Usher, who will headline Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival with The Roots and more. Credit: youtube.com

Usher, who will headline Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival with The Roots and more. Credit: youtube.com

After kicking ass at The Roots Picnic, Usher and the Philly hip hop heroes are taking the show on the road, to South Florida specifically.

Today, the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival announced it's lineup, and the R&B crooner leads the bill along with Kings of Leon, Bassnectar, Flume, the Lumineers and more. The four-day fest, which takes place in Sunshine Grove, will happen on March 2-5.

Wiz Khalifa is also on the bill along with Pretty Lights, Solange, Rae Sremmurd, Young The Giant, Porter Robinson plus Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals. Joining them are Griz, Cold War Kids, Blood Orange, Mike Posner, Bleachers, Soja, The Revivalists, Snails, D.R.A.M., Mac Demarco, Wake Flocka Flame, Sleigh Bells and more.

A press release says additional artists will be added in the following weeks.

A limited quantity of both 3-day and 4-day Early Bird festival tickets as well as Early Bird VIP packages are on sale now via OkeechobeeFest.com. Early Bird 3 day GA price is $229, Early Bird 4 day GA price is $249, and Early Bird Eternal Sunshine VIP price is $599. Once the limited quantity of Early Bird tickets are sold out, additional GA tickets will be available at the Tier 1 price.

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