WXPN Announces 2022 XPoNential Music Festival lineup

Article Contributed by Elise Brown | Published on Monday, April 18, 2022

WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced that it will present its annual three-day XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru from Friday, September 16 through Sunday, September 18, 2022 at two adjacent outdoor venues on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront.

With promoter Live Nation, the Festival will present THE WAR ON DRUGS with special guests PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND and GEESE at the Waterfront Music Pavilion on Friday, September 16, and NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS with special guests THE REVIVALISTS and SNACKTIME there on Saturday, September 17.

Performing on the two stages at Wiggins Park Sept. 16, 17 and 18 will be JENNY LEWIS, TAJ MAHAL, KATHLEEN EDWARDS, VALERIE JUNE, FELICE BROTHERS, HOUNDMOUTH, THE SUFFERS, LO MOON, SAMANTHA FISH, SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS, THE DIP, BARTEES STRANGE, BUFFALO NICHOLS, BLACK OPRY REVUE, DOS SANTOS, TAMINO, COSMIC GUILT, CATBITE, THE TISBURYS, OMAR’S HAT, HIGHNOON and CHESTNUT GROVE.

Festival tickets will be available for the general public at the festival’s website, xpnfest.org, starting this Friday, April 22 at 10 am ET.

For nearly 30 years, the XPoNential Music Festival has been drawing audiences from the Greater Philadelphia area, Mid-Atlantic region, and Northeastern US to the Delaware Riverfront. Featuring WXPN’s expertly curated mix of established and new artists, the family-friendly festival offers convenient access via public transportation, natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, extensive food, drink, and vendor selections, and festival seating and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline. WXPN produces the Festival in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners.

Tickets and all information about the XPoNential Music Festival are at the festival website xpnfest.org. Follow and share #xpnfest on social media: Twitter @xpnfest, Facebook facebook.com/xpnfest, Instagram @wxpnfm.