We’re Following Our Dreamville

By Savannah Rae | March 30, 2025

We’ve mentioned this festival a few times before and we’re looking forward to announcing that J. Cole and Dreamville are coming back! Dreamville is the internationally recognized entertainment brand and multi-platinum record label for which he cofounded. The festival itself is coming back to Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6, 2025.

The 2025 ticket presales will begin next month on Wednesday, December 11 at 9:00 a.m. EST offering two-day GA, GA+, and various VIP packages. These will be the least expensive tickets available to the general public with prices increasing as the event date approaches. If any presale tickets remain, a general ticket on-sale will follow. So if you want to attend, grab those tickets while they are at their cheapest!

With an always-original lineup curated by Cole and his Dreamville team, Dreamville Festival 2025 will soon welcome Lil Wayne with Hot Boys (Juvenile, Turk, and B.G.) and Big Tymers (Mannie Fresh and Birdman) as well as 21 Savage to each perform as Saturday headliners, while J. Cole and Erykah Badu will each close out their respective stages on Sunday night.

Festival organizers have also tapped several other multi-platinum and chart-topping music acts to join the 2025 lineup. Saturday, April 5 will feature performances from PARTYNEXTDOOR, Chief Keef, Young Nudy, Ab-Soul, and more, not to mention music icons Ludacris and Keyshia Cole, who celebrates 20 Years of her hit album “The Way It Is”. 

A trio of award-winning female artists – Tems, GloRilla, and Coco Jones – will then perform the next day on Sunday, alongside popular rap acts like Wale, BigXthaPlug, and more who will help close out the 2025 festival in grand fashion.

With today’s hottest hip-hop and R&B acts in tow, Cole is bringing together all of the members from his acclaimed music roster to perform in Raleigh including J.I.D, Ari Lennox, EARTHGANG, Bas, Cozz, Lute, and Omen.

Last year, the festival had over 100,000 festival attendees from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and 20+ countries travel to Cole’s home state of North Carolina to attend the Dreamville brand’s flagship annual event. And guess what? Dreamville Festival will once again return to Dorothea Dix Park to usher in the spring festival season with a massive outdoor celebration of music, culture, and community.

As an annual reunion for Dreamville fans worldwide that generates an economic impact of $145+ million for the greater Wake County area, Dreamville Festival will continue to offer a true taste of the good life in North Carolina next spring with dozens of local vendors, food trucks, artisans, and muralists spread across the Dix Park festival grounds. It’s a great way to support the local economy!

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; riding the iconic Dreamville Ferris Wheel, which provides unparalleled skyline views of downtown Raleigh and the sprawling festival grounds; and enjoying more surprises throughout the weekend. It’s going to be so much fun!

Festival organizers would like to thank the many partners and sponsors supporting this year’s event including this year’s charitable partners – Dreamville Foundation and Dix Park Conservancy – for which a portion of proceeds from the 2025 event will go on to support these important nonprofit organizations.

The new music lineup is set to drop later this year. Until then, stay up-to-date on future Dreamville Festival news and announcements by visiting the following channels:

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