J Cole announces Dreamville Festival 2025

The fifth anniversary celebration returns to Raleigh

Global superstar J. Cole and Dreamville, the internationally recognized entertainment brand and multi-platinum record label for which he cofounded, are proud to announce today that Dreamville Festival will officially return to Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6, 2025.

The 2025 ticket presales will begin next month on Wednesday, December 11th at 9 am EST offering two-day GA, GA+, and various VIP packages. These will be the least expensive tickets available to the general public with prices increasing as the event date approaches. If any presale tickets remain, a general ticket on-sale will follow.

After a historic fourth edition last spring, in which 100,000 festival attendees from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and 20+ countries traveled to Cole’s home state of North Carolina to attend the Dreamville brand’s flagship annual event, Dreamville Festival will once again return to Dorothea Dix Park to usher in the spring festival season with a massive outdoor celebration of music, culture, and community.

As an annual reunion for Dreamville fans worldwide that generates an economic impact of $145+ million for the greater Wake County area, Dreamville Festival will continue to offer a true taste of the good life in North Carolina next spring with dozens of local vendors, food trucks, artisans, and muralists spread across the Dix Park festival grounds.

Fans can also look forward to immersing themselves in site-wide art installations; learning more about local community organizations through Dreamville Foundation’s Nonprofit Row; riding the iconic Dreamville Ferris Wheel, which provides unparalleled skyline views of downtown Raleigh and the sprawling festival grounds; and enjoying more surprises throughout the weekend.

Festival organizers would like to thank the many partners and sponsors supporting this year’s event including this year’s charitable partners – Dreamville Foundation and Dix Park Conservancy – for which a portion of proceeds from the 2025 event will go on to support these important nonprofit organizations.

The new music lineup is set to drop later this year.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn