The first edition of festival series Palace Bowl Presents completed this weekend, with the record-breaking, brand-new London concert series welcoming over 100,000 music fans through its doors. For the past three weeks, the South London series played host to the capital’s most diverse and eclectic lineup, with more than 60 artists across 12 shows, more than a dozen genres and 15 nationalities represented.
Alongside headline performances from Grace Jones, Tom Jones, Gary Numan, Bastille & The Wombats, Davido, Lenny Kravitz, and Jimmy Eat World, the series also included the first-ever international edition of iconic Philadelphia music festival, Roots Picnic. Headlined by Nas & The Roots and Anthony Hamilton, Roots Picnic featured a huge Saturday Super Set – J. Period Live Mixtape featuring Black Thought, Yasiin Bey and Benny The Butcher – plus a Sunday Jam with Robert Glasper & Questlove, Commonand Bilal.