BHHF strives to celebrate and promote all elements of Hip Hop Culture including: Breaking, DJing, Graffiti, Rap/MCing and Beatboxing, once again making it accessible and open to all audiences. Showcasing a broad range of free and ticketed events means that we can bring new audiences to the culture whilst guaranteeing the highest quality in each art.
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June events | July events
| Mon 2 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
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| 6-8.30pm | BHHF Education – Music Workshops Rap & Performance tutors include:
DJing tutors:
Production Tutors: Tom Caruana (Boiler Room) + Jimmy Day (Boiler Room) |
AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| 6-8.30pm | BHHF Education – Beatbox Workshops Tutor: BadFunk (Swampfoot) |
AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| 7.30pm doors open / 8-11.30pm main event | Hammer & Tongues Slam Poetry at its finest. Come and see for yourself the high octane energy. |
Komedia, |
£5 per person / £4 concessions Komedia |
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| Tue 3 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 5.30-7.30pm | BHHF Education – Street Art + Design Workshops Tutor:
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AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| 6-8.30pm | BHHF Education – Girls only DJ Workshops Tutor: DJ AS-IF (Surgical Cuts) |
AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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8pm till late |
Slip Jam:B – Over-18s only Brighton's longest-running hip hop open mic night encourages all artists to come down and get involved. |
The Hope, Queens Road | FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| Thu 5 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 5-6.30pm | BHHF Education – Breakdance Workshops Tutor: Ill Boogz (Sin Cru/Born To Rock) |
AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| Fri 6 July | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | ||
| 8pm-2am | Hip Hop Is Dead? A selection of Brighton's most experienced DJs, hand picked by the RPRZNT crew, dedicate a night to the fallen soldiers of Hip Hop music.Expect a full 6 hour program of classic tracks from MCs who have passed away, the crews they left behind and the new school artists that have sampled the legends.... let's spill a little drink for 'em all. |
Riki Tik, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| 12-7pm | Graffiti Legends Some of Graffiti’s founding pioneers descend on Brighton in a unique jam. Bringing together some of the most Legendary artists from Graffiti culture together with some of Europe’s most inspiring contemporary writers. |
Tarnerland, St Johns Place, Brighton, BN2 0GR + New England Quarter, New England Street, Brighton, BN1 4GH (right behind Brighton Station) |
FREE to watch Tickets: n/a |
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| 7.15pm doors open / 8-11pm main event | Fresh Styles Film Festival – Style Wars + Q&A An evening with the legends of Graffiti in a UK exclusive. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Fresh Styles screens a brand-new cut of the highly influential UK graffiti documentary Style Wars, Plus: an exclusive multimedia presentation/Q&A session with New York’s graffiti legend Blade (a.k.a. ‘King of Graff’) and very special international guests. With unseen footage and stills plus additional excerpts. Certificate PG. |
Pavilion Theatre, |
£7 / £5 concessions Dome Box Office |
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| Sat 7 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 12-7pm | Graffiti Legends Some of Graffiti’s founding pioneers descend on Brighton in a unique jam. Bringing together some of the most Legendary artists from Graffiti culture together with some of Europe’s most inspiring contemporary writers. |
Tarnerland, St Johns Place, Brighton, BN2 0GR + New England Quarter, New England Street, Brighton, BN1 4GH (right behind Brighton Station) |
FREE to watch |
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| 7.15pm doors open / 8-11pm main event | Fresh Styles Film Festival – Electro Rock + Bombin + Q&A with UK Hip Hop pioneers. This exclusive screening revisits seminal films from the first wave of Hip Hop culture in the early 1980s: Richard Gayer’s hugely important 1985 documentary Electro Rock (following the legendary London Hippodrome gig of the year), and Bombin, the first film to document the UK graffiti scene. Plus a unique Q&A session featuring pioneering UK Hip Hop artists Zaki Dee (The Chrome Angels), Hanifa ‘Bubbles’ Hudson (The B-Boys) and very special guests. Certificate PG. |
Pavilion Theatre, |
£7 / £5 concessions Dome Box Office |
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| Sun 8 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 12.00pm doors open 1-8pm main event |
BHHF Battle Jam In partnership with Born To Rock the BHHF Battle Jam is the best B-Boy/B-Girl Battle in the UK. Whilst attracting Crews from across the globe the event still remains full of high energy and crammed full of phenomenal moves, MCs, DJs, Poppers, Lockers and Beatboxers. |
Sallis Benney Theatre, |
£8.50 per person / £27 family ticket (2adults + 2kids under 16yrs) / £6 kids under 10yrs / no other concessions Dome Box Office |
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| Mon 9 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 6-8.30pm | BHHF Education – Beatbox Workshops Tutor:
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AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| 6-8.30pm | BHHF Education – Music Workshops Rap & Performance tutors include:
DJing tutors:
Production Tutors: Tom Caruana (Boiler Room) + Jimmy Day (Mula) |
AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| Tue 10 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 5.30-7.30pm | BHHF Education – Street Art + Design Workshops Tutor: RareKind/Can Control |
AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| 6-8.30pm | BHHF Education – Girls only DJ Workshops Tutor: DJ AS-IF (Surgical Cuts) |
AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| 7.30pm doors open 8-12pm main event |
RAW Brighton’s hottest comedy, live music and Spoken Word event. |
Joogleberry, Manchester Street, Brighton, BN1 |
£5 / no concessions Joogleberry |
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| Wed 11 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| TBC | Word Play Another sizzling evening of smoking-hot verse and melodious magic from the UK and America’s finest spoken word artists and musicians. Featuring:
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Cella, |
£5 / no concessions Cella |
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| 7.15pm doors open / 8-11pm main event | Fresh Styles Film Festival – South Coast + Kitchen Diaries + Best of Brighton Hip Hop videos 4 years in the making, South Coast is a funny yet passionate feature length documentary, charting the history of Brighton Hip Hop through to todays burgeoning scene. Kitchen Dairies is a hilarious short featuring the amazing beatbox skills of the UK champ Beardyman as he cooks up some beats. plus Best of Brighton Hip Hop Videos |
Pavillion Theatre, |
£5 / no concessions Dome Box Office |
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| Thu 12 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 5-6.30pm | BHHF Education – Breakdance Workshops Tutor:
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AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| Sat 14 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 12-8.00pm | BHHF Live Day Featuring some of the finest UK artists including:
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TBC Still negotiating new site with City Council |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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| 9pm-3am | Etch Live presents BHHF LATE In association with The Concorde2 and Juice 107.2 FM Free Tru Thoughts/Tuaca 2007 CD for everyone through the door. MAIN ROOM: SECOND ROOM: |
Concorde II, |
£3.00 On the door and from the BHHF merchandise stand during the Live Day. |
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| Mon 23 July | EVENT / ITEM | VENUE | PRICE / TICKETS | |
| 6-8.30pm | BHHF Education – Music Workshops Rap & Performance tutors include:
DJing tutors:
Production Tutors:
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AudioActive2, |
FREE Tickets: n/a |
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* BHHF07 Programme is subject to change depending on securing funding, venues, sites, artists and any other elements at play. KALA PHOOL (development agency of BHHF cannot be held responsible). Should changes need to be made, notices will be posted on www.bhhf.org and through other outlets. |
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