The goal of Indiana University's Hip Hop Congress 6th Annual Hip Hop Awareness Festival is to show the true spirit of hip hop culture, a culture that was born out of the worst living conditions in American history as a means of expression to substitute violence. For six years, our festival has been growing and bringing together more people in a peaceful, enlightening, energetic, educational and non-violent manner.

Hip Hop Congress (HHC) is an International Grassroots Network that educates, empowers, and unites individuals. We preserve and evolve Hip Hop by inspiring social action and cultural creativity within the community.

Festival Objective:
The goal of the 6th Annual Hip Hop Awareness Festival is to show the true spirit of hip hop culture, a culture that was born out of the worst living conditions in American history as a means of expression to substitute violence. For six years, our festival has been growing and bringing together more people in a peaceful, enlightening, energetic, educational and non-violent manner.

The Awareness Festival is the premier annual hip hop event in Indiana. The Festival has two primary objectives. First, to offer the community quality, hip hop programming. Second, to put IU and the surrounding Bloomington community on the map as a leader in the preservation and advancement of hip hop culture. In previous years attendance has spanned coast to coast, from San Jose, CA to Atlanta, GA.

All but one event comprising the festival are free and open to all ages so that the highest quantity of people can enjoy and benefit from them.

Festival in a nutshell:
Monday, 4/10: Screening of “Street Credentials” w/ Director Q&A @ Whittenberger Auditorium, Indiana Memorial Union 8:00 PM FREE
Tuesday, 4/11: 4 Element Gallery featuring Louis Logic & JJ Brown, Jet-one @ McCalla Fine Arts Building, 8:00 PM, $5 donation
Wed., 4/12: HHC Poetry Slam, Prize: $150 & opening slot for Saul Williams @ IMU Gallery, 7 PM, co-sponsor: Matrix Poetry Group FREE
Thurs., 4/13: A Sound of Africa: African Hip Hop Night @ Neal Marshall Black Culture Center, 8 PM, co-sponsor: African Student Association FREE
Friday, 4/14: HHC Founders Workshop: details TBA FREE
Evil Pih Poh (Hip Hop Live) Tour featuring Illogic @ IMU Gallery, Indiana Memorial Union, 7 PM FREE
Saturday, 4/15: The Big Day: recommended canned food donations for Hoosier Hills Foodbank @ Wilke Auditorium, starting ~12PM FREE
-$1000 B-boy Battle
-$500 MC Battle
-Video Trapped the Rapper Tour featuring Sadat X
-DJ Battle hosted by DJ Topspeed: location TBA at Wilke and on website
Tuesday, 4/18: The Revolution of Saul Williams @ Alumni Hall, Indiana Memorial Union, 7:00 PM. Sponsored by Union Board, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., COMU FREE

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