[antiwar-van] *THIS WEEKEND!* 'Hip Hop vs. War' 4th Annual Festival hits Surrey & Vancouver!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

*Please Forward Widely*

** STARTING TOMORROW! **

Get ready for…
*** ‘HIP HOP VS. WAR’ ***
4th Annual Hip Hop Festival Against War & Occupation
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SATURDAY September 20th to SUNDAY September 21st 
See below for Festival Program!

Featuring…
>> MAGIA LOPEZ ~ Live and Direct from Cuba!
Member of the acclaimed Cuban Hip Hop Group ‘Obsesion’ and
Director of the Cuban Agency of Rap

For full program and artist bios go to:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/hiphop2008.html 

All Ages! | All Free! | All Weekend!
Artists from Cuba | Indigenous & Local Artists | Indoor + Outdoor
Shows | MC-Breakdancer Workshops | Graffiti Showcase

Back again for the 4th year running, this year's Hip Hop Festival 
Against War & Occupation `Hip Hop vs. War' is set to exceed 
expectations and celebrate the spirit of resistance that hip hop's 
beats, rhythms and rhymes are rooted in!

>From hip hop's legacy in the ghettos of New York City, to 
Palestinian hip hop beats today, this cultural phenomenon has become 
the voice of youth, people of color, and oppressed people and 
nationalities from around the world. Whether it's a beat, a lyric, 
spinning a record, popping and locking, or graffiti on a wall, hip 
hop transforms the spirit of millions of people marching for justice 
into a popular culture that spans borders, cultures and languages.

This popular festival has year after year garnered community 
support, major media coverage, and the participation of youth, 
women, families and oppressed people and nationalities, as well as 
performers from Vancouver to around the world. This festival has 
spanned the lower mainland, with shows and workshops in venues like 
skate parks, community centers, auditoriums, clubs, youth centers, 
sports fields, parks, and restaurants.

Join us this weekend and don’t miss out on this year's `Hip Hop vs.
War' 4th Hip Hop Festival Against War & Occupation!

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

DAY ONE ~ SATURDAY September 20th
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SUNRISE PAVILION
(10341 135 St., Surrey, near Surrey Skytrain Station)
5:30 pm ~ 11:30pm

2 workshops from local and international artists, highlighting Hip Hop as a
voice of oppressed people and how to MC and Breakdance! Workshops will
be followed by the evening show ‘Drop Beats not Bombs!’
Artists: Magia Lopez, Discreet da Chosen 1, Ill Eagle, Looseleaf, JFlowz &
Daniel, DJ K-Rec, Scruffmouth, Brittany B

DAY TWO ~ SUNDAY September 21st
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VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
(750 Hornby Street - on Georgia Street side, close to Granville Street
Skytrain Station)
1PM ~ 7PM

All Day Outdoor Show ‘By Any Means Necessary’
Artists: Magia Lopez, 7th Generation, A-Slam, Manik1derful, Joose Justice,
OsTwelve, Influents, Ndidi Cascade and Lady Deanna, Speeches Beyond,
DJ C-Lo, DJ K-Rec, Project, Now or Never Crew, RAW Crew 

Check out this year's festival poster!
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/080921HHfest.pdf 

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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
http://WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG 
info at mawovancouver.org 
P 604.322.1764 || F 604.322.1763


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