The best acts to see at the Meadows Festival 2016

If you couldn’t spring for a ticket to the Saint Pablo tour, this fest-headlining set should be some consolation—though there are no promises his floating stage is coming along for ride.

Meadows Fest will be New Yorkers’ first chance to see the Chicago rapper since the release of his excellent, exuberant third mixtape, Coloring Book. (His Summer Jam set got rained out earlier this year, same as Kanye’s GovBall appearance the same day.)

George Lewis Jr.’s synth-heavy pop project Twin Shadow released the underrated Eclipse last year. At the fest, he’ll take on Prince’s masterwork.

Bradley, who effortlessly inhabits classic soul and R&B grooves, plays behind his newest Daptone Records release, Changes (which, yes, includes a cover of the Black Sabbath ballad of the same name).

The project of composer Thomas Arsenault, avant-garde synth-pop act Mas Ysa typically plays smaller DIY venues, so this is your best (only?) chance to hear his massive tunes through a festival soundsystem.