List of hip-hop festivals
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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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Related genres | Hip-hop, funk, disco, dub, rhythm and blues, reggae, dancehall, toasting, performance poetry, neo soul, big beat, trap |
Location | Worldwide |
Related events | Concert tour, music festival, jazz festivals, electronic music festivals, reggae festivals, blues festivals, block party |
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Festival name | Location | Attendance | Years |
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Beach, Please! Festival | Costinești, Romania | 260000 | 2021 - Present |
Rolling Loud | United States; Australia; Canada; The Netherlands; Portugal; Thailand; Germany; Austria; | 255000 | 2015 - Present |
Essence Music Festival | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | 550000 | 1994–present |
Cancun Jumpoff | Cancun, Mexico | 12000 | 2003–present |
Urban Beach Week | Miami, Florida, United States | 400000 | 1990–present |
Outside Lands Festival | San Francisco, California, United States | 200000 | 2008–present |
SF International HipHop DanceFest | San Francisco, California, United States | ~4000 | 1999–present |
Longitude Festival | Dublin, Ireland | 40000 | 2013–present |
Pemberton Festival | Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada | 180000 | 2008–present |
Royal Arena Festival | Orpund, Bern, Switzerland | 20000 | 1999–present |
Openair Frauenfeld | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | 170000 | 1985–present |
Governors Ball Festival | New York City, New York, United States | 150000 | 2011–present |
Made in America | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 140000 | 2012–present |
Bonnaroo Music Festival | Manchester, Tennessee, United States | 80000 | 2002–present |
Couleur Café | Brussels, Belgium | 72000 | 1990–present |
Afropunk Festival | New York City, New York, United States | 70000 | 2005–present |
Blockfest | Tampere, Finland | 10000 | 2005–present |
Parklife | Prestwich, United Kingdom | 70000 | 2010–present |
Dour Festival | Dour, Belgium | 225000 | 1988–present |
2x2 Hip Hop Festival | Columbus, Ohio, United States | 2015–present | |
Summer Jam | East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States | 50000 | 1994–present |
Lovebox | London, United Kingdom | 50000 | 2002–present |
Garorock Festival (pop, rock, electro and techno) | Marmande, France | 160000 | 1997–present |
#Plugfest | Silverston, South Africa | 45000 | 2018–present |
Southside | Tuttlingen, Germany | 40000 | 1999–present |
Big Day Out | Australia | 31000 | 1992–2014 |
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival | New York City, New York, United States | 30000 | 2005–present |
Soundset Music Festival | Minnesota, United States | 30000 | 2008–present |
Hip Hop Kemp | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | 20000 | 2002–present |
Rock the Bells | United States | 17000 | 2004–2013 |
Roots Picnic | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 70000 | 2008-present |
Outlook Festival | Pula, Croatia | 15000 | 2008–present |
Lyricist Lounge | New York City, New York/Miami, Florida, U.S. | 8000 | 1991–present |
Scribble Jam | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | 7000 | 1996–2008 |
Paid Dues | United States | 5000 | 2006–2013 |
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 | 25000 | 2016–present |
Coast 2 Coast Music Conference | Miami, Florida, United States | 1000 | 2008–present |
B-Boy Park | Tokyo, Japan | 1999–present | |
Thessaloniki Hip Hop Festival | Thessaloniki, Greece | 2003–present | |
Jingle Jam | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | 2004–2008 | |
Breakin' Convention | London, United Kingdom | 2004–present | |
Hip Hop goes Theatre | Salzburg, Austria | 2004–present | |
Trinity International Hip Hop Festival | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | 2006–present | |
Young London into Music | London, United Kingdom | 2009–present | |
Urban Street Jam | Irvine, California, United States | 2010–present | |
No Major, No Problem[6] | Los Angeles, California, United States | 2015 | |
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 States | 2005–present | |
WooHah | Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands | 32500 | 2014–present |
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