The Seventh Annual American Human Beatbox Festival
7th Annual Human Beat Box Festival
The Return of The Vocal Wars
Curated by Kid Lucky
“La MaMa is excited to present beatboxers in our theater, to give them a platform outside of the club scene,” says La MaMa Artistic Director, Mia Yoo. “We want audiences to experience beatboxing as an art form that communicates across generations and cultures.” The American Human Beatbox Festival is curated by Kid Lucky, a renowned beat-MC who has the unique ability to simultaneously create vocal beats and rhyme.
Wednesday, Feb 22
Funkadelic Studios at 209 W 40th St
Cipher Sessions
Beatboxers and emcees gather Wednesday night for an open and a controlled cipher
Featuring: D-Cross, Kid Lucky, Truthmaze, Chesta T, & more
Thursday, Feb 23
The Club at 74a E 4th St
Indigenous American Chanting
Hosted by Engelbert
Dancing mixed with Beatboxing & Beatrhyming
Pioneers of Beatboxing: Kid Lucky, D-Cross, TruthMaze, Chesta T
Friday, Feb 24
The Club at 74a E 4th St
Comedy of 5th Element
Hosted by Kid Lucky
This night presents comedy with amazing sound effects from some of the best in NYC.
Form sketch comedies to one man shows this night will be jam packed
10pm – Robopop
12pm – North Coast
11pm – Zero Boy
Saturday, Feb 25 at 1PM
CultureHub at 47 Great Jones
History of American Human Beatboxing
The History of Human Beatbox is rich and yes it started in NYC but it did spread over parts of America in the 80s and 90’s. This is a little bit of the history before the 2000’s
Slide show presentation going through the history of American Human Beatboxing.
Saturday, Feb 25 at 2PM
CultureHub at 47 Great Jones
Great Jones Tela-presence Beatboxing and Beatrhyming
Hosted by Kaila Mullady
America has influenced the entire world with beatboxing and beatrhyming. We will present beatboxers from all over the world using video conferencing to connect with them as they give us live performances and talk about their history.
Marv Ill (U.K.) | Yung Noyze (Kenya)
Beatburger Band (Czech Republic)
Bee Low (Germany)
Saturday, Feb 25 at 10PM
CultureHub at 47 Great Jones
The Return of The Vocal Wars beatboxer/emcee vs Beatboxer/emcee
Hosted By Kid Lucky
This team battle is exciting as these two different vocal styles team up to compete with other duos to see who is the best hip hop a cappella duo!
Sunday, February 26 at 4pm
Hip Hop Subway series | More Info TBD
