Love Groove Festival Brings Robert Glasper, Saba and Baltimore Creatives to the Waterfront

Robert Glasper, Saba and Alex Vaughn appear in the festival's pink-and-gold featured-artist posters.

Love Groove Festival reaches its 10th anniversary Saturday, August 29, with a full-day waterfront program at Point Park in Baltimore. Robert Glasper and Saba lead the music lineup, while DMV R&B standout Alex Vaughn joins a wide group of Baltimore and Maryland performers, DJs, artists and vendors. The Love Groove Festival Baltimore program runs from noon to 8 p.m.

The event is designed as more than a headline concert. Organizers are combining live music, a Love Groove art gallery, food, games, 50 vendors and a dedicated children's zone with a petting zoo, bounce house and face painting. Children 12 and younger enter free, giving the festival a family path alongside its R&B, jazz and hip-hop programming.

The local depth is the clearest reason the anniversary matters. Baltimore artists and creators on the program include Queen HD, D.K. the Punisher, JXHN TYLXR, Tromac and Kenyatta Band. Briley Harris brings Maryland musicianship into the alternative R&B lane, while Alex Vaughn's appearance connects the main stage to a DMV voice already building a national audience.

Robert Glasper gives the day a flexible center. His work moves between jazz improvisation, hip-hop collaboration and modern soul without treating those forms as separate rooms. Saba brings a different kind of live storytelling, pairing close-detail writing with a band-ready Chicago sound. Together, their sets make room for both deep musicianship and a crowd that wants a festival release.

General admission is currently listed at $49, with VIP at $149. Point Park is located at 1215 Willis Street. The official festival page also lists a limited 9 to 11 p.m. yacht afterparty with DJ Meesh and Tromac; guests should confirm current ticket availability, entry requirements and schedule details through the organizer before traveling.

PowerPage's guide to Symphony Black at The Urban Oasis highlights another Baltimore R&B event happening this week. Love Groove expands that same local continuum across a larger waterfront footprint. The national names draw attention, but the anniversary's real measure is whether Baltimore's working musicians, visual artists, DJs, vendors and families can all see themselves in the day.