Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash is back with its 6th installment of their annual Festival. The largest independent hip-hop festival in the world takes place June 14-16th at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. On Thursday via social, they dropped their official lineup. Headlining acts will include Travis Scott’s label ‘Cactus Jack’, Playboi Carti, and the homecoming of Chicago legend Chief Keef. This performance will mark the first time Chief Keef has performed in the Chicago area in over a decade.
Festival co-founder Berto spoke about the anticipation of Chief Keef’s homecoming performance. “It’s going to be a historic moment in Chicago music history when Sosa returns home to perform at Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash”. The last time Chief Keef was scheduled to perform in Chicago was back in 2012, which was as an opener for a Meek Mill performance. The show was shut down due to safety concerns around Chief Keef and his crew. Sosa’s crew won’t be the only group to hit the stage together.
Travis Scott will be bringing the entire Cactus Jack family with him to headline night one. Members of the label include Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, SoFaygo, and Chase B. This year’s installment looks to be just as monumental as the inaugural event.
Lyrical Lemonade: Origins
Summer Smash Festival began back in 2018. The founder of the festival, and label known as Lyrical Lemonade, is Cole Bennett. Cole is a video director who rose to fame working with the local Chicago rap scene in the SoundCloud golden era. Lil Pump, Ski Mask the Slump God, Famous Dex are a few names to have worked with the Illinois native. In January, Lyrical Lemonade dropped a debut album entitled ‘All Is Yellow’.
The project was executive produced by Cole and peaked at top 20 on the Billboard’s charts for Hip Hop albums. Guest features on the album included Jack Harlow, JID, Lil Durk, Kid Cudi, among others. In a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune Cole hinted at the album being included in this year’s festival.
2024 Summer Smash Festival Information
A total of 50 performances will occur over the weekend. Acts include Big Sean, Lil Yachty, Flo Milli, Lucki, JID, among more. The festival will be host to over 100,000 attendees over its duration. Local businesses will also see benefits from the direct economic of those attending.
Tickets for three-day GA are on sale now. They are available for purchase via The Summer Smash website. Diamond VIP, VIP and parking passes are also available for purchase.
Full breakdown of festival & parking passes prices:
- Three-day GA pass: $385
- VIP Passes (three days): $650
- Diamond VIP (three days): $1575
- Parking Passes (three days): 125
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