017 lineup

Budweiser’s Made in America festival released its lineup for the upcoming music event on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

The founder of the festival, Jay Z, will be a headliner along with Roc Nation member J Cole.

This will Jay Z’s first performance at the festival since 2012, the year in which he founded the festival. J Cole has also performed at Made in America in the past, performing in both 2015 and 2014.

After the headliners comes the EDM pop group the Chainsmokers, and then a set of other performers including Run the Jewels, Migos, Solange, Little Dragon and Marshmello.

Besides that, other standouts from the lineup are Sampha, Pusha T, Vic Mensa and DMX. The bill also features international acts Stormzy and Wizkid. There are also a number of young rising stars on the list such as SuperDuperKyle, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Ugly God and Philadelphia’s own PnB Rock.

Budweiser Made in America Music Festival will return to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the sixth time on Labor Day Weekend: Saturday, Sept. 2, and Sunday, Sept. 3.

The festival has been running in Philadelphia since 2012 to much success. In 2015, the two-day attendance of the festival topped 130,000.

Two-day passes for the festival are now available for purchase through Ticketmaster and retail for $199 with the fees included. Single-day passes will be available in the future.