Jon Batiste, Wyclef Jean and Killer Mike will perform in St. Louis this summer.
The artists are playing MATI, the big St. Louis music festival formerly known as Music at the Intersection.
For the first time since the Grand Center music festival's launch in 2021, it will take place in summer instead of fall — July 17 to July 19.
Festival organizers announced the full lineup Tuesday. Weekend headliners include Killer Mike, Wyclef Jean, Zapp and Tuxedo, PJ Morton, Big Freedia, Destin Conrad, Moonchild and LA LOM. Jon Batiste will play a new kickoff concert on Thursday at the Fabulous Fox theater.
The lineup for the Friday-through-Sunday event heavily features musicians with St. Louis ties, including Ferguson jazz musician Keyon Harrold, Wellston rapper AJ McQueen and Florissant's Tef Poe. University City's DJ Charlie Chan of Run-DMC will also play the festival.
Other local acts include Steve Ewing, Brian Owens, Lamar Harris, Scooter Brown, iLLPHONiCS, Trackstar the DJ & Friends, Al Holliday & the East Side Rhythm Band, Manos PanAmerica and Pernikoff Brothers.
They'll be part of more than 100 acts playing five main stages that are all indoors — another change to the festival this year. Those venues include the Fox, the Sovereign, the Big Top, Jazz St. Louis and Sophie's Artist Lounge.
Weekend passes begin at $109, and basic single-day passes are $45. Passes are on sale now, and tickets to the Baptiste kickoff show will go live at 10 a.m. Friday.
MATI will also hold a free block party featuring live music, performance art, roller skating rink, food and more throughout the festival as well as a leadership conference.
Full lineup:
Thursday, July 16
Jon Batiste
Friday, July 17
Zapp featuring Tuxedo; Moonchild; Destin Conrad; Nubya Garcia; Keyon Harrold featuring Rapsody, AJ McQueen, Tef Poe & DJ Charlie Chan; MAVI; DJ Spinderella; Natasha Diggs; Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band; Mississippi Knights featuring Steve Ewing, Brian Owens, Chris Turnbaugh, Miles Vandiver, Adam Hamsbrough & Brian Kazmarsik; Da Fellowship featuring Lamar Harris x Scooter Brown; iLLPHONiCS; Kendrick Smith Quartet; TreHitz; R.O.T.N., Enoch Raavi & the Indigenous Groove, Anansi Spins, DJ Tone, Dr. Philgood, G. Wiz, DJ Soundz, DJ Kut
Saturday, July 18
Killer Mike; Big Freedia; LA LOM; the Motet Play Jamiriquai; the James Hunter Six; Take Me to the River Memphis Allstars featuring Carla Thomas, Boo Mitchell & the Hi Rhythm Section; Trackstar the DJ & Friends Takeover featuring Prince Paul, J.Rocc, House Shoes, Buck Rodgers, DJ Crucial, DJ Agile One, DJ Sinamin, Radic Hi-Fi, BIKO and Soopaman DJ Speed; Keyon Harrold & Chris Dave; Blvck Spvde & Friends featuring Dee Jazz, Josiah Burton & St. Louis Poet Laureate Pacia Elaine Anderson; Jazz St. Louis Global Alliance featuring Janet Evra, Claire Maue, Dawn Weber, Aska Maret, Juan Quesada, Hector Molina & Andrew Bethany; Nightchaser Presents: Le Frique Cirque with the House of Tucci, Icesis Couture, JOJO, Mark Lewis & a Menagerie of Acts; Al Holliday & the East Side Rhythm Band; Manos PanAmerica; Pernikoff Brothers; DJ Sha'Vierre; DJ LadyJock; DJ Bounce; DJ Nasty Nino
Sunday, July 19
Wyclef Jean; PJ Morton; Keyon Harrold featuring Andra Day, Chris Dave, Peter Martin, Sir Eddie C & Aida Ade
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