{"id":2308725,"date":"2026-03-02T17:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2308725"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:46:35","slug":"no-date-details-for-raleighs-post-dreamville-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/no-date-details-for-raleighs-post-dreamville-festival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"No date, details for Raleigh\u2019s post-Dreamville festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2025, Raleigh leaders touted a four-year deal for a new music festival at the city\u2019s largest park as Dreamville wrapped its fifth and final year.<\/p>\n

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Now, about a month out from when fans would normally flock to Dix Park for the annual Dreamville Music Festival,<\/a> the city says they are \u201cdiscussing other possible dates\u201d for its new music festival but doesn\u2019t have more details to share.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat I can tell you right now is that the traditional date for Dreamville is the first weekend of April, and Easter falls on that weekend this year,\u201d said Julia Milstead, public information officer for Raleigh. \u201cWe are discussing other possible dates with the organizers, but don\u2019t have a firm date at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Representatives from Scoremore Shows and Dreamville Music Festival have not responded to questions from The News & Observer.<\/p>\n

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The dates of the next Dreamville show are normally announced shortly after the end of the previous year\u2019s shows with tickets going on sale in the fall the year before. Dreamville announced its line-up, featuring J. Cole, Lil Wayne and 21 Savage<\/a>, in mid-March last year.<\/p>\n

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The crowd dances as music plays during the fifth Dreamville Festival on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, N.C. Kaitlin McKeown The News & Observer<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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On social media, the Dreamville team announced that the 2025 show would be the \u201cfifth and final,\u201d<\/a> , The N&O previously reported. City leaders announced a new music festival,<\/a> under the Dreamville label, at a press conference on the eve of the 2025 show.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re going to be here for years to come,\u201d said Sascha Stone Guttfreund, the festival producer with Dreamville and Live Nation, during the press conference. \u201cThis is a multi-year deal, and we\u2019re so excited to be working with the city of Raleigh together on something new and exciting, and to continue to build on this incredible thing that we\u2019ve done over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At the time, City Manager Marchell Adams-David said \u201cwe\u2019re going to continue on the same path that\u2019s been successful for us\u201d with regard to genre and other possible details, The N&O previously reported.<\/p>\n

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A person dances onstage during PartyNextDoor\u2019s performance at the fifth Dreamville Festival on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, N.C. Kaitlin McKeown The News & Observer<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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The contract between Scoremore, the concert production company, and the city gives the option of \u201cone or more live-music festival events\u201d on consecutive weekends during April from 2026 to 2029, according to the contract obtained by a News & Observer public records request. The contract also allows for a concert to be held regardless of whether a concert was held the year before or if one is planned for the next year.<\/p>\n

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J. Cole, the North Carolina native, rapper and producer, founded the Dreamville label and headlined the Dreamville festival all five years. He released his 7th studio album in February and announced a summer tour<\/a> with two North Carolina stops in Charlotte and Fayetteville, The Charlotte Observer reported.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re using the Dreamville label to a certain extent, (so Cole) will obviously be involved,\u201d said Adams-David during the 2025 press conference<\/a>. \u201cWhether or not he headlines. That\u2019s probably not going to be an occurrence, but he is a local resident. He is totally committed to this community, and he is totally committed to this festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

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21 Savage performs during the fifth Dreamville Festival on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, N.C. Kaitlin McKeown The News & Observer<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Anna Roman is a service journalism reporter for the News & Observer. She has previously covered city government, crime and business for newspapers across North Carolina and received many North Carolina Press Association awards, including first place for investigative reporting.\u00a0<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

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