The three-day festival's third edition in six years was a memorable one. Despite some logistical snags, the event now has a solid foundation to build on.
Was the third time the charm for the Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival, which concluded its 2024 run Sunday at downtown San Diego's Embarcadero Marina Park North with show-stopping performances by The Roots and Beck? This was the third edition of the homegrown music marathon, which debuted in November 2019, then went dark in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.
Co-led by drummer Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson and rapper Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter, The Roots have been the house band on TV's Jimmy Fallon-hosted 'The Tonight Show' since 2009. But The Roots have been a favorite of enlightened hip-hop fans since not long after forming in 1987. At Wonderfront, the nine-man band started in high-gear and built from there.
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