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V1 Festival

 

Show schedule

Vosstaniya 1 and Top 9 present:
V1 Festival - open-air hip-hop festival.

 

Day 1 (June, 30th; Thursday) - Graffiti Day
Day 2 (July, 1st; Friday) - Music Day, Battle of the Gods
Day 3 (July, 2nd; Saturday) - Breaking, Rap
Day 4 (July, 3rd; Sunday) - Breaking, Freestyle, Funky Drummer

GUESTS AND JUDGES:

Crazy Legs (New York) Breaking
Storm (Berlin) Breaking
Mr. Wiggles (Las Vegas) Breaking
Frankie Flave (Los Angeles) Breaking
T-Rock (Los Angeles) Breaking
Dj D-Styles (Los Angeles) Scratching
Lewis Parker (London) Beat section
Bernard Purdie (New York) Drummer
Dj Skeme Richards (Philadelphia) DJ
Roa (Saint Petersburg) Rap
Boogie (Berlin) Graffiti
Nilko (Paris) Graffiti
Swet (Copenhagen) Graffiti

GUEST BANDS:

Groovbag, 6 members (Yekaterinburg)  
South Band, 6 members (Yalta)  
Master So Hi, 8 members (Saint Petersburg)  

 

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

Day 1 (June, 30th)
GRAFFITI

Outdoors (Ligovsky Pr. 37, backyard)

12.00 Festival opening
12.00 - 13.00 Lecture. Judges introduction. Boogie’s (Germany) performance
13.00 - 14.30 SKETCH battle. For everyone.
Theme: Hip-Hop Space Invaders
12.30 – 21.00 Battle Characters in individual artistic style. 7 contestants. Preliminary selection.
Theme: V1 Battles Contestants, 7 characters
15.00 - 21.00 Battle on Stands. (6 crews, 2-3 members each)
Participants: 3 guest crews, 2 Sketch battle winners, 1 online Sketch battle winner.
Theme: Hip-Hop Space Invaders
17.00 - 18.00 Mini-contests among the audience.
For everyone. 5 5-minute rounds, 3 participants each round.
18.30 – 19.30 Highlighter Tag Battle. (Max. 27)
For everyone, 2-minute rounds until the winner is found, 3 participants per round.
19.30 – 20.30 PORTRAITS.
For everyone. 4 characters, 10 minutes each.
21.00 – 21.30 Final assessment: Battle on stands,
Battle characters in individual artistic style, Portraits.
Winner selection in all categories.
  Judges: Boogie (Germany), Niko (France), Swet (Denmark)

July, 1st
Scratching, Beat-making, The Battle of the Gods

Outdoors (Ligovsky Pr. 37, backyard)

 

14.00 - 16.00 SCRATCHING Battle 1x1. Selection - 1 performance each.
Order: Each contender has one minute for selection. Each participant performs in two rounds of battle.
Battle to the finals - 2 performances each. (1st performance - represent, 2nd performance - drumming).
Finals - 3 performances each. (slow and fast beat, 3rd performance - questions and answers).
  Judge: DJ D-Styles
16.00 - 16.30 DJ D-Styles’s (San Francisco) performance.
  30 minute break
17.00 - 19.00 BEATMAKERS Battle. (8 contestants selected out of 40)
Each beatmaker should have one beat machine; beats are played live, without “play” button!
Order: Selection - 1 performance each. (1 minute - represent)
Battle, 1st round - 2 performances each (1st performance - represent, 2nd performance - drumming- you should have a ready drums bank, in this round you will have to play beat as on a drum kit ).
Semi-finals and Finals - 2 performances each (slow and fast beat).
  Judge: Lewis Parker
19.00 - 19.30 Lewis Parker's performance.
  30 minute break
20.00 - 22.00 The Battle of the Gods: Crazy Legs - Storm
2 warm-up battles are to be held beforehand
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  Dj: Skeme Richards

Day 3 (July, 2nd)
BREAKING, RAP battle

 

Open air location Indoors location
  Breaking judges: Crazy Legs, Storm, Mr. Wiggles
Host: Scream
13.00 - 16.30 JUNIORS 3x3. (up to 16 years of age incl.)
Selection and Battle. (16 participants Max. 40)
Order: Selection - 1 performance each.
1st and 2nd round - 1 performance each.
Semi-finals and Finals - 2 performances each.
  1 hour break
17.30 - 18.00 Music band battles:
South Band (Yalta) vs. Groovbag (Yekaterinburg)
18.00 – 19.30 Footwork - 7toSmoke (8 participants),
Power move - 7toSmoke (8 participants)
  30 minute break
20.00 - 22.00 RAP FREESTYLE BATTLE
Selection and Battle.
Order: Selection - 1 minute represent.
Each Battle - 2 rounds. Semi-finals - 2 rounds (slow and fast rhythm).
2nd round and semi-finals - 2 rounds.
Finals - 2 rounds (Judges suggest the theme)
Judge: Roa
Band: Master So Hi
  Selection judges: Trock, Frankie Flave, Yan
Host: Komar
13.00 – 14.00 Footwork selection 7toSmoke. (Max. 80)
Order: 1 performance each.
14.00 – 15.00 Power move selection 7toSmoke. (Max. 50)
Order: 1 performance each.
  30 minute break
15.30 - 17.30 PRO selection 3x3. (Max. 70)
Order: 1 performance each.

Day 4 (July, 3rd)
BREAKING, FUNKY DRUMMER.

Outdoors (Ligovsky Avenue 37, backyard)

 

12.00 – 13.00 Bernard Purdie's Workshop
  30 minute break
13.30 – 15.30 FREESTYLE DANCE. Selection and Battle. (16 contestants, max 60)
Order: Selection - 1 performance each.
Battle: 1st and 2nd round - 1 performance each.
Semi-finals - 2 performances each. Finals - 3 performances each.
  Judges: Crazy Legs, Storm, Mr. Wiggles
  30 min. break.
16.00 – 18.00 FUNKY DRUMMER battle. (8 contestants selected out of 40)
Order: Selection - 1 performance each (1 minute represent).
Battle: 1st round - 2 performances each (slow and fast rhythm).
2nd round and semi-finals - 2 rounds (1 minute represent - without music, accompaniment - bass guitar).
Finals - roll-call basis (3 minutes, 1 or 2 groups of eight).
  Judge: Bernard Purdie
18.00 - 18.30 Bernard Purdie's performance
  1 hour break
19.30 - 22.00 PRO Battle 3x3. (16 crews)
Order: 1st round - 1 performance each, further - 2 performances each.
  Judges: Crazy Legs, Storm, Mr. Wiggles
  Backspin contest, Windmill contest.

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