Bill Clinton Takes Selfies With Fans at Made in America Festival
Jay Z's Made in America festival has been a Labor Day tradition in Philadelphia since it started in 2012
By David Chang ••
Bill Clinton stopped by the Made In America Festival Sunday night to encourage voter registration. He also stopped to take a few selfies with folks around the festival.
The Made in America music festival had a special attendee Sunday: a former American president.
Bill Clinton attended the second day of the annual concert on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Several photos of Clinton posing with fans were posted to social media, and Clinton was also spotted talking to both Beyonce and her husband, festival founder Jay Z.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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Rihanna takes the stage.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Singer Dorothy Martin of DOROTHY performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Lil Uzi Vert performs in the crowd during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Singer Justine Skye performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Cherry Glazerr performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival Day 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Miya Folick performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival Day 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: A$AP Ferg performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival Day 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Manolo Rose (C) performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival Day 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Manolo Rose (C) performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival Day 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Singer SZA performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Fans jump over the barricades and rush the stage after Jay Electronica invites the crowd up to "collapse the stage" during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Jay Electronica performs from the crowd during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Jay Electronica performs from the crowd during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Jay Electronica performs from the crowd during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Jay Electronica performs from the crowd during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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Rihanna performs during Made in America.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Marty Baller (L) and A$AP Ferg perform onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Singer SZA performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: A fan climbs a lamp post during A$AP Ferg's set at the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 03: Rapper Dave East performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival Day 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 04: DJ Khaled performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival - Day 2 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 04: DJ Khaled performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival - Day 2 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 04: A wide view of the crowd as Chance The Rapper performs onstage during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 04: (L-R) Tyson Moore, Pat Philips, and Paul Lizarraga of Honduras perform onstage the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival - Day 2 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
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Rapper Uno The Activist performs from the crowd during the 2016 Budweiser Made in America Festival - Day 2 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 4, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)
Clinton was there to register people to vote in the presidential election this November and stopped by voter registration booths at the concert, according to a spokeswoman with the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Thousands of people are enjoying the sights and sounds of the Made In America Festival in Philadelphia. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has highlights from the two day event and reactions from festival attendees enjoying the weather.
The concert has become a Labor Day tradition in Philadelphia since it began in 2012. Dozens of artists performed on multiple stages during the two-day festival. Saturday night's headliner was Rihanna, and Coldplay was set to close out the festival Sunday night.
