Cincinnati Music Festival at Paycor Stadium
Earth, Wind and Fire and LL Cool J Headline 2025 Cincinnati Music Festival
Cincinnati Music Festival will return to Paycor Stadium in 2025 for the 20th consecutive year. Musical icons Earth, Wind and Fire and LL Cool J will headline the 64th year of the event. Earth, Wind and Fire will be the feature group on Friday July 25, while LL Cool J will cap off the night on Saturday July 26.
Other acts on Friday include Anthony Hamilton and three artists to be announced. Meanwhile, Saturday's lineup will feature Toni Braxton as a special guest, along with a Special Tribute to Frankie Beverly, featuring Jubu with appearances by Ronald Isley, Joe, After 7, Dave Hollister and Raheem DeVaughn and more.
Earth, Wind and Fire is one of the most successful musical groups of all time, selling over 100 million albums worldwide. Their most popular song, September, has nearly 2 billion streams on Spotify.
Cincinnati Music Festival originally began in 1962 as the Ohio Valley Jazz Festival. The festival has brought in some of the biggest names in music history, including Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder.