ONE Musicfest Founder Talks 2025 Lineup, New Offerings

ONE Musicfest is BACK! We’re so excited to share this yr’s lineup!

The music competition, which celebrates its fifteenth yr this Fall will return to Piedmont Park in collaboration with Stay Nation City after a record-breaking 100,000 concertgoers had been in attendance in 2024.

“Wonderful to see the variety amongst our neighborhood and tradition on the market, the younger, the outdated,” Carter mentioned of the competition. “I imply, my children are on the market, my mother and father are on the market. I feel it simply explains what Atlanta is and what the model actually stands for and the way it’s an intersection of age and race and creed and existence. I feel the entire ONE Musicfest actually got here alive and lived its creed final yr and we plan to do it once more. Simply as generational the lineup was final yr, you’ll see that once more this yr. I feel our viewers will replicate that as effectively.”

The competition launched their lineup at 9am Friday, August 8, with 40 some acts set to hit the three levels at Piedmont Park on October twenty fifth and twenty sixth.

“It’s all the pieces from Cardi B, to Victoria Monet, to Earth, Wind & Fireplace,” J. Carter advised BOSSIP. “It’s the entire breadth of us, R&B, hip-hop, old style, new college. Every little thing from Bossman DLow to Destin Conrad. I’m excited to current that once more.

Carter additionally opened up in regards to the a number of DJ units the competition will convey to the stage which can lead to some very particular shock pop-ups.

“We’ll most likely have extra collaboration units this yr than ever earlier than,” Carter mentioned. “DJ Mustard is doing one thing, he has produced everybody from Kendrick to 2 Chainz to Jeezy to Ella Mai. So he’s pulling out a whole lot of surprises. DJ Drama is coming again. So he’s going to go ham and have a few surprises on his set. Greg Avenue’s coming together with his Southern set. Mars is definitely doing a set. There’ll be all the pieces from T.I. To Monica to Keri Hilson to particular visitors.”

Mars is at the moment touring with Usher — who has been selling his new tour movie, so we’re curious to see if the R&B legend would possibly make an look as effectively.

Along with music, Carter additionally confirmed concertgoers could have a number of selections in terms of meals and activations.

“We did the Inventive Lounge final yr,” Carter mentioned. “We’re going to try this once more. The roller-skating rink is coming again. A few of our lead sponsors are coming again with some larger activations.”

Procter & Gamble returns to this yr’s competition as title sponsor, whereas OMF may even associate with Toyota, Sprite, Hennessy, and different top-tier manufacturers.

“It’s exhausting to consider we’ve reached the fifteen-year mark. We’ve grown into the longest-running and largest Black independently owned competition within the nation and this journey has been a blessing. Our dedication to the neighborhood stays steadfast as we proceed to convey the largest and brightest performers in music and the perfect activations with superb companions,” J Carter mentioned within the assertion saying the competition lineup.

In our dialog with Carter, he famous that the footprint of the competition might be just like final yr, however the crew opted to make some changes in response to the overwhelming crowds on the meals vans.

“We’re going to have much less meals vans and extra meals tents, like little mini pavilions,” Carter advised BOSSIP. “So as an alternative of 1 line for a meals truck, now you’ve gotten three strains ordering meals. So that you’re getting your meals rapidly slightly than ready 20, 30, 40 minutes and lacking set occasions ready on your meals.”

Most Atlanta residents have loads of recollections after the final 14 years of OMF, however this yr Carter says the competition will provide extra photograph alternatives.

“Loads of photograph moments that we didn’t have final yr, we’re going to have this yr,” Carter revealed. “Everybody likes to take photographs and share the place they’re and have that entire expertise, so we’re going to do one thing with some Atlanta creatives and have some completely different pop-up moments constructed and designed by Atlanta creatives across the competition that talk to Atlanta, converse to the competition, however of their artistic tone.”

Whereas Carter additionally revealed plans for a number of smaller occasions main as much as this yr’s competition, we’re most excited for the precise competition weekend itself. Dubbed “The Biggest Homecoming On Earth,” ONE Musicfest has turn out to be referred to as the place for unimaginable encounters and with pals new and outdated.

“If you return to your homecoming and also you see individuals’s children and also you see individuals’s mother and father and also you see the band, the music, the thrill, I imply, you get all of that for 48 hours,” Carter advised BOSSIP. “So include that homecoming vitality. Include the willingness to attach and be free. I feel we’ve constructed a protected place for tradition to simply type of thrive and to be celebrated. So include that vitality.

“12 months after yr, we discover folks that inform us a narrative of how they discovered their spouse or vital different at ONE Musicfest. That’s high quality individuals transferring round that house. I really like that. So we wish to see extra of that, we wish to hear extra of these tales. So yeah, so include that vitality. I find it irresistible.”

We find it irresistible too.

ONE Musicfest tickets can be found right here and vary from basic admission entry @ $219.00 to Titanium packages @ $5500.00. Please go to ONE Musicfest’s web site for particulars on packages.