We are proud to announce the first HALF of artists performing at the 2010 A3C Hip-Hop Festival. This year is sure to be an amazing year for A3C, with the most talented line-up we have ever had to date.
We will have NEW showcase and artist announcements every week leading up to the the festival on Oct 7-9th.
Tickets are limited

We are still accepting SPONSORS, contact: lana@a3chiphop.com
and for MEDIA inquires, contact: nicole@a3chiphop.com

The A3C Festival announced today that Erik Sermon, Camp Lo, Rhymefest, Homeboy Sandman, Diamond District, and Da Beatminerz are confirmed to take the stage at the 6th annual largest Hip Hop festival in the Southeast. Atlanta promoter extraordinaire Fadia Kader also announced the second A3C installment of “Perfect Attendance,” which is a 3 day showcase featuring buzz artists from around the country, will feature performances from Pac Div, Mickey Factz, Black Spade, Jackie Chain, Skewby, and 50+ other buzz artists representing the best from the East Coast, West Coast and Midwest accompanied by some of the south’s most exciting, rising stars.

The A3C Hip Hop Festival announces the 2010 event will occur on North Avenue in Atlanta, GA with a home base centered around the legendary music complex, The Masquerade (www.masq.com).

Building upon the success of last year’s event, the A3C has three new priorities for 2010. The festival wants to provide an outdoor showcase and create a true block-party experience for fans.

The festival will have a centralized location that offers expanded educational content, including equipment demonstrations and panel discussions. 2009’s well received educational programs included panels on “Women in Hip Hop” and “State of the Industry” presented by GRAMMY U as well as a lecture by Public Enemy’s own Professor Griff.

(ATLANTA,GA – MARCH 16, 2010) On the eve of the South by Southwest Music Festival, A3C founders have announced the dates for the 2010 A3C Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta. Dates for A3C 2010 will be October 7,8, and 9.

Brian Knott, A3C Hip Hop Festival founder explains, “When we were thinking about where and when to make our announcement SXSW seemed like the perfect place. With over 100 A3C artists performing here this weekend and many of our label partners and sponsors here as well it seemed like a great time for us to kick off A3C 2010. This event is what we aspire to be for the Hip Hop community and using this as the launching pad for our 2010 installment just made sense.”

Up until moving the A3C from the Spring to the Fall in 2009 each year we were so up to our eyeballs in work that SXSW was little more than a blip on our radar to worry about. With the success of our move to October last year A3C is now firmly planted in it’s new home (the EAV as well as the Fall) and we’re taking advantage of the quiet to break out for a few weeks and head on over to Austin so we can hang out with some old friends and hopefully make some new ones so we can continue to bring the best of what hip hop has to offer back to Atlanta. We’ll be highlighting A3C alum, friends and family that will be rocking in Texas later this month so keep an eye on the site for our take on SXSW.

Today, Atlanta’s longest-running organic Hip-Hop show – The Beatz & Lyrics Show with Jayforce – will proudly commemorate its ten year anniversary with the release of a mixtape that captures the best of what the show has represented since its inception.

This Year, while we were all chilling at the A3C, Beatz & Lyrics founder DJ Jayforce and producer Amond “AJ” Jackson were locked in the studio for 72 hours straight taking advantage of the rare opportunity to harness some of the most talented independent Hip-Hop artists and producers from across the country.

In loving memory of one of the greatest MCs to ever rock a stage at the A3C, we’d like to take a moment to invite you out to the Who’s Jax Art show on December 11 at The City of Ink Tattoo Shop and Art Gallery on Walker Street in Atlanta.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have free tickets to give away for one of the best shows to hit Atlanta this year. Look at the lineup.

Tickets are selling for $18, which is pretty damn reasonable considering. That said, we’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away.

If you want a shot at seeing the show for free, please leave a comment on this post naming at least two aliases use by Raekwon and one by Noreaga.

Red Bull Big Tune national finals will be hosted in Atlanta at Opera on November 3rd. The regional winners from across the nation will gather under one roof to try and win over the audience for the chance to fly out to Los Angeles, California and collaborate with an A-list recording artist at Red Bull Studios.

Please show your support.