The 9th Annual Hip-Hop Theater Festival is happening around DC July 6 – 10. All events are free and open to the public. For more details, click here.

Once again, we are fortunate to have DC journalist and poet Porscha “Lyrik” Coleman covering the Festival for us.

Click the links below to read her reviews.

Tuesday, July 6

The Foundation: DMC DJ Exhibition

6pm
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
2700 F Street, NW
Lyrik’s review

Wednesday, July 7

Hip-Hop Humanities: A Day on Earth.

12noon – 2pm
National Museum of American History
Carmichael Auditorium
14th & Constitution Ave., NW
Refreshments will be served

Paige in Full

Written and Performed by Paige Hernandez
Music by Nick the 1da
Directed by Danielle A. Drakes
A Production of the Hegira

7pm
Studio Theatre 1501 14th Street, NW

Lyric’s Review

Ameriville: The “Sneak Peek”

Written and Performed by Universes, Directed by Chay Yew
In Special Arrangement with the Roundhouse Theatre Company

9pm
Studio Theatre
1501 14th Street, NW

Thursday, July 8

“Where My Girls At?”

Written & Performed by Micia Mosely
Directed by Tamilla Woodard
9pm
Studio Theatre
1501 14th Street, NW

Lyrik’s review

Late Night Comedy Cabaret (with a hint of Hip-Hop).

Hosted by Kibibi Dillon

10:30pm
Bus Boys & Poets
2021 14th St., NW (at V St.)

Friday, July 9

Keepin’ It Moving: The legacy of Sandman Sims

Directed and Choreographed by Holly Bass
Commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
7pm
Dance Place
3225 8th Street NE

5th ANNUAL J DILLA  BENEFIT CONCERT

Produced by Munch for Hedrush & J Laine

9pm
Black Cat
1811 14th St. NW

Saturday, July 10

The Freshest of All Time

The District of Columbia’s largest B-Boy Jam. Presented by Hip-Hop Theater Festival. A signature event of Words, Beats & Life

2pm – 8pm,
Columbia Heights Youth Club
1480 Girard Street NW

Keepin’ It Moving: The legacy of Sandman Sims

Directed and Choreographed by Holly Bass
Commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture 7pm

7pm
Dance Place
3225 8th Street NE

DC Festival Closing Night Party

“The party won’t stop till we say so…keep it movin’ into the night as we wrap up a full week of celebrating the culture w/ a special guest spinning everything that makes you move.”

10PM – Midnight
Dance Place
3225 8th Street NE