2021 Album Fictional Festival Series: R&B/Soul Festival

I previously introduced this new series, which is a spinoff of previous Fictional Festival series, one only featuring artists who released albums in 2021.  This is the newest post in the series is a lineup, a festival set up to be an R&B/Soul festival.  For more information about the series in general, please see this post.

After I finalized this lineup, 1 artist was replaced.

 

Lineup

Friday

1.       Silk Sonic

2.       Summer Walker

3.       Kelly Price

4.       CeCe Winans

5.       Dvsn & Ty Dolla Sign

6.       Nelly

7.       Kali Uchis

8.       Esperanza Spalding

9.       Toosii

10.   Femi Kuti and Made Kuti

11.   Ten City

12.   Lucky Daye

13.   Durand Jones & The Indications

14.   Spice

15.   Curtis Harding

16.   Little Simz

17.   Obongjayar & Sarz

18.   Jazzmeia Horn

19.   Gallant

20.   Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

21.   VanJess

22.   Mustafa the Poet

 

Saturday

1.       The Weeknd

2.       Anderson .Paak*

3.       Jazmine Sullivan

4.       Jon Batiste

5.       Ledisi

6.       Sean Paul

7.       Kaytranada

8.       Leon Bridges

9.       Snoh Aalegra

10.   Tinashe

11.   Jorja Smith

12.   Majid Jordan

13.   Tems

14.   Pink Sweats

15.   Blxst

16.   Eric Bellinger

17.   ILoveMakonnen

18.   Nao

19.   Cautious Clay

20.   Sango

21.   Joy Oladokun

22.   Ama Lou

23.   Julius Rodriguez

 

Sunday

1.       Alicia Keys

2.       H.E.R.

3.       Khalid

4.       Miguel

5.       Bryson Tiller

6.       Tamela Mann

7.       Angelique Kidjo

8.       Giveon

9.       Yung Bleu

10.   Andra Day

11.   Kamasi Washington

12.   Capella Grey

13.   Dev Hynes

14.   Celeste

15.   Yebba

16.   Gregory Porter

17.   Emotional Oranges

18.   Tkay Maidza

19.   Baker Boy

20.   Mariah the Scientist

21.   Biig Piig

22.   Siena Liggins

23.   Tone Stith

 

 

*Anderson .Paak is replacing Doja Cat.  Doja Cat made statements alluding to taking a step back from music and, while she has deleted the tweets implying this, she doesn’t have any current tour dates set and initially planned on not booking any for the foreseeable future.  As such, I am going under the assumption that she would be replaced for the sake of this post.

 

 

Schedule

Friday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  Silk Sonic

·         8:00-9:00: Kelly Price

·         6:15-7:00:  Dvsn & Ty Dolla Sign

·         5:00-5:30:  Toosii

·         4:00-4:30:  Lucky Daye

·         3:00-3:30:  Spice

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  Summer Walker

·         7:00-8:00:  CeCe Winans

·         5:30-6:15:  Nelly

·         4:30-5:00:  Ten City

·         3:30-4:00:  Durand Jones & the Indicators

Side Stage 1

·         6:15-7:00:  Esperanza Spalding

·         5:00-5:30:  Curtis Harding

·         4:00-4:30:  Obongjayar & Sarz

·         3:00-3:30:  Gallant

·         2:00-2:30:  VanJess

Side Stage 2

·         7:00-7:45:  Kali Uchis

·         5:30-6:15:  Femi Kuti & Made Kuti

·         4:30-5:00:  Little Simz

·         3:30-4:00:  Jazzmeia Horn

·         2:30-3:00:  Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

·         1:30-2:00:  Mustafa the Poet


Saturday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  The Weeknd

·         8:00-9:00:  Jazmine Sullivan

·         6:15-7:00:  Ledisi

·         5:00-5:30:  Snoh Aalegra

·         4:00-4:30:  Majid Jordan

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  Anderson .Paak

·         7:00-8:00:  Jon Batiste

·         5:30-6:15:  Sean Paul

·         4:30-5:00:  Jorja Smith

·         3:30-4:00:  Tems

·         2:30-3:00:  Pink Sweats

Side Stage 1

·         7:00-7:45:  Kaytranada

·         5:30-6:15:  Tinashe

·         4:30-5:00:  Eric Bellinger

·         3:30-4:00:  ILoveMakonnen

·         2:30-3:00:  Sango

·         1:30-2:00:  Ama Lou

Side Stage 2

·         6:15-7:00:  Leon Bridges

·         5:00-5:30:  Blxst

·         4:00-4:30:  Nao

·         3:00-3:30:  Cautious Clay

·         2:00-2:30:  Joy Oladokun

·         1:00-1:30:  Julius Rodriguez


Sunday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  Alicia Keys

·         8:00-9:00:  Khalid

·         6:15-7:00:  Bryson Tiller

·         5:00-5:30:  Yung Bleu

·         4:00-4:30:  Capella Grey

·         3:00-3:30:  Celeste

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  H.E.R.

·         7:00-8:00:  Miguel

·         5:30-6:15:  Tamela Mann

·         4:30-5:00:  Kamasi Washington

·         3:30-4:00:  Dev Hynes

·         2:30-3:00:  Yebba

Side Stage 1

·         6:15-7:00:  Andra Day

·         5:00-5:30:  Gregory Porter

·         4:00-4:30:  Tkay Maidza

·         3:00-3:30:  Mariah the Scientist

·         2:00-2:30:  Siena Liggins

Side Stage 2

·         7:00-7:45:  Angelique Kidjo

·         5:30-6:15:  Giveon

·         4:30-5:00:  Emotional Oranges

·         3:30-4:00:  Baker Boy

·         2:30-3:00:  Biig Piig

·         1:30-2:00:  Tone Stith

 

What do you think about this lineup?  Let me know in the comments!

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