European Hip-hop festivals (anyone been to one)

[MediumL]

I'm currently thinking about going to Europe this summer and visiting a few music festivals along the way. I've heard of some large hip-hop events happening such as Kemp but wanted to see what people who had been thought of it.

I know there's quite a range of nationalities on the forum so if people could recommend other music festivals they've been too or know of then that would be excellent too.

[13th Duke]

Nah...only festival I go to is Leeds Festival every year. Its like tradition.

[toebee]

kemp is very good... underground mostly

then you got opeanair frauenfeld in switzerland, this is the biggest hip hop festival in europe, more than 120.000 people go there every year. that was the line-up in the last 2 years:
2008

Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, The Hives, Jan Delay & Disko No 1, Ice Cube, IAM, Common, Stress, Fettes Brot, Patrice, Looptroop, Culcha Candela, Dynamite Deluxe, Stephen Marley, Blumentopf, Kool Savas, Dog Eat Dog, General Degree (Ersatz für Buju Banton), Sektion Kuchikäschtli, Swollen Members, Ce'Cile, K.I.Z, Breitbild, Cool Kids, Die Happy, Revolverheld, OBK, Le Peuple De L'Herbe, Chlyklass, Karamelo Santo, Radio 200000, Disgroove, Madd Family, Semantik, Manillio

2009

Kanye West, 50 Cent, Ludacris, The Game, N.E.R.D, Jedi Mind Tricks, Madcon, Gentleman, Sido, Samy Deluxe, Prinz Pi, Hilltop Hoods, Bligg, Gimma, Nega, La Coka Nostra, Deichkind, Turbonegro, Immortal Technique, Dendemann, Phenomden, Liricas Analas, Black Violin, Marteria, D-Verse City, Radio 200000, Terry Lynn, Lady Sovereign , Kid Cudi, Da Cruz, Wurzel 5, Miss Platnum, Prosaik, Pete Philly & Perquisite, Seven

and of course the splash festival in germany, black milk was the shit last summer!

[RingMan]

Kemp is mainly about the music, camping and services are very bad.. in Czech is also Jam in July, but there are only two big headliners and the rest is from Czech/Slovakia, last year Xzibit and Tash were here, and in 2007 David Banner and Game

['EclipZe]

There should be another westcoast tour like last year again.... isn't rock the bells coming over to europe this year?

[ikke]

There should be another westcoast tour like last year again.... isn't rock the bells coming over to europe this year?

Rock the bells is coming but in march.

[MediumL]

Props for the info! Anything announced with rock the Bells coming to Europe. The problem with the last one was that it wasn't really a festival and more just a show.

['EclipZe]

Props for the info! Anything announced with rock the Bells coming to Europe. The problem with the last one was that it wasn't really a festival and more just a show.

True, they should make a festival of it over here too.

[MediumL]

Anyone got any info of lineups for these festivals? (Kemp, Splash and Openair)

I'm looking at Splash but Openair seems to have an amazing line-up. Any further info would be great cause I'm struggling to find much info on the Openair festival.

[toebee]

Anyone got any info of lineups for these festivals? (Kemp, Splash and Openair)

I'm looking at Splash but Openair seems to have an amazing line-up. Any further info would be great cause I'm struggling to find much info on the Openair festival.

here are the homepages, but no line-up has been announced yet. http://www.openair-frauenfeld.ch/

http://www.splash-festival.de/
http://www.hiphopkemp.de/

[MediumL]

Safe + rep.

Kemp doesnt seem to have enough acts that I'd like although the dubstep and grime djing would be a lot. Frauenfeld looks sick and Splash could be good. I'm considering doing a trip round europe with festivals involved. May hit up a dance festival in eastern europe though cause the girls would be alot!