Music fans line up for a group photo with the Dreamville logo on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Dreamville Festival at Dix Park in Raleigh, N.C. The inaugural event, the brainchild of artist J. Cole, drew thousands of music fans to the day long event at Dix Park. Robert Willett [email protected]

Cole, a Terry Sanford High School graduate who grew up in Fayetteville, held his first Dreamville Festival in 2019. It expanded into a two-day event in 2022, which continued in 2023 and 2024. Organizers announced in December that this would be the festival's last year.