Trinity International Hip Hop Festival Brings the Sun and the Noise

Vox Sambou on the mic

Native Sun

With artists from Haiti, South Africa, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Mozambique, UK, Cape Verde, Korea, Canada, India, Philippines, Czech Republic, and the United States, the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival celebrated its ninth year. The event’s main draw is the concert, but over several days there are lectures and workshops, films, dance, live graffiti art, and more.

The festival, which brings in people of all ages, is always free and open to the general public.

Talib Kweli of Brooklyn

Talib Kweli was the headliner at the Saturday-into-Sunday show in Mather Hall on campus

Black Noise

Black Noise from South Africa

Black Noise

Rapping before Black Noise hits the stage

Mandeep Sethi

Native Sun

Native Sun

Quilomboarte Collective

beatboxing in the stairwell

A dance contest on stage

Children announcing they have snacks to sell at a vendor table

Outside, artists paint on boards that have been reused from a previous year.