Hip Hop Retreat Week: Aug. 9-14 – Panels, Performances and Education

Hip Hop Retreat Week will host a series of performances, panel discussions and special events at various locations throughout New York City.

The aim, festival organizers state, is to provide an affordable entertainment and education-focused festival for indie artists and others involved in hip-hop, without the need to venture to out-of-state festivals such as A3C and the Revolt Music Festival.

Hip Hop Retreat Week kicks off Tuesday, August 9 with a film screening of The Haitian Polo Documentary. The part-festival, part-conference picks up starting Wednesday, August 10 with Youth Day events in Bushwick, an LGBT-friendly concert event and the beginning of a four-day long stretch of informative panels and workshops.

Editor’s note: Birthplace Magazine founding editor Manny Faces will be appearing on two panels, one discussing the relationship between hip-hop and law enforcement (Thursday, Aug. 11) and one discussing the state of New York City’s hip-hop landscape (Saturday, Aug. 13).

In addition to the panels and workshops, concerts and showcases will pepper the boroughs for the duration of the event, highlighting a wide array of upcoming artists. As with other festivals, all-access passes are available for the entire run of events.

For more information and to purchase passes, visit www.hiphopretreatweek.com

In addition, all HHRW events will be listed on the BirthplaceMag.com Event Calendar at www.birthplacemag.com/events