Festivals near Philadelphia

Cradle of America and unofficial home of soul music, Philadelphia nurtures a scene as deep as its history. Along the Delaware River, in Fairmount Park and the clubs of Fishtown, the city lets the hip-hop born of the Philly Sound trade ideas with a stubborn electro underground. The flagship Roots Picnic, led by The Roots and Questlove, gathers the best of rap, R&B and funk by the waterfront every spring. Come autumn, the Making Time Festival, a long-running pillar of local nightlife, and Breakaway Philadelphia charge the city with beats and bass.

Yet Philly is far more than its clubs: the legendary Decibel Metal & Beer Fest makes it one of the East Coast's metal strongholds, while the venerable Philadelphia Folk Festival, among the oldest in the country, keeps a sixty-year acoustic tradition alive out in Schwenksville. Just across the river, the XPoNential Festival carries the energy onto the Camden waterfront. To spot the line-ups made for you at a glance, FestT computes your FestiScore — how closely a programme matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing updated continuously.