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Brighton Hip Hop Festival
The UK’s largest celebration of Hip Hop culture
LIVE DAY - CANCELLED

Launched in 2004, the Brighton Hip Hop Festival (BHHF) is the UK’s largest celebration of Hip Hop Culture. Over the past three years the two-week festival has gone from strength to strength and is recognised as a must attend event for all Hip Hop enthusiasts across the globe, as well as anyone with an interest in the many art forms that are comprised within Hip Hop culture.

Organised by KALA PHOOL, a multi-arts diversity led development agency, BHHF exists as ‘not for profit’ to celebrate the richness, strength and diversity of Hip Hop Culture.

However, in light of the 4th BHHF having its funding cut weeks before the main programme was due to start, the team have had to work tirelessly to gain generous support from the following: The Sussex Black Police Association, Brighton & Hove City Council – Redemption Song, Chris Gilbert, oneofakind (Guernsey), Don’t Panic Media, 4 Print & Design, Ink-d Gallery, Richard Nutbourne - Coolflight Ltd, Flint Hire & Supply Ltd, Johnstone’s Leyland Decorating Centre, Face Media Group, Concorde2, Pure Mint Recordings, Juice FM 107.9, Radio Reverb, www.pyroradio.com, Latest 7 and The Argus. Without the financial and logistical support from these organisations many of our events would not be taking place.

Despite spending the past 3 weeks furiously fundraising to bring the programme to you, we are unfortunately having to cancel our largest and most significant event, the BHHF LIVE DAY. It was due to take place on Saturday 14 July as a free, outdoor and accessible event to showcase the vast talent in UK Hip Hop. Unfortunately due to the lack of funding support and the short time we’ve had to rescue the event we’ve been forced to make this decision. Not only will 100’s of UK artists lose out but, the future of this particular event is also in question.

Thank you to those who have made the effort to wish us well and to voice your ongoing support of BHHF. My team and I look forward to your continued support at the remainder of the events.
BHHF07 is running from Saturday 30 June through to and including Saturday 14 July.

Visit www.bhhf.org for full information on all the events listed including times, venues, entry fee and much more.

We look forward to seeing you at what we know is going to be a unified BHHF07.


Indy Hunjan
Festival Director

The first of these very limited edition prints is out in a secret central Brighton location now. 9 prints in total will be released throughout Brighton Hip Hop Festival for you to collect. Find them all, then piece them together to reveal a tenth image made up from the reverse of each print. Decipher the clue below and then get along to the location to collect your FREE print.

The central Brighton location of Print #1 is an anagram of:

DIRE RANK

Once you've solved this incredibly difficult puzzle get down there, ask nicely and you will be rewarded, but be quick as there's a limited number available. Strictly one print per person.