Made in America Festival

The Made in America Festival is a two-day music festival held every Labor Day weekend on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was first announced by entertainer Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter at Philadelphia Museum of Art on May 14, 2012.
In 2014, the Los Angeles, California edition was added to the Made in America Festival, hence marking the first multi-day music festival staged simultaneously on opposite ends of the United States.
The event has been held annually since 2012, except in 2020 when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2023, which was cancelled due to other complications beyond the organizers' control. It was announced that the festival would be cancelled yet again for 2024 on April 3, 2024.

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History

The festival was founded in 2012 by rapper and business mogul Jay-Z as a way to bring together music and culture. The inaugural event was held on September 1–2, 2012 on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. It grossed $5 million in ticket sales and attracted about 80,000 people. Philadelphia city officials reported that the festival generated around $10 million in economic impact for the city.
In 2012, Pearl Jam were joined onstage by Jay-Z to perform the song "99 Problems". For their appearance at the festival, the band earned $2 million.
As of 2012, the festival features three stages of live music: Rocky Stage, Liberty Stage, and Freedom Tent. The festival also features an array of vendors, food trucks, carnival games, refillable water stations, and portable toilets.
In Budweiser's 'Makers of Tomorrow' ad, which promoted the theme of the festival, Jay-Z narrated, "Through all the lines and things that are put in place to divide each other, all like-minded people gather together. We're more curious than ever. We create music to express ourselves. And when the world relates, ya know, that's beautiful things. We're all trading off each other's culture. So no matter what lines you put—country, indie rock, rap—we're all somehow gonna find a way to come together cause the lines and the titles can never keep us apart. This is what we've been. To put that on display for the world is, is just being honest. That's it, that's what it's all about. We are finally living out our creed."
The festival was the subject of the 2013 documentary Made in America, directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer and Jay-Z. In a statement to the press, Howard called the documentary "a reflection of the fabric of what it means to be 'Made in America'—what the festival represents, why Jay is doing it and how he relates to each artist."
On April 16, 2014, Jay-Z and Eric Garcetti held a press conference at Los Angeles City Hall and announced that the Made in America Festival would take place not only in Philadelphia, but in Los Angeles as well during the 2014 Labor Day weekend. The location of the Los Angeles festival would be Grand Park. "On Labor Day weekend we are going to celebrate our golden state of mind right here in LA with a sellout crowd right on the steps of city hall and into Grand Park," Garcetti said. "The 'Made in America Festival' will attract 50,000 fans Saturday and Sunday. Fans who will inject millions of dollars into the LA economy."
On May 19, 2015, it was announced the festival would return to its original format of being solely held in Philadelphia after disappointing ticket sales from last year's LA edition of the festival. In 2015 Budweiser also replaced its Made in America tour with its new Monument Series. The Monument Series which leads up to the main festival took place at both the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
The festival was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with tickets carrying over to the next edition. The festival returned in 2021, only to be cancelled again in 2023 and 2024 for unspecified reasons.

Lineups

2012

Saturday, September 1

Sunday, September 2

2013

Saturday, August 31

Sunday, September 1

2014

In April 2014, it was announced that the 2014 Made in America festival would take place in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles. A press conference given by Jay-Z and the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, explained how the added location was designed to involve both the west and east coasts of the United States in the multi-genre festival. The 2014 festival reportedly delivered "twice the amount of music" as the previous years of the festival, and also benefitted the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, United Way of Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, and United Way of Lancaster County.
Philadelphia
Saturday, August 30

Sunday, August 31

Los Angeles
Saturday, August 30

Sunday, August 31

2015

The 2015 line-up featured and included Beyoncé, The Weeknd, Bassnectar, Modest Mouse, Axwell and Ingrosso, and J. Cole.
Saturday, September 5

Sunday, September 6

2016

The 2016 edition held in Philadelphia was headlined by Rihanna and Coldplay. 2016 also included DJ Khaled, Martin Garrix, FKA Twigs, Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz, Edward Sharpe, Jamie xx, Travis Scott, Grimes, Chance the Rapper, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Madeon, Desiigner, Gary Clark, Jr., A$AP Ferg, Bibi Bourelly, Lil Yachty, Bryson Tiller, Sza, and Levi Carter.
Saturday

Rocky Stage	Liberty Stage	Freedom Stage	Skate Stage	Tidal Stage
Lil Uzi Vert SZA Bryson Tiller ColleGrove Rihanna	Dorothy Justine Skye A$AP Ferg Eve Jamie XX	NVOY Chris Malinchak Sleepy Tom Anna Lunoe Tchami DJ Mustard Adventure Club	Symone Denzel Curry Porches Cherry Glazerr Gallant Grits & Biscuits Into It. Over It.	C-Kan Colter Wall Miya Folick Manolo Rose Car Seat Headrest Levi Carter Dave East Fat White Family

Sunday

Rocky Stage	Liberty Stage	Freedom Stage	Skate Stage	Tidal Stage
St. Lucia Banks & Steelz Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros DJ Khaled Chance the RapperColdplay	Playboi Carti Tory Lanez Gary Clark Jr. Travis Scott FKA Twigs Martin Garrix	What the Duck SG Lewis Flat White Salva Disciples Madeon	From Indian Lakes Day Wave Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties Kevin Devine Basement Touché Amoré Red Letter Day	Honduras Sophie Beem Show Me the Body Kevin Garrett Sir the Baptist Bibi Bourelly Lil Yachty Kacy Hill Desiigner

2021

Made in America 2021 was held on September 4–5 at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The 2021 festival was headlined by Justin Bieber and Lil Baby.
Rocky Stage

Saturday: Latto, Coi Leray, Baby Keem, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby

Sunday: Freddie Gibbs, Tinashe, Bobby Shmurda, Roddy Ricch, Justin Bieber
Liberty Stage

Saturday: Morray, Griselda, A$AP Ferg, Young Thug, Kehlani

Sunday: EST Gee, 42 Dugg, Lil Durk, Moneybagg Yo, Doja Cat
Tidal Stage

Saturday: Destin Conrad, Maeta, Duke Deuce, Pi'erre Bourne, Kaash Paige, Fivio Foreign, Bia

Sunday: Gbeke, 26AR, Capella Grey, Cazzu, Mozzy, Mariah the Scientist, Fousheé, Lloyd Banks

2022

Made in America 2022 was held September 3–4 at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The 2022 festival was headlined by Bad Bunny and Tyler, The Creator.
Made in America 2022 was the first major event on the Parkway since the shooting at the Fourth of July fireworks that injured two police officers.
Rocky Stage

Saturday: Larry June, Key Glock, Pusha T, Jazmine Sullivan, Tyler, the Creator

Sunday: Victoria Monét, Tate McRae, Ryan Castro, Don Tolliver, Bad Bunny
Liberty Stage

Saturday: Babyface Ray, Toro Y Moi, JID, Kodak Black, Lil Uzi Vert

Sunday: Chimbala, Fuerza Regida, Rels B, Snoh Aalegra, Burna Boy
Freedom Stage

Saturday: Dixson, Zah Sosaa, Jeleel!, GloRilla, B-Lovee, Jenevieve, Icewear Vezzo, Flo Milli

Sunday: 5′2, Becca Hannah, Kur, Armani White, Ambré, Kalan.Frfr, Coast Contra, Kenny Mason, Young Nudy

2023

Made in America 2023 was scheduled to be held from September 2–3 at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, and be headlined by Lizzo and SZA.
On August 8, 2023, the festival was cancelled due to "severe circumstances outside of production control". No official reasons have been given for the cancellation, although the announcement came shortly after a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct and a hostile work environment was filed against Lizzo.
Planned lineup:
SZA, Miguel, Metro Boomin, Coi Leray, Lil Yachty, Lola Brooke, TiaCorine, Eem Triplin, Tanerélle
Lizzo, Tems, Ice Spice, Latto, Doechii, Coco Jones, Paris Texas, Flau'jae Johnson, Weston Estate, Mase and Cam'ron