The Roots Concert History

The Roots, also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Square Roots and The Foundation, is an influential, Grammy winning hip hop group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. Inspired by the "hip-hop band" concept pioneered by Stetsasonic, the Roots themselves have garnered critical acclaim and influenced later hip-hop and R&B acts.

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Past The Roots Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 18, 2026

VIP Show

Obama Presidental Center Grand Opening
Stevie Wonder / Bruce Springsteen / John Legend / Common / Christina Aguilera / Jennifer Hudson / Bono / The Edge / Eddie Vedder / The Roots / Tems
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Obama Presidential Center Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jun 18, 2026
Obama Presidential Center Opening Ceremony
Stevie Wonder / Bruce Springsteen / Marc Anthony / Tems / Bono / The Edge / John Legend / Common / Uniting Voices Chicago / Eddie Vedder / Guitars Over Guns (Members) / Christina Aguilera / Jennifer Hudson / The Roots
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Obama Presidential Center Chicago, Illinois, United States
Show Duplicate for Jun 18, 2026
Jun 18, 2026 –
Jul 04, 2026
Happening
Summerfest 2026
Solon Holt / JP Saxe / Megan Moroney / Dannyboy / Charlie Wilson / Saint Blonde / Avery Cochrane / Tigernite / Morgan St. Jean / Dora Jar / Mrs. Fun / Holly Humberstone / Scott E. Berendt & The Us Project / Circa 79 / The Dream Syndicate / Modern English / Taylor Acorn / Echo & The Bunnymen / Bowling Shoes / Mari / City of The Sun / Nicholas Tremulis & The Prodigals / Hunny / Tash Sultana / Alejandro Escovedo / DJ Mando / DJ B-Lee / Micah Emrich / Maximiano / Venus & the Flytraps / Marlon Funaki / Passion Pit / Barely Civil / Supertaste / Post Sex Nachos / The Bends / Blues Disciples / Mighty Ms. Erica & The Sound Production / 5 Card Stud / Don Toliver / SahBabii / Che / SoFaygo / sosocamo / Chase B / Lelo / The LoveMonkeys / Aldo Nova / Styx / Phil Wittliff / Brady Lee / Colin Lynch / Steph Strings / Adrian Nunez / Cameron Whitcomb / flowersatherfeet / Initiate / Sleepy Gaucho / Deer Tick / Evan Honer / From Ashes To Embers / Current Comfort / VIAL / Panic Shack / Amyl and the Sniffers / Rockinson / Ben Mulwana / Jazzmen / Chris Crain / The Family Stone / Nico at Nite / Amy Lowe & Kingkatz / Queen Drie / Troy Tyler / Emmitt James / FEE$ / Tyrese / Koyo / Fieldhockey / State Champs / Tiny Voices / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Hot Mulligan / John Kocher / Hot & Dirty Brass Band / Carín León / Substitute: Tales From The Who / Kristie Kraus / Sarah Krohn / Noah Richardson / SM6 / Graham / Weston Estate / Connor Price / The Band Solstice / Tobacco Road / Old Mervs / Winyah / Penelope Road / flipturn / idkconundrum / American Progress / Colin Bracewell / The Juliana Theory / Braid / The Academy Is... / Cigarettes @ Sunset / Altered By Mom / Red Leather / Dexter and The Moonrocks / Aspen / Lauren Gottshall / Will Terry / Rhys Rutherford / Scott Wolverton / McCoy Moore / Nate Smith / Milly & The Mayhem / The Kenneth Brian Band / AJ Croce / Trapper Schoepp / Don Felder / Christopher Cross / Myles Smith / Aaron Rowe / Ed Sheeran / Big Daddy Kane / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Gabriel Jacoby / The Roots / The Handcuffs / Sincere Engineer / Kim Gordon / Subtronics / Grabbitz / Pat McCurdy / Booker T. Jones / Vertical Horizon / Porch Light / Hazlett / Kaleo / Chrystal Gales / OUTDrejas / Walk Off The Earth / Abby Moeller / Boy Golden / The Mountain Goats / DJ Gemini Gilly / Tucker Wetmore / Lanie Gardner / Elijah Scott / Old 97's / 10,000 Maniacs / Wire & Nail / Lisa Loeb / Halestorm / Jimmy Ray & The Hipsters / Ghosts In The Gravel / The Terry Sims Band / JESSIE MURPH / Cody Johnson / Alex Sampson / The Aces / Louis Tomlinson / Blonde / KsP / Henrik / Petey USA / 7th Heaven / Bobby Frissvid shaw / Big Wild / Elderbrook / Guardrail / Harrison Gordon / Lake Drive / Showoff / Grouplove / Lucky Boys Confusion / Goldfinger / Siobhan Bodrug / Sugo / Harper O'Neill / Sudan Archives / Mr. New York / Greg Koch Marshall Trio / The Band Loula / The Marcus King Band / The Revivalists / Two Feet / Sons of the Silent Age / Allison Mahal / Danny Miller Band / Testing Floor / Alley Eyes / Fuzzysurf / Cardinal Bloom / Modern Alibi / Taz / Alannah McCready / Carter Faith / Post Malone / Dylan Schneider / Russell Dickerson / BØRNS / PawPaw Rod / Chris Koster / Jean Dawson / King Buffalo / Wolfmother / Pepper / The Movement / The Expendables / Left On Sunset / King Solomon / In the Know / DJ Andres / Jazzteca / Orquesta Ayala / Junior Rivera / Mariachi Sol de Mexico / The Taxmen / Vincent Van Great / Lamb / Soulidified / Maris / DJ Don B / Audrey Nuna / Little Feat / The Freddy Jones Band / Hank Azaria & The EZ Street Band / Tracy Bonham / Haley Johnsen / The Noize / Aubrey Marie / organissimo / The Hungry Williams / Temper City / Julia Wolf / Muse / Bren Joy / Ella Mai / The Beths / Blondshell / Sunflower Bean / Hotel Fiction / Hell On Heels / buffchick / The President Kings / Munroe / Scorched Waves / Living Colour / Buckcherry / Candlebox / Johnny T-Bird & The Mps / SuperFly / Breaking Cadence / El Sebas / Anees / Kyle Ray / Gold Steps / Fluorescents / girlfriends / KennyHoopla / All Time Low / Gin Blossoms / Spin Doctors / Sister Hazel / The Ocean Blue / Pretty Pity / Palm Ghosts / Outronaut / Marcya Danielle / Paul Spencer Band / The Group / Noah Cyrus / Alex Warren / Buju Banton / Stephen Marley / Stone Jam Band / DJ Splackavelli / Sarah Fierek / V Funk / DJ Jazzy Jeff / Rev Run / Spoon / Ax and the Hatchetmen / Edgehill / YaYa Biggs / Easy Honey / Social Cig / Fellow Travellers / Lost Orange Cat / Scout Speer / The Big Win / Adam Warner / Chase McDaniel / Whiskey Myers / DJ BG GooD / Neal Francis / The Heavy Heavy / Six Foot Blonde / Ask Carol / Lunde / wht.rbbt.obj / hanna simone / Manny Torres / Wave X Nile / Lowdown Brass Band / DJay Mando / Flo Rida / Gene Simmons Band / St. Paul & the Broken Bones / Ken Pomeroy / Radio Radio / Julianna Joy / Bob Mittnacht & The Crowning Glories / Suzanne Grzanna / The Kal Bergendahl Project / DJ Kool / Jelly Roll / Tyler Hubbard / Three 6 Mafia / Palmer Anthony / Preston Cooper / Sam Barber / Elephonic / Jonah Kagen / John Vincent III / KT Tunstall / Louie & The Flashbombs / BERMS. / Oh Geeez, Not Again / Ur Mom / Nicole Lawrence / Soul Asylum / The Jayhawks / BoDeans / Kerry King / Sunami / Drown The Lifeguard / SIIN / The Maiden Voyage / Flatwounds / Vale / Gego y Nony / Tag Team / Baha Men / Sad Boy Saturday / The Temper Trap / Joywave / Pure Hex / Carolina Liar / Known Moons / The Last Bees / Victor Jones / Porcupine / Poi Dog Pondering / Mindi Abair / Straight No Chaser / Frogwater / Joe Wray / Dorsten / NoBro / Father John Misty Show all bands
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Henry Maier Festival Park Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Jun 16, 2026 –
Jul 04, 2026
Happening
Summerfest 2026
Garth Brooks / Garth Brooks / Megan Moroney / Don Toliver / SahBabii / Che / SoFaygo / Chase B / Lelo / sosocamo / Carín León / The Pussycat Dolls / Charlie Wilson / Passion Pit / Third Eye Blind / Hot Mulligan / Father John Misty / Styx / David Lee Roth / The Academy Is... / Tash Sultana / Connor Price / flipturn / Nate Smith / Jeremih / Amyl and the Sniffers / Christopher Cross / Cameron Whitcomb / Holly Humberstone / Echo & The Bunnymen / Dexter and The Moonrocks / The Family Stone / Alejandro Escovedo / Adrien Nunez / AJ Croce / Aldo Nova / Braid / Deer Tick / Don Felder / Dora Jar / Enter Shikari / Evan Honer / Marlon Funaki / McCoy Moore / Modern English / Nicholas Tremulis & The Prodigals / Penelope Road / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Red Leather / Rhys Rutherford / Scott Wolverton / State Champs / Steph Strings / Taylor Acorn / The Bends / The Dream Syndicate / The Juliana Theory / Weston Estate / Winyah / The Band Solstice / Cigarettes @ Sunset / Koyo / Morgan St. Jean / Old Mervs / Panic Shack / Post Sex Nachos / Tobacco Road / Todd Cameron / Trapper Schoepp / Venus & the Flytraps / Will Terry / Test Gruber / The LoveMonkeys / Substitute: Tales From The Who / Dannyboy / Emmitt James / Chris Crain / Altered By Mom / Tiny Voices / VIAL / From Ashes To Embers / Fieldhockey / Current Comfort / The Kenneth Brian Band / Lauren Gottshall / Ed Sheeran / Myles Smith / Aaron Rowe / Cody Johnson / JESSIE MURPH / Post Malone / Carter Faith / The Roots / Louis Tomlinson / Subtronics / Tucker Wetmore / Russell Dickerson / Kaleo / The Revivalists / The Marcus King Band / Elderbrook / Big Wild / Audrey Nuna / Grouplove / Grouplove / Kim Gordon / Wolfmother / Halestorm / Pepper / Little Feat / Petey USA / The Mountain Goats / BØRNS / Sudan Archives / Goldfinger / Mariachi Sol de Mexico / Vertical Horizon / Old 97's / 10,000 Maniacs / Boy Golden / Dylan Schneider / freddy jones band / Gabriel Jacoby / Grabbitz / Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band / Harper O'Neill / Hazlett / Henrik / Jean Dawson / Lanie Gardner / Lisa Loeb / Lucky Boys Confusion / Maris / PawPaw Rod / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Modern Alibi / Sons of the Silent Age / The Aces / The Band Loula / The Expendables / The Movement / Two Feet / Walk Off The Earth / Bobby Friss / Greg Koch & the Koch Marshall Trio / Harrison Gordon / Porchlight / Showoff / Siobhan Bodrug / Taz / Tracy Bonham / Test Lasso / Lake Drive / 7th Heaven / Abby Moeller / Fuzzysurf / King Solomon / Test Lasso / Left On Sunset / Elijah Scott / Muse / Alex Warren / Jelly Roll / Tyler Hubbard / Sam Barber / Ella Mai / Sean Paul / Buju Banton / Whiskey Myers / All Time Low / Megadeth / Spoon / Gene Simmons Band / Flo Rida / The Temper Trap / Stephen Marley / Rev Run / Jonah Kagen / Candlebox / Gin Blossoms / Matt Hansen / BoDeans / The Beths / Neal Francis / Baha Men / Straight No Chaser / Absolutely / Anees / Ax and the Hatchetmen / Blondshell / Buckcherry / Chase McDaniel / DJ Jazzy Jeff / Edgehill / John Vincent III / The Jayhawks / Joywave / Ken Pomeroy / KennyHoopla / Living Colour / Mindi Abair / Preston Cooper / Pure Hex / Sister Hazel / Soul Asylum / Spin Doctors / Sunflower Bean / Tag Team / The Heavy Heavy / The Ocean Blue / Adam Warner / Carolina Liar / girlfriends / Nicole Lawrence / Scout Speer / Six Foot Blonde / Flourescents / Hotel Fiction / Pretty Pity / SIIN / Ask Carol / Chase Oats / Jobi Riccio / Jerry Harrison / St. Paul & the Broken Bones / Gold Steps / Hell On Heels / The Maiden Voyage / Outronaut / YaYa Biggs / Florentine Opera Company / Munroe Show all bands
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Henry Maier Festival Park Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Jun 03, 2026
Earth, Wind & Fire / The Roots

Tribeca Festival

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Beacon Theatre New York, New York, United States
May 30, 2026
Jay-Z / The Roots

The Roots Picnic (PA)

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Belmont Plateau Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
May 24, 2026
The Roots

Atlanta Jazz Festival

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Piedmont Park Atlanta, Georgia, United States
May 23, 2026
The Roots

Artscape 2026

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Artscape Main Stage Baltimore, Maryland, United States
May 23, 2026 –
May 25, 2026
The 49th Atlanta Jazz Festival
PJ Morton / Kamasi Washington / The Roots / Esperanza Spalding / Nate Smith / Aja Monet / Butcher Brown / Nicole Zuraitis / Christian McBride & Ursa Major / Destin Conrad / Buddy Red / Cody Matlock / Donnie / Cleveland P. Jones / Myron Mckinley Trio
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Piedmont Park Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Feb 14, 2026
The Roots Brooklyn Bowl New York, New York, United States
Dec 31, 2025
The Roots
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Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, California, United States
Dec 29, 2025
The Roots
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The Magnolia El Cajon, California, United States
Dec 27, 2025
The Roots
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Hard Rock Live Sacramento Wheatland, California, United States
Nov 29, 2025
The Roots The Cove Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Oct 25, 2025
One MusicFest (Atlanta)
Future / The Roots / "Dungeon Family Reunion" / Mary J. Blige / Busta Rhymes / Kehlani / Wale / Pleasure P / Sammie / Plies / Lloyd / Project Pat / Trick Daddy / Rich Kidz / Rasheeda / Bobby V. / Ari Lennox / Havoc / Ray J / Odeal / KenTheMan / Flo
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Piedmont Park Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Oct 25, 2025 –
Oct 26, 2025
One music fest 2025
Pleasure P / Wale / The Roots / Music Will / Jalen Josey / DJ Greg Street / Kehlani / Dondria / Ray J / Domani / Sammy / Ludacris / Doechii / Jagged Edge / Clipse / Leon Thomas / Tweet / Chief Keef / Marvin Sapp / Ray Vaughn / Flo / Jazmine Sullivan / Future Show all bands
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Piedmont Park Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Sep 27, 2025
The Roots / Musiq Soulchild

CBC Awards Gala

Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Sep 06, 2025
The Roots / Michigander

Union Peak Festival

Copper Mountain
Sep 05, 2025
The Roots Belly Up Aspen, Colorado, United States
Aug 30, 2025
The Black Radio Experience
Earth, Wind & Fire / DJ Jazzy Jeff / The Roots / Lupe Fiasco / Robert Glasper / Slum Village / The Soul Rebels / Warren G / Goapele / Willow / Little Brother / J. Ivy
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Meritage Resort And Spa Napa, California, United States
Aug 29, 2025
The Roots
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Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts Oakland, California, United States
Aug 28, 2025
The Roots / The Soul Rebels / Goapele
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Quarry Park Amphitheater Rocklin, California, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 28, 2025
Aug 23, 2025
Thing NW Festival
The Roots / Cory Wong / Glass Beams / Tunde Adebimpe / Tune-Yards / Parlor Greens / DJ Supreme La Rock
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Remlinger Farms Carnation, Washington, United States
Aug 23, 2025 –
Aug 24, 2025
The Roots

The Thing Festival

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Remlinger Farms

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Jun 13, 1999
 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2005 on Apr 29, 2005 [060-small]

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2005
Apr 29 - May 8, 2005
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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 New York, New York, United States
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Oct 5, 2007
 New York, New York, United States
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Jun 30 - Jul 8, 2012
 Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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May 3, 2008
 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Sep 15, 2009
 New York, New York, United States
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Mar 20, 2007
 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Atari Teenage Riot / The Roots / Rage Against The Machine on Sep 8, 1997 [444-small]

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Sep 8, 1997
 Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States
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Audiotastic Tour
Apr 13, 2002
 San Bernardino, California, United States
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goodie mob / The Roots on May 24, 1998 [535-small]

goodie mob / The Roots
May 24, 1998
 Detroit, Michigan, United States
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The Roots
Apr 30, 2005
 Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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UK Reggae
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 22 concerts
2025 45 concerts
2024 44 concerts
2023 51 concerts
2022 29 concerts
2021 14 concerts
2020 9 concerts
2019 39 concerts
2018 39 concerts
2017 45 concerts
2016 46 concerts
2015 42 concerts
2014 40 concerts
2013 40 concerts
2012 59 concerts
2011 48 concerts
2010 71 concerts
2009 93 concerts
2008 153 concerts
2007 137 concerts
2006 85 concerts
2005 80 concerts
2004 93 concerts
2003 126 concerts
2002 55 concerts
2001 40 concerts
2000 45 concerts
1999 91 concerts
1998 17 concerts
1997 70 concerts
1996 28 concerts
1995 44 concerts
1994 6 concerts
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