6th Annual Peg City Holla Bring Urban Music to Winnipeg

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6th Annual Peg City Holla Bring Urban Music to Winnipeg Winnipeg's premiere urban music festival is getting under way for its sixth year on August 28. Organized by Mood Ruff - one of Canadas best urban acts - the nationally-renowned Peg City Holla runs August 28-30, with three days of hip-hop, turntablists, DJs, spoken word artists, MCs and more.

This year, Peg City Holla will be featuring a diverse group of artists on three distinct nights, including local funksters Rudimental, hip-hop artists Gruf the Druid from Winnipeg and War Party from Edmonton, DJ Co-op and, of course, Mood Ruff. Other local artists include Satchel Paige, Brace, Shadez, Kutdown, Moonshine Kru, Pip Skid, Equanim, Yy and Res-One.

This year also has a new feature, a conference called Steps to Survival: Being an Independent Urban Artist in Canada, with an open discussion with Sol Guy (who managed Juno-nominated Rascalz, K-Os, Kardinal), Odario (from Mood Ruff), Art Ladd (Program Director of CKUW 95.9FM, and Balanced Records), and Martin Mushinski (Frek Sho, Peanuts & Corn Records). The conference will be held at the Manitoba Music Industry Resource Centre at the MARIA office on August 29 at 6pm and will feature a special screening of Henry Chalfants 1985 documentary Style Wars.

Ill Soul Spoken & Word Rap Jam
August 28, 2003
at The Blue Agave

Kamau (Toronto), Rudimental, Lisa Bell, Arinze, Satchel Paige, Fascade 137db, Yy, Epic, DJ Chaps, Big Bear, DJ Co-Op, and more

Pegcity Holla Conference
August 29, 2003
at MARIA

Sol Guy, Nick Nestor, Odario, Spoof, Art Ladd, and more

Underground Sounds, Turntablists & B-Boys/B-Girls Summit with Rapcity
August 29, 2003
at The West End Cultural Centre

DL Incognito (Ottawa), Classified (Halifax), War Party (Edmonton), Mood Ruff, Shadez, Brace, Kutdown, Influence, Resone, Pegcity B-Boys/B-Girls, and more

Mainstage, Lyricist Lounge & Mic Battle
August 30th, 2003
at The Zen Lounge
Black Moon (NYC), Dead Can't Bounce (SK), Muthatruckaz (Thunder Bay), Ismaila, Bonafide, Brakada, John Smith, Moonshine Kru, Equanim, Crossanova, Phoreal, Da Skelpa Squad, Wild Out, Dre Dub, and more

For more information, please visit www.pegcity.com .

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