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Spotlight on 2022 XPoNential Music Festival

originally published: 04/18/2022


(CAMDEN, NJ) -- WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, will present its annual three-day XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru from Friday, September 16 through Sunday, September 18, 2022 at two adjacent outdoor venues on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront. 

With promoter Live Nation, the Festival will present The War on Drugs with special guests Patti Smith and Her Band, and Geese at the Waterfront Music Pavilion on Friday, September 16, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats with special guests The Revivalists and Snacktime there on Saturday, September 17.

Performing on the two stages at Wiggins Park September 16, 17 and 18 will be Jenny Lewis, Taj Mahal, Kathleen Edwards, Valerie June, Felice Brothers, Houndmouth, The Suffers, Lo Moon, Samantha Fish, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, The Dip, Bartees Strange, Buffalo Nichols, Black Opry Revue, Dos Santos, Tamino, Cosmic Guilt, Catbite, The Tisburys, Omar's Hat, Highnoon and Chestnut Grove.  

Festival tickets will be available for the general public at the festival’s website, xpnfest.org, starting Friday, April 22 at 10:00am ET.

For nearly 30 years, the XPoNential Music Festival has been drawing audiences from the Greater Philadelphia area, Mid-Atlantic region, and Northeastern US to the Delaware Riverfront. Featuring WXPN’s expertly curated mix of established and new artists, the family-friendly festival offers convenient access via public transportation, natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, extensive food, drink, and vendor selections, and festival seating and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline. WXPN produces the Festival in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners. 

WXPN, the nationally recognized leader in Triple A radio and the premier guide for discovering new and significant artists in rock, blues, roots, and folk, is the non-commercial, member-supported, public radio service of the University of Pennsylvania. WXPN produces World Cafe, public radio’s most popular program of popular music that is distributed by NPR to more than 280 U.S. radio stations, and the Peabody Award-winning Kids Corner. WXPN serves the greater Philadelphia area at 88.5 FM, the Lehigh Valley at 104.9 FM, Worton/Baltimore at 90.5 FM, Lancaster/York at 88.7 FM, Harrisburg at 99.7 FM, North Jersey/Poconos at 91.9 FM, and the world via online streaming at www.XPN.org. The WXPN app brings all of WXPN to any mobile device. WXPN produces XPoNential Radio on XPN2 as its secondary radio channel in HD, also available online. www.xpn.org.




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