Jacksonville’s biggest hip hop event is taking place this Friday and Saturday around the urban core. If you want to know what’s happening, look no further than the Urban Jacksonville Summertime in the City page.

I’ve gathered schedules and artist profiles complete with videos and mp3s. I made this page a one stop shop for all STITC information. I hope this page will serve as a resource for people on the go, at least providing a schedule people can access online with their mobile.

This year’s Summertime in the City triples the number of venues from last year starting TSI on Friday the 31st:

Day 1: Friday, July 31st @ T.S.I.

Headliner: EDAN with Dahga

Where: 333 E. Bay St. (Downtown) Jacksonville, Fl. MAP
When: Doors @ 9pm show @ 10pm
Price: $10.00 21-up, $12.00 18-20

Edan is known for his unique/unlikely take on hip hop culture, where traditional rap songs are often skewed by 60’s rock samples, tape echoes, and foreign language choruses, not to mention the off-beat humor and surrealist imagery incorporated via his lyrics.

Performing live with:

Willie Evans Jr, Paten Locke, Dillon and Tough Junkie. Also featuring The $Big Bucks$ DJ Crew on the 1’s and 2’s all night.

Day 2: B-boys, parties and final blowout

Day 2 of Summertime in the City kicks off with a B-Boy battle at the Riverside Arts Market stage. This is sure to be one of the highlights of the 2-day event.

After that head over to Springfield to continue Summertime in the City with a party at the BBB Complex at 1520 Main Street:

FREE KEG from Shantytown Pub (while it lasts)! Cheap pizza slices! Live mural painting by: THURSTO, KIDD YZER, KENSKI and crew. Rotating DJs including $The Big Bucks$, DJ Buttered Cup, Spacemikespace, and more. BICYCLES AND SKATE BOARDS! MAD RED BULL and HIP HOP! PRODUCT GIVEAWAYS!

The big blowout at Shantytown starts at 10pm. For $5 you can see performances by: Larry Otis (aka Blakhart), Mr. Al Pete, The Elevated Hip Hop Experience, Heavy Flow, The N Word, Dr. Sam Beckett, Dope Sandwich (Savannah Ga.), Steadfast (DC ) and more!

Become a fan of Summertime in the City on Facebook and listen to the Urban Jacksonville Weekly interview with Tough Junkie where we talk tons of Summertime in the City.

This is Joey, I am invading Adrienne’s post to tell you last night I interviewed Levi from Urban Art Warfare about the movie premier he is hosting for Bomb It. Check out the interview below. Then read Adrienne’s post for more details.

Podcast Episode #14: UAW Presents Bomb It the Movie! (30:53)
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Our pals at Urban Art Warfare are making life better and better with two screenings of Bomb It An Explosive New Graffiti Documentary at the San Marco Theatre May 9th and 10th at 11:55 p.m.

The documentary explores graffiti on different continents and across languages while exposing the opposition to it and also the ideals and opinions of the artists.  This comes at a pretty appropriate time for Jacksonville considering the recent conversations on graffiti downtown and in its neighboring areas.

Come out and see how law enforcement deals with graffiti and how graffiti artists deal with everyone else.  It’s going to be an awesome documentary and a usual good time at the theatre.   And most definitely, don’t forget UAW’s DISCLAIMER NOTICE:

We wanted to remind you to be respectful of the San Marco theatre and to not go tagging shit up after the film is over. Granted you will be totally hyped to do so…but given the nature of the film, we had a very hard time finding a theatre that would show this film so be cool, ya heard. We don’t want to have to start bustin knee caps.

See you guys out!

The state of street art in Jacksonville goes beyond Urbismus. Here what some others are getting up to. This is by no means comprehensive, just what I could cover in a few hours on last weekend. Complete Street Art Update photoset.

Brooklyn

Five Points

Downtown

San Marco