# List of hip-hop festivals

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, also called rap music, is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.

## Festivals

The following is an incomplete list of both ongoing and defunct festivals. :
| Festival name | Location | Attendance | Years |
| Beach, Please! Festival [ro] | Costinești, Romania | 260000 | 2021 - Present |
| Rolling Loud | United States; Australia; Canada; The Netherlands; Portugal; Thailand; Germany; Austria; | 255000 | 2015 - Present |
| Essence Music Festival | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | 550000 | 1994–present |
| Cancun Jumpoff | Cancun, Mexico | 12000 | 2003–present |
| Urban Beach Week | Miami, Florida, United States | 400000 | 1990–present |
| Outside Lands Festival | San Francisco, California, United States | 200000 | 2008–present |
| SF International HipHop DanceFest | San Francisco, California, United States | ~4000 | 1999–present |
| Longitude Festival | Dublin, Ireland | 40000 | 2013–present |
| Pemberton Festival | Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada | 180000 | 2008–present |
| Royal Arena Festival | Orpund, Bern, Switzerland | 20000 | 1999–present |
| Openair Frauenfeld | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | 170000 | 1985–present |
| Governors Ball Festival | New York City, New York, United States | 150000 | 2011–present |
| Made in America | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 140000 | 2012–present |
| Bonnaroo Music Festival | Manchester, Tennessee, United States | 80000 | 2002–present |
| Couleur Café | Brussels, Belgium | 72000 | 1990–present |
| Afropunk Festival | New York City, New York, United States | 70000 | 2005–present |
| Blockfest | Tampere, Finland | 10000 | 2005–present |
| Parklife | Prestwich, United Kingdom | 70000 | 2010–present |
| Dour Festival | Dour, Belgium | 225000 | 1988–present |
| 2x2 Hip Hop Festival | Columbus, Ohio, United States | | 2015–present |
| Summer Jam | East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States | 50000 | 1994–present |
| Lovebox | London, United Kingdom | 50000 | 2002–present |
| Garorock Festival (pop, rock, electro and techno) | Marmande, France | 160000 | 1997–present |
| #Plugfest | Silverston, South Africa | 45000 | 2018–present |
| Southside | Tuttlingen, Germany | 40000 | 1999–present |
| Big Day Out | Australia | 31000 | 1992–2014 |
| The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival | New York City, New York, United States | 30000 | 2005–present |
| Soundset Music Festival | Minnesota, United States | 30000 | 2008–present |
| Hip Hop Kemp | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | 20000 | 2002–present |
| Rock the Bells | United States | 17000 | 2004–2013 |
| Roots Picnic | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 70000 | 2008-present |
| Outlook Festival | Pula, Croatia | 15000 | 2008–present |
| Lyricist Lounge | New York City, New York/Miami, Florida, U.S. | 8000 | 1991–present |
| Scribble Jam | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | 7000 | 1996–2008 |
| Paid Dues | United States | 5000 | 2006–2013 |
| Freaknik | Atlanta, Georgia | | 1982–2010 |
| DMC World DJ Championships | Thessaloniki, Greece | | 1985–present |
| Waga Hip Hop Festival | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | | 1997–present |
| Hiphopplaya Festival | Seoul, South Korea | 25000 | 2016–present |
| Coast 2 Coast Music Conference | Miami, Florida, United States | 1000 | 2008–present |
| B-Boy Park | Tokyo, Japan | | 1999–present |
| Thessaloniki Hip Hop Festival | Thessaloniki, Greece | | 2003–present |
| Jingle Jam | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | | 2004–2008 |
| Breakin' Convention | London, United Kingdom | | 2004–present |
| Hip Hop goes Theatre | Salzburg, Austria | | 2004–present |
| Trinity International Hip Hop Festival | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | | 2006–present |
| Young London into Music | London, United Kingdom | | 2009–present |
| Urban Street Jam | Irvine, California, United States | | 2010–present |
| No Major, No Problem | Los Angeles, California, United States | | 2015 |
| Dooinit | Rennes, France | | 2010–present |
| Supafest | Australia | | 2010–2012 |
| Fresh Island Festival | Novalja, Croatia | | 2011–present |
| Northern Touch Music Festival | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | 2017–present |
| A3C | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | | 2005–present |
| WooHah | Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands | 32500 | 2014–present |