Blockfest

Blockfest is an annual hip-hop festival held in Tampere, Finland. Normally held in August, the concert features the most popular acts that hip-hop and R&B have to offer in a particular year. In recent years, the event has been organized in the city center of Tampere, near Ratina Stadium, right next to the Laukontori square and the Koskikeskus shopping center.[1] Blockfest is one of the biggest hip-hop festivals in the Nordic countries and is sold out every year already in advance.[2][3]

Blockfest
View of the 2017 Blockfest in Tampere
GenreHip hop
Location(s)Tampere, Finland
Years active2007–present
Websitewww.blockfest.fi/en/

Over the course of its history, Blockfest has featured the most popular Finnish hip-hop artists, such as JVG, Fintelligens, Cheek, Asa, Lord Est and Redrama. In addition, top international artists are included in the line-up every year, and the festival has previously starred Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Nas, ASAP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, Post Malone, G-Eazy and 50 Cent.[4][5]

Since celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2017,[6] Blockfest has become Finland's first cashless festival, where nothing is paid for with cash. Payments are made with a payment wristband, which also serves as an entry wristband.[7][8]

Blockfest announced in December 2019 an 18-year age limit for the 2020 Blockfest, which is still in place.[9] The change to an age-restricted event caused outrage among young people.[10]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was not organized in 2020.[11] The 2021 event was also canceled for the same reason.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Festival area". Blockfest. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  2. "Hiphop-festivaali Blockfest myytiin loppuun ennätysajassa". Yle (in Finnish). 2 July 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  3. "Blockfest 2022". Kohokohdat.fi (in Finnish). 15 March 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  4. "Info – Blockfest". Blockfest (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  5. "50 Cent, Jack Harlow, Etta... Blockfest järjestettiin kahden vuoden tauon jälkeen, katso railakkaat kuvat". Yle (in Finnish). 20 August 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  6. "Blockfest 10 vuotta – vuosi 2011: Kurkistus kohuvuoden kulisseihin". Stara (in Finnish). May 12, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  7. "Cashless". Blockfest. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  8. "Suomalaisfestari Blockfestin erikoinen tempaus: käteisellä ei voi maksaa ollenkaan". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  9. "Terms & conditions". Blockfest. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  10. "Alaikäiset jäävät ensi vuonna Blockfest-porttien ulkopuolelle – "En oikein jaksa olla kenenkään vanhempi, me olemme musiikkifestivaali"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). 9 December 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  11. "Blockfestia ei järjestetä tänä vuonna – Suurin yksittäinen syy ovat anniskelualueen rajoitukset: "Haikeita fiiliksiä"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). 15 July 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  12. "Päätös on tehty, Blockfest perutaan – Toimitusjohtaja Kalle Kallonen: "Toivottavasti hallituksella oli mukavat kesälomat"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). 6 August 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
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