- Paid Dues
infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Festival
location = United States
years_active= 2006 - Present
founders = Guerilla Union
dates = March, Summer
genre =Hip Hop music
website = [http://guerillaunion.com/paiddues/]Paid Dues is an annual
hip hop festival that took place inCalifornia , until the summer of 2007 it was announced that the festival travel to multiple locations.Paid Dues is event presented by Murs 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union.
On March 11th, 2006 the first Paid Dues festival sold out, with over 5,000 concert goers packing the Shrine Expo Centerin
Los Angeles . The line-up for the Paid Dues 2006 Festival included the debut live performance from Felt (Murs {Living Legends} w/ Slug & Ant {Atmosphere})Paid Dues Festival 2006
Saturday, March 11th, Shrine Expo Center,
Los Angeles ,California * Felt
*Aesop Rock
*Living Legends
*EL-P
*Brother Ali
* Cage
* Grouch
* Blueprint
* 3MG
* 2mex
*Chingo Bling
*DJ Rhettmatic
* MR. DibbsPaid Dues Festival 2007
Saturday, March 24th, Nos Events Center,
San Bernardino, California * Felt
*Sage Francis
*Blackalicious
*Brother Ali
* Jean Grae
* Visionaries
* Cage
* Mr Lif
* Zion I & The Grouch
* Devin the Dude
* Evidence ofDilated Peoples w/Alchemist
* Pigeon John
* Los Nativos
* Hanger 18Paid Dues Tour 2007
Following the success of the second annual PAID DUES festival in Southern California promoters MURS 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union (
Rock The Bells , Cypress Hill Smoke Out) have announced they will tour."The national touring of PAID DUES is a dream come true. It’s what I had in mind when I first brought the idea to Guerilla Union--something like a
Warped tour for underground hip-hop, where my friends and I could be outside in the daylight enjoying summer with our fans instead of cramped up in some dark smelly nightclub worried about staying up too late and being too tired for work the next morning,” states MURS. “It also provides a safe and comfortable environment in which the younger fans can be introduced to a proper live hip-hop show."PAID DUES hit over 10 major markets across the country.It will pass through various sized venues ranging from 1,000 to 40,000 capacities. In New York (July 28 & 29) and Los Angeles (August 11), PAID DUES will merge with the
Rock The Bells festivals featuring headliners Rage Against The Machine and the Wu-Tang Clan.* July 25 - Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
* July 27 - Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Concert Pavilion
* July 28 - New York, NY @ Randells Island withRock The Bells
* July 29 - New York, NY @ Randells Island withRock The Bells
* August 1 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
* August 4 - Eugene, OR @ Secret House Vineyard
* August 5 - San Francisco, CA @Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
* August 7 - Denver, CO @ Red Rock Pavilion
* August 9 - Santa Fe, NM @ Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
* August 10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheater
* August 11 - San Bernadino, CA @ Glen Helen withRock The Bells
* August 12 - San Diego, CA @ Chula Vista Amphitheater Parking Lot withRock the Bells
* August 18 - San Francisco, CA @ McCovey Cove Parking Lot withRock The Bells * Felt
*Living Legends
*Sage Francis
*Brother Ali
* Cage
* Mr. Lif
* Grouch & Eligh
* Blueprint
* Hangar 18Paid Dues Festival 2008
Saturday, March 22th
* Nos Events Center,San Bernardino, California *
Sage Francis
*Little Brother
*Dilated Peoples
*Jedi Mind Tricks
*Living Legends
*Hieroglyphics
*Visionaries
*Boot Camp Clik
*Kool Keith
* Busdriver
* POS
* Mac Lethal
* Fatlip & Omni
* Yak Ballz
* B. Dolan
* IsaiahPaid Dues Tour 2008
Wednesday, June 4th,
Nokia Theatre Times Square -New York, NY *
Rakim
*GZA
*Blackalicious
*Murs &9th Wonder
* Buckshot (Boot Camp Clik )
*Supernatural and Scratch
*Kidz in the Hall
* Yak BallzSaturday, June 7th
* Club Cinema -Ft. Lauderdale , FL
*Rakim
*Little Brother
*Blackalicious
* Buckshot (Boot Camp Clik )
*Supernatural and Scratch
*Kidz in the Hall
* Solillaquists of SoundFriday, June 13th
*Fillmore Auditorium -Denver , CO
*De La Soul
*Blackalicious
*Sage Francis
*Murs &9th Wonder
*Supernatural and Skratch
*Kidz in the Hall
* Yak Ballz
* Braille
*B. Dolan Saturday, June 14th
*Berkeley Community Theatre -Berkeley, CA
*De La Soul
*Blackalicious
*Little Brother
*Sage Francis
*Hieroglyphics
*Supernatural and Scratch
*Kidz in the Hall
* Braille
*B. Dolan References
External links
* [http://rockthebells.net Rock The Bells - Official Website]
* [http://guerillaunion.com Guerilla Union - Official Website]
* [http://guerillaunion.com/paiddues/ Paid Dues - Official Website]
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