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A3C Festival
A3C Festival, short for All Three Coasts, is an annual hip hop festival and conference in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2005 and among the country's largest.
Astroworld Festival
Astroworld Festival: Travis Scott's annual Houston hip-hop festival at NRG Park (2018, 2019, 2021). Its November 5, 2021 crowd crush killed 10 people aged 9 to 27, prompting a Texas concert-safety task force, a 1,300-page police report, and mass litigation.
Beach, Please! Festival
Beach, Please! Festival: Romanian hip-hop and trap festival founded 2022 by Selly (Andrei Șelaru) and George Carabelea at Costinești, Black Sea; grew to 500,000+ attendees by 2025 at Nibiru Resort.
Broccoli City Festival
Broccoli City Festival is an annual hip hop and R&B music festival in Washington, D.C., founded in 2013 by Brandon McEachern and Marcus Allen and now part of Live Nation Urban.
Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is an annual hip hop event in Brooklyn, New York, first held in 2005 and described as the city's largest hip-hop cultural event.
Essence Music Festival
Essence Music Festival (ESSENCE Festival of Culture), annual New Orleans festival on Fourth of July weekend at Caesars Superdome; 2026 edition July 3-5 headlined by Cardi B, Brandy & Monica, T.I.; 32nd annual, with funding negotiations ongoing.
Freaknik
Freaknik, originally Freaknic, was an annual spring break street party for Black college students in Atlanta from 1983 to 1999, founded by the D.C. Metro Club at the Atlanta University Center, peaking at over 200,000 attendees before the city shut it down.
Gathering of the Juggalos
The Gathering of the Juggalos is an annual four- to five-day festival organized by Psychopathic Records for Insane Clown Posse fans, held every year since 2000 (first in Novi, Michigan), combining concerts, wrestling, camping, and Juggalo family culture.
Paid Dues
Paid Dues was an independent hip hop festival founded by rapper Murs 3:16 and Guerilla Union in 2006, held annually in California until 2013 and briefly revived in 2017.
Red Bull Batalla de los Gallos
Red Bull Batalla de los Gallos (Red Bull Batalla, BDLG) is Red Bull's Spanish-language freestyle rap competition, founded in 2005 with its first international final in Puerto Rico, won by Argentina's Frescolate; national finals feed a 16-MC knockout world final.
Rolling Loud (festival)
Rolling Loud is a hip hop festival founded in Miami, Florida, in 2015 by Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler, billed as the world's largest hip-hop festival.
Wireless Festival
Wireless Festival is a London rap, hip-hop, and Afrobeats day festival at Finsbury Park, run by Festival Republic and Live Nation since 2005; Drake headlined all three 2025 days, and the 2026 edition was cancelled after Ye's UK entry was blocked.