J. Cole's Dreamville Festival has announced its 2025 event will be its final edition, adding to the growing list of festival changes in 2024. The last installment is scheduled for April 5th and 6th, 2025, in Raleigh.

Despite the 2024 festival's success, drawing over 100,000 attendees and generating a $145 million local economic impact, organizers confirmed the upcoming event will be the "fifth and final edition." Presale tickets are currently available at $299.99, with the full lineup announcement expected before the end of 2024.

The festival's farewell announcement emphasized its original mission: "From the very beginning, the idea behind the fest was creating a place where our fans, the Dreamville community, could spend time together, a place where they could see themselves reflected, a place to share in experiences."

This development comes amid a challenging landscape for music festivals, with over 170 events being canceled, postponed, or discontinued in 2024 alone. The post-COVID festival market has become increasingly saturated, with major events like Coachella 2024 struggling to sell out for the first time in years.

The timing of Dreamville's final event is particularly notable, occurring just four days before Coachella 2025's first weekend, and competing with other major spring festivals like Stagecoach and EDC Las Vegas. Even established festivals are facing challenges, with Coachella 2025's ticket sales showing slower momentum than usual, particularly for second-weekend passes.

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