Summit At Sea 2024 Announces Complete Musical Lineup: Diplo, Moodymann, D-Nice & More

In April, the fifth annual Summit At Sea departs from Miami for a four-day cruise, with programming stacked with health and wellness sessions and conversations on politics, culture, medicine, climate and much more.

Woven through the voyage is music, with a flurry of artists coming onboard for both talks and performances.

Featured in the programming is a conversation between Diplo and Just Blaze, who’ll engage in a talk titled “A Beat on Culture, Music and Art” with Diplo also playing a set while at sea. D-Nice, who became a sensation with his pandemic DJ set livestreams, will take part in a conversation with writer, filmmaker and cultural critic Dream Hampton, who’s also the executive producer of the 2019 documentary Surviving R. Kelly.

Just Blaze will also take part in another conversation with musician Rich Medina and DJ, producer and radio personality Stretch Armstrong. Elsewhere, musician East Forest, whose work focuses on music for psychedelic experiences, will host the session Music For Mushrooms: A Sonic Journey.

Elsewhere, Detroit legend Moodymann will do a DJ set, with performers also including Detroit-based vocal trio Dames Brown, Mexican producer Mandrake, New York City duo musclecars, a multimedia performance by Eduardo Castillo and a flurry of other DJ sets throughout the boat.

Outside of music, programming will feature luminaries including soccer star Megan Rapinoe in conversation with Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird, author and academic Robert Thurman, former Colombian president Iván Duque, Ocean Conservancy CEO Janis Searles Jones and many more.

Founded in 2008, Summit is a membership organization of leaders and entrepreneurs from various cultural sectors including art, food, business, health, sports, finance, spirituality and beyond. Anyone can apply to be a member, and membership is required to take part in Summit At Sea. Tickets for the cruise start at $5,200.

“Summit’s music and artistic performances blend with an alchemy of style and vibe,” Summit’s director and CEO tells Billboard. “We host up-and-coming artists, the eccentric experimenters, and the genre-defining masters. Imagine a three-day, choose your own adventure where you get to choose what your heart and curious mind desire. A dive into the Grammy-winning spoken poetry of J. Ivy, an exploration on how the Punk spirit has defined the entrepreneurial world we’re all living in with John Varvatos and Steven Kotler, a dance to Detroit’s enigmatic Moodymann, the Amapiano sounds of Blaq Pages, and the rich rock and roll of Stolen Nova. From Diplo to Detroit’s Dames Brown, D-Nice to the Egyptian sound artist DREEEMY, or a night filled with Soul in the Horn featuring Natasha Diggs, L3Ni, and DProsper…we are so excited to host our Summit community out at sea next month.”