The 2019 edition of New Jersey’s longest-running major rock festival, the XPoNential Music Festival — taking place July 26-28 at the BB&T Pavilion and nearby Wiggins Park in Camden — has announced the set times for its 32 acts, including Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Blondie, Hozier, Dawes, Indigo Girls member Amy Ray and her band, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Bettye LaVette, The Wood Brothers (featuring Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin & Wood) and Guster.
Philadelphia radio station WXPN (88.5 FM) began presenting music festivals in 1994, and Camden became the location in 2005. The name XPoNential Music Festival originated in 2007.
For more information, visit xpnfest.org
Here is the schedule:
JULY 26
Gates open at 3:30
Wiggins Park, Marina Stage
4 p.m.: Foxtrot & the Get Down
5:10 p.m.: Rayland Baxter
6:50 p.m.: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Wiggins Park, River Stage
4:35 p.m.: Nilüfer Yanya
5:55 p.m.: Bettye LaVette
7:40 p.m.: Dawes
BB&T Pavilion
7:30 p.m.: Killiam Shakespeare
8:30 p.m.: Japanese Breakfast
9:45 p.m.: Hozier
JULY 27
Gates open at 11:30 a.m.
Wiggins Park, Marina Stage
Noon: The Vaughns
12:55 p.m.: Y La Bamba
2:15 p.m.: Caroline Rose
3:45 p.m.: J.S. Ondara
5:30 p.m.: The McCrary Sisters
Wiggins Park, River Stage
12:25 p.m.: Ali Awan
1:35 p.m.: Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds
2:55 p.m.: Low Cut Connie
4:35 p.m.: The Wood Brothers
6:20 p.m.: St. Paul & the Broken Bones
BB&T Pavilion
7:30 p.m.: Blondie
9:45 p.m.: Elvis Costello & the Imposters
JULY 28
Gates open at 11:30 a.m.
Wiggins Park, River Stage
Noon: RFA
1:05 p.m.: Dave Hause & the Mermaid
2:40 p.m.: Lucy Dacus
4:15 p.m.: Kathleen Edwards
6:05 p.m.: Guster
8 p.m.: Amy Ray Band
Wiggins Park, Marina Stage
12:30 p.m.: Zeek Burse
1:50 p.m.: The War and Treaty
3:30 p.m.: Gregory Alan Isakov
5:15 p.m.: Ruston Kelly
7:10 p.m.: Sean Ardoin
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