Love, Peace and Hip Hop Festival Kicks Off Wednesday

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Love, Peace and Hip Hop, a five day Festival is here in the Capital City.

The annual event is aimed at celebrating musical icons who’ve made a difference in the history of the musical genre. This year the theme is All Hail the Queens: A Tribute to the First Ladies of Hip Hop.

Here is a look at some of the events that will take place this weekend, from organizers:

Thursday April 12th: Love, Peace and Hip-Hop is partnering with Indie Grits for Love, Grits and Hip Hop. This event will take place in the Skyline Room at Tapp’s with performances by NIKOS and FatRat the Czar. indie Rock as well as dance pop will be available in two other on site venues. Come and enjoy the party from 7pm until 12 Midnight.

Friday April 13th: The first of a two part event tales place on Friday. Come join the discussion with a women’s entrepreneurs panel entitled “I wanna be down”: Women claiming their space in the marketplace. You will have a chance to listen to a panel of well known women here in Columbia and hear first hand about the challenges they have seen and how they have been able to overcome them in their specific fields. This event is being held in partnership with WREN at Tapp’s Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public.

Saturday April 14th: Bring the family to the outdoor concert allowing the community to come together to enjoy good food, music, crafts, fashion vendors and good company. This daytime block party will be held from 11am until 5pm at the corner of Laurel and Main Downtown Columbia.

Sunday April 15th: End the week of activities on Monticello Road for the Indie Grits for Sunday Dinner while enjoying Blues by Amythst Kiah, Folk Star and Founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom Flemons and the jazz and hip hop styling of the Beast out of Durham. The free event will be held next to Hyatt Park from 1pm to 5pm.

For more information click on the link: https://lovepeacehiphop.com/

Image Courtesy: Love, Peace and Hip Hop release

Image courtesy: release from Love,  Peace and Hip Hop