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List of hip hop festivals
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Related genres	Hip hop music, funk, disco, dub, rhythm and blues, reggae, dancehall, toasting, performance poetry, neo soul, big beat, trap
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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 music, also called rap music,^[1]^[2]^[3] is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.^[1]

Festivals

The following is an incomplete list of both ongoing and defunct festivals.
Festival name	Location	Attendance	Years
Essence Music Festival	New Orleans, Louisiana	550000	1994-present
Urban Beach Week	Miami, Florida	400000	1990-present
Outside Lands Festival	San Francisco, California	200000	2008-present
Longitude Festival	Dublin, Ireland	40000	2013-present
Pemberton Festival	Pemberton, British Columbia	180000	2008-present
Royal Arena Festival	Orpund, Bern	20000	1999-present
Openair Frauenfeld	Frauenfeld, Thurgau	170000	1985-present
Governors Ball Festival	New York City, New York	150000	2011-present
Made in America	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	140000	2012-present
Bonnaroo Music Festival	Manchester, Tennessee	80000	2002-present
Couleur Café	City of Brussels, Belgium	72000	1990-present
Afropunk Festival	New York City, New York	70000	2005-present
Blockfest	Helsinki, Finland	10000	2005-present
Parklife	Prestwich, Manchester	70000	2010-present
Dour Festival	Dour, Belgium	225000	1988-present
2x2 Hip Hop Festival	Columbus, Ohio		2015-present
Summer Jam	East Rutherford, New Jersey	50000	1994-present
Lovebox	London, London	50000	2002-present
Garorock Festival	Marmande, France	160000	1997-present
#Plugfest	Silverton, Pretoria	45000	2018-present
Southside	Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg	40000	1999-present
Big Day Out	Australia	31000	1992-2014
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival	New York City, New York	30000	2005-present
Soundset Music Festival	Minnesota	30000	2008-present
Hip Hop Kemp	Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic	20000	2002-present
Rock the Bells	United States	17000	2004-2013
Outlook Festival	Pula, Istria	15000	2008-present
Lyricist Lounge	New York City, New York / Miami, Florida	8000	1991-present
Scribble Jam	Cincinnati, Ohio	7000	1996-2008
Paid Dues	United States	5000	2006-2013
Freaknik	Atlanta, Georgia		1982-2010
DMC World DJ Championships	Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia		1985-present
Waga Hip Hop Festival	Ouagadougou, Kadiogo		1997-present
Hiphopplaya Festival	Seoul, South Korea	25000	2016-present
Coast 2 Coast Music Conference	Miami, Florida	1000	2008-present
B-Boy Park	Tokyo, Kant?		1999-present
Thessaloniki Hip Hop Festival	Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia		2003-present
Jingle Jam	Hartford, Connecticut		2004-2008
Breakin' Convention	London, United Kingdom		2004-present
Hip Hop goes Theatre	Salzburg, Salzburg		2004-present
Trinity International Hip Hop Festival	Hartford, Connecticut		2006-present
Young London into Music	London, United Kingdom		2009-present
Urban Street Jam	California		2010-present
No Major, No Problem^[4]	Los Angeles, California		2015
Supafest	Australia		2010-2012
Fresh Island Festival	Novalja, Lika-Senj		2011-present
Northern Touch Music Festival	Winnipeg, Manitoba		2017-present
A3C	Atlanta, Georgia		2005-present
WooHah	Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands	32500	2014-present

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^ ^a ^b 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.
^ AllMusic article for rap, retrieved from AllMusic.com
^ Harvard Dictionary of Music article for rap, retrieved from CredoReference
^ Sherriffe, Mariah. ""No Major, No Problem" gathers musicians to showcase work in Hollywood". Sundial.

[britannica-rap-1] 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.

[AllMusic-rap-2] AllMusic article for rap, retrieved from AllMusic.com

[3] Harvard Dictionary of Music article for rap, retrieved from CredoReference

[4] Sherriffe, Mariah. ""No Major, No Problem" gathers musicians to showcase work in Hollywood". Sundial.

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