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WXPN Announces More Artists For 2024 XPoNential Music Festival

originally published: 05/15/2024

(CAMDEN, NJ) - Philadelphia public radio station WXPN has announced that Guster, Trampled by Turtles, Greensky Bluegrass, Julia Pratt and Brittany Ann Tranbaugh have been added to the lineup of its 2024 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru. They join the 17 previously-announced artists who’ll be performing September 20, 21 and 22 at Wiggins Park on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront, directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

The daily lineups for the festival, now in its 31st year, have also been announced:

Friday, September 20 - The Walkmen, Pete Yorn, George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Cedric Burnside, Velvet Rouge, Carla Gamble

Saturday, September 21 - Rosanne Cash, Greensky Bluegrass, Phosphorescent, Blondshell, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Lizzie No, Florry, Moustapha Noumbissi

Sunday, September 22 - Guster, Trampled By Turtles, Jade Bird, Bully, The Heavy Heavy, Julia Pratt, Grace Bowers, Brittany Ann Tranbaugh




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*schedule subject to change; set times will be announced closer to the festival

The annual outdoor XPoNential Music Festival features WXPN’s “impeccably curated” mix of established, emerging and local artists, as cited by Philadelphia magazine in naming it Best Music Festival in its 2023 “Best of Philly” awards.

Produced in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners, the festival attracts audiences from Greater Philadelphia, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeastern US to Wiggins Park, which offers convenient access via public transportation, two waterfront stages in natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, lawn seating, and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline. In addition to its variety of artists, amenities that include free non-alcoholic beverages and an artist meet-and-greet area for WXPN members, a children’s activities area, and extensive food, beverage, and other vendor selections make the festival an enjoyable experience for music lovers of all ages.

Tickets and all information about the XPoNential Music Festival can be found at the festival website xpnfest.org. As a benefit of their membership, WXPN members receive a discount on festival passes. 

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.




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