List of hip-hop festivals

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List of hip hop festivals
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Related genres Hip-hop, funk, disco, dub, rhythm and blues, reggae, dancehall, toasting, performance poetry, neo soul, big beat, trap
LocationWorldwide
Related events Concert tour, music festival, jazz festivals, electronic music festivals, reggae festivals, blues festivals, block party

The following is an incomplete list of hip-hop festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on hip hop music or other elements of hip-hop culture. Hip-hop, also called rap music, [1] [2] [3] is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhymin speech that is chanted. [1]

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Festivals

The annual Blockfest in Tampere, Finland is the largest hip-hop music event in the Nordic countries and also one of the best-selling festivals in advance. Picture of Blockfest in 2017. Blockfest 2017.jpg
The annual Blockfest in Tampere, Finland is the largest hip-hop music event in the Nordic countries and also one of the best-selling festivals in advance. Picture of Blockfest in 2017.


The following is an incomplete list of both ongoing and defunct festivals.
Festival nameLocationAttendanceYears
Beach, Please! Festival Costinești, Romania 2600002022 - Present
Rolling Loud United States; Australia; Canada; The Netherlands; Portugal; Thailand; Germany; Austria;2550002015 - Present
Essence Music Festival New Orleans, Louisiana, United States5500001994–present
Les Ardentes Festival Liege, Belgium 2450002006–present
Cancun Jumpoff Cancun, Mexico 120002003–present
Urban Beach Week Miami, Florida, United States4000001990–present
Outside Lands Festival San Francisco, California, United States2000002008–present
SF International HipHop DanceFest San Francisco, California, United States~40001999–present
Longitude Festival Dublin, Ireland 400002013–present
Pemberton Festival Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada 1800002008–present
Royal Arena Festival Orpund, Bern, Switzerland 200001999–present
Openair Frauenfeld Frauenfeld, Switzerland 1700001985–present
Governors Ball Festival New York City, New York, United States1500002011–present
Made in America Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States1400002012–present
Bonnaroo Music Festival Manchester, Tennessee, United States800002002–present
Couleur Café Brussels, Belgium 720001990–present
Afropunk Festival New York City, New York, United States700002005–present
Blockfest Tampere, Finland 100002005–present
Parklife Prestwich, United Kingdom700002010–present
Dour Festival Dour, Belgium 2250001988–present
2x2 Hip Hop Festival Columbus, Ohio, United States2015–present
Summer Jam East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States500001994–present
Lovebox London, United Kingdom500002002–present
Garorock Festival (pop, rock, electro and techno) Marmande, France 1600001997–present
#Plugfest Silverston, South Africa 450002018–present
Southside Tuttlingen, Germany 400001999–present
Big Day Out Australia 310001992–2014
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival New York City, New York, United States300002005–present
Soundset Music Festival Minnesota, United States300002008–present
Hip Hop Kemp Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 200002002–present
Rock the Bells United States 170002004–2013
Roots Picnic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States700002008-present
Outlook Festival Pula, Croatia 150002008–present
Lyricist Lounge New York City, New York/Miami, Florida, U.S.80001991–present
Scribble Jam Cincinnati, Ohio, United States70001996–2008
Paid Dues United States 50002006–2013
Freaknik Atlanta, Georgia 1982–2010
DMC World DJ Championships Thessaloniki, Greece 1985–present
Waga Hip Hop Festival Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 1997–present
Hiphopplaya Festival Seoul, South Korea 250002016–present
Coast 2 Coast Music Conference Miami, Florida, United States10002008–present
B-Boy Park Tokyo, Japan 1999–present
Thessaloniki Hip Hop Festival Thessaloniki, Greece 2003–present
Jingle Jam Hartford, Connecticut, United States2004–2008
Breakin' Convention London, United Kingdom2004–present
Hip Hop goes Theatre Salzburg, Austria 2004–present
Trinity International Hip Hop Festival Hartford, Connecticut, United States2006–present
Young London into Music London, United Kingdom 2009–present
Urban Street Jam Irvine, California, United States2010–present
No Major, No Problem [6] Los Angeles, California, United States2015
Dooinit [7] Rennes, France 2010–present
Supafest Australia 2010–2012
Fresh Island Festival Novalja, Croatia 2011–present
Northern Touch Music Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2017–present
A3C Atlanta, Georgia, United States2005–present
WooHah Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands 325002014–present

See also

The following lists have some or total overlap:

References

  1. 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica article on rap, retrieved from britannica.com: Rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted (“rapped”) to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can include digital sampling (music and sounds extracted from other recordings), is also called hip-hop, the name used to refer to a broader cultural movement that includes rap, deejaying (turntable manipulation), graffiti painting, and break dancing.
  2. ↑ AllMusic article for rap, retrieved from AllMusic.com Archived 2010-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Harvard Dictionary of Music article for rap, retrieved from CredoReference
  4. ↑ "Blockfest 2016". Visit Tampere (in Finnish). Visit Tampere Matkailuneuvonta. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  5. ↑ "Hiphop-festivaali Blockfest myytiin loppuun ennätysajassa". YLE (in Finnish). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  6. ↑ Sherriffe, Mariah. ""No Major, No Problem" gathers musicians to showcase work in Hollywood". Sundial.
  7. ↑ "Dooinit festival – Since 2010". dooinit-festival.com. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
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