[antiwar-van] *SUNDAY* Day 2 of "Hip Hop vs. War" 4th Annual Festival hits Vancouver! (Rain or Shine!)

[Kira Koshelanyk]

*Please Forward Widely*

* DAY 2 HITS VANCOUVER TODAY! *
 
*** ‘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!

Day one of the ‘Hip Hop vs. War’ 4th Annual Festival was a huge success at Sunrise Pavilion in Surrey! Over 200 people came to workshops, learned to MC and break-dance, and danced to music from the lower mainland’s best socially conscious hip hop artists! Check out CBC media coverage at http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/newsatnight/vancouver_sat.wmv
and fast forward to ‘4:45.’

Join us for day two of the festival at the Vancouver Art Gallery, with even more great artists out against war! The festival area will be covered and we will be there rain or shine!

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!’

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

All Day Outdoor Show ‘By Any Means Necessary’

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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