Leeds Urban Festival presents THE HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL WEEKEND

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LEEDS URBAN FESTIVAL PROUDLY PRESENTS THE URBAN CARNIVAL 2009!

The Leeds Urban Festival proudly presents the Halloween Carnival Weekender 2009! Bringing together and showcasing the highest quality acts and performers that the Urban scene has to offer! We will be celebrating our very own rich, vibrant and talented community and culture for the most thrilling Weekend Leeds has ever seen!

Commencing on Saturday 31st October 2009 at the Legendary BeaverWorks, Leeds, this is going to be the Halloween party of a lifetime! From world-class to local celebrities, everyone's making their way to the same spot, for the same reasons and with the same positive attitude, celebrating 2 days of aural and lyrical wonders and partying away the Halloween Weekend!

From fair-ground rides to fancy dress, performance workshops from our top headliners to hand-picked exclusive sets, we're bringing you 'THE LEEDS HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL WEEKENDER' across 5 arenas for a whole weekend that promises to be THE Party to die for!

5 ARENA’S: LIVE ARENA // WAREHOUSE ARENA // BASEMENT ARENA // RADIO FREQUENCY // OUTDOOR ARENA


HIP-HOP / GRIME / JUNGLE / DRUM ‘N’ BASS / DUBSTEP / BEAT BOXING / DUB / PROFESSIONAL BREAKDANCING EXHIBITION AND BATTLE COMPETITION / LIVE PERFORMANCE / FUN / ART / PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS / LIVE GRAFFITI COMPETITION / DJ & SCRATCHING COMPETITION / MC COMPETITION / CARNIVAL FOOD / FUNFAIR / ENTERTAINMENT / JOY!

LIVE URBAN ARENA
The Live stage will play host to the cream of British Live Urban Acts. We're bringing together a host of international and home-grown stars for a weekend of positivity, unity, love and celebration. With the focus on 100% live acts, live sounds and a live atmosphere, this will be the Urban Festival Experience we’ve all been waiting and craving for! To the stage The Leeds Urban Festival proudly presents:

LETHAL BIZZLE
Yes that’s what we said, THE Lethal Bizzle! With the release of his new album – GO HARD (Produced by THE Mark Ronson), Lethal B will mesmerise you with his lyrics and live stage show at Leeds Urban Festival! The multi-award winning Lethal Bizzle is arguably the most prolific and exciting rappers to emerge from the UK underground scene. Previously a member of More Fire Crew, Lethal Bizzle’s career has established him as an electric dynamic live artist and a staple on festival line ups. To Leeds we welcome The One & Only Lethal Bizzle BIZZLE!

SKEPTA
Boy Better Know! One of the biggest names to emerge from the Grime scene, Skepta has come a long way since cutting his teeth with Roll Deep Crew. With the massive success of his lastest album, Microphone Champion, Skepta will be smashing the stage with his latest signature sounds at this exclusive show, only at The Leeds Halloween Carnival Weekender!

FOREIGN BEGGARS
How do we honestly introduce the Biggest, most respected, Mutli-Award Winning, Pioneering Legends of the UK Hip-Hop Scene? Renowned for their explosive live performances, which recently saw them tear down Glastonbury, Fabric and Hip Hop Kemp in Prague. They have supported Public Enemy, Roots Manuva, Beatnuts, Masta Ace, Grand Master Flash, Talib Kweli, Wu Tang, Asian Dub Foundation, Last Emperor, Mark Ronson, Ja Rule, Blak Twang, to name a few.
Early October sees the release of "United Colours Of Beggatron” with production from Noisia, and Rednaz, plus appearances from Jehst, Kashmere, Dr Syntax, MC Badness, and Ben Sharpa. This is a truly international genre crossing MONSTER of a release!
The Foreign Beggars will be running their very own Industry Standard Workshops at THE LEEDS URBAN FESTIVAL, alongside L.U.F. & Friends, for anyone who wants to watch and learn from true professionals, there really is no faulting this explosive collective! Catch these Masters literally at Work LIVE, only at The Leeds Urban Festival Weekender!

KILLA KELA LIVE
He is considered to be one of the best beatboxers in the world alongside Kenny Muhammad and Rahzel, starting to beatbox in his teens with the 360 Physicals crew. Killa Kela lives and breathes and speaks hip hop. He's been mad on it since he was a kid in Billingshurst, West Sussex. This is a guy who understands the building blocks of the music, the beats and pieces that make it up. That's how he crafts his tunes: bit by bit, step by step, all his own work and that of his crew.With the release of his brand-spanking new album AMPLIFIED! Killa Kela will be performing with a FULL-LIVE BAND, playing all of the tunes in this exclusive performance from the album! GET READY TO BE AMPLIFIED!

FRESH JIVE
Europe’s largest and most respected Breakdance and Hip-Hop collective. Leeds very own Pride and Joy will be showcasing Championship Breakdancing, Flavours Of The Original Old Skool! As well as hosting our very own full scale battle competition, The Legend himself Bboy 10 Tonn will be in full effect and with DJ T-Breaks on the old 1’s and 2’s, this in itself is going to be epic!

KANED AND ABLE - One of London’s finest hip-hop collectives, their aura is fresh, vibrant and new. Made up of master musicians and 2 outstanding MC's. With their bouncing, head-nodding, positive sounds, these boys are travelling all the way from the South, to treat you with their musical and lyrical tricks!

+ Very Special Guests and the Crème of Local Live Artists & Acts TBA!!!



THE WAREHOUSE ARENA - hosted by JUNGLE JAM

BLAME - Album Launch Tour Date
With the massive anthems 'Stay Forever' and 'Because of You' feat. Blame is enjoying one of his busiest years yet. The latest single, 'Because of You', has been a massive success so far and resulted mass critical acclaim across the UK. With releases on Hospital Records, LTJ Bukems Good Looking Records, Metalheadz and Mampi Swifts Charge Recordings, this is going to be red hot!

NICKY BLACKMARKET - 2 HOUR EXCLUSIVE L.U.F. OLD SCHOOL SET!
Officially the best Jungle DJ of 2008, and, in our humble opinion, OF ALL TIME! THE Nicky Blackmarket will be dropping an exclusive, hand-picked 2 hour old school jungle set in the warehouse room hosted by Leeds Junglists - Jungle Jam!

KENNY KEN – 90 mins Exclusive Jungle Jam Set! This ORIGINAL JUNGLIST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION!! Master Kenny Ken will be smashing a 90 minute LEEDS URBAN FESTIVAL masterpiece!

REMARC - (Planet Mu) - British Jungle producer, considered to be one of the true originators of the Jungle sound. Tracks like Sound Murderer, R.I.P and Ricky were to influence a generation of new music makers. Remarc will be taking us all back on a very special journey!

DEFACTO - Jungle Jam - Pioneer and Founder of the Prolific Leeds Jungle Jam historic nights, the Big Man himself will be bringing you vibes that have gained him such a following!

SHOCK - Radio Frequency

PESK- Gonzo

PROPHECY - Metropolis

MC RUMPUS - From his breakthrough tune Neighbourhood, there’s been no stopping The Rumpus. We’re proud to welcome MC Rumpus to The Leeds Urban Festival for the very first time,.

MC JILA - The intellegent and focused Jila will be absolutley live!

MC Logic - One of the North's Finest MC's, he's amazing as you'll all be saying yourself!

+ VERY SPECIAL GUESTS!!!



THE BASEMENT ARENA- HOSTED BY EXODUS

Literally in a basement so you can feel the full force of the bass pounding your chest, making you scream for more!

HENY G- Gangsta Boogie

L.D. - Hyperdub / Dub Police / Transition

LUKE ENVOY - Tempa

JACK SPARROW – Sensless

RAMADANMAN- Souljazz/Tempa

EXODUS – Subdub

JOE DUBS - Winston’s Garden

BASS JUNKIES - Radio frequency

ELECTROTRIP -Junk Box/Hybrid Records) 3 Deck Spectacular!

+ SOME MASSIVE ACTS TBA!!!



LEEDS RADIO FREQUENCY ARENA
Hosted by Leeds Very-Own Radio Frequency Residents.
Special Guests:

T-PHONIC - Drum and Bass Arena/Viper Records - London’s Drum ‘n’ Bass Bad Boy, T-Phonic will be smashing an exclusive 2hr set that’s been specially picked just for the Leeds Urban Festival‘s Halloween Carnival! Trust us, this is going to be an epic set of epic proportions.

MARSHALL - Junk Box/Prang Ibiza - Marshall has just returned from having a DJ residency for two club nights in Ibiza 2009, "Prang Ibiza" and "We Love DNB".

LUKE EP - Breakout/Hybrid Records - One of the North West’s premier DJs and promoters, Luke has been gaining an enviable reputation for playing alongside the biggest names in the game.



THE TWISTED TOP OUTDOOR ARENA
No Carnival is complete without the necessary Fun Fair and boy is this one fun! Oh so TWISTED fun! With Thrill rides and Classic stalls, Fun games and Quality prizes, this is the perfect Arena to be teleported away to another world! Albeit a very twisted one! Everything in this perfectly spooky Arena will be designed to awaken the spirits, send a tingle down your spine and put a smile on your face, all with a Twisted Halloween Theme! From Chilli-Toffee apples to Twisted Face Painting, all we can say is that…. You’ve been WARNED!!

WORKSHOPS - Foreign Beggars, Fresh Jive, Defacto, Mr. Bristow, T-Phonic, Mc Logic, Leeds Urban Festival and Friends are all combining forces to provide the chance to watch, learn and better your skills in anything musically related, from mixing to scratching, spitting and lyric-writing to break dancing. Whatever you want to learn, don’t be a Zombie or even just shy, its all here just for you, all you have to do is ask!
JUST SEND A MESSAGE TO US WITH WORKSHOPS AS THE SUBJECT, AND LET US KNOW YOUR DETAILS AND WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN AND YOU'LL BE TAUGHT BY THE BEST! DON'T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY, ITS YOUR FUTURE!


BREAKDANCING // DJ & SCRACTHING // MC COMPETITIONS!

TO ENTER..
SEND US A MESSAGE WITH THE COMPETITON YOU WANT TO ENTER AS THE SUBJECT TITLE! SIMPLES!!


Daytime graffiti and live art wall-
With the introduction of a competition wall for Artists to literally put their own stamp on the Festival! Work will be judged and marked by professionals on the following criteria: creativeness, use of colour, depth, vision, relevance.

ALL COMPETITIONS OPEN TO EVERYBODY!!!


Cinema & Projections! Hauntingly Excellent Projections and choice Pieces Of Cinematic Extravagance!


Independent Market stalls -
from stuff you expect to stuff you don’t! Trust us you won’t be disappointed!


Community Barbeque -
Classics from perfect jerk chicken to proper hot dogs, there’ll be lots of Fang Tastic Food! You certainly won't go hungry! boy, we're hungry already!


FIRE EATERS, STILT WALKERS, DANCERS, GIVEAWAYS AND CARNIVAL CRAZYNESS!


Halloween Fancy Dress - Dress to Impress and you shall be rewarded! With prizes for the best and giveaways for the rest! Fancy Dress gets you automatically Guest-Listed! That’s right, Fast-Track Priority Entrance straight through the ROADBLOCK! and a free drink when you get in? Don’t say we don’t love yooooouuuuuu! (Werewolf!)


THE 1xtra SUNDAY SHAKEDOWN
The Sunday Shakedown session will be the perfect antidote to the Halloween mayhem of Saturday! Wrapping up the weekend perfectly we’ll be focusing on stunning music, performances and good food to welcome in November and all that comes with it! With more of the same but in a more laid-back manner, here’s your chance to squeeze the most out of this years Festival! More of an after party and a big thank you to all who partied on Halloween, here’s your chance to get close and personal with Leeds Urban Festival and our very special friends!

With DMC UK National 2009 Champion DJ Jeppa bringing an exclusive Championship extended set just for your entertainment, its going be one hell of an after party!

Defenders Of Style (Leeds Home Grown Hip Hip)

Alphabetix (Leeds Urban Hip Hop)

VERY SPECIAL GUESTS TBA!! + special support from the Creme of Leeds underground scene & talent!!!

It has to be seen to believed! THE BIGGEST & BEST HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL to have ever graced LEEDS!

With our love and support of the worthy Speak To The Streets Project, 10% of ALL festival proceeds will go directly to helping the inner city projects helping to better the lives of our little brothers and sisters. The Pat Regan Legacy - speaktothestreets.com

LOCATION: Beaver Works, 36 Whitehouse Street, Leeds LS10 1AD

DATE: Saturday 31st October 2009 - Sunday 1st November2009

SAT 13:00hrs - 04.00
SUN 13.00hrs – midnight

WEEKENDER TICKETS: £25 Weekend Ticket / Early Bird Ticket £19
SAT TICKETS: £22.50 adv
SUNDAY TICKETS: £14.50 adv

Subject to booking fee.

AVAILABLE FROM: Tribe / Crash / Jumbo / Hukaz / Maureens / Voodoo

ONLINE: www.ticketarena.co.uk / www.skiddle.com / www.theticketsellers.com

VERY LIMITED CAPACITY – WHEN THEY'RE GONE, THEY'RE GONE…

TRAVEL
TAXI: £5 from central Leeds in a cab
FREE BUS: Every hour from Hyde Park Sainsbury’s + Tribe Records
TRAIN: Leeds Train Station

ACCOMODATION
Check our website - LeedsUrbanFestival.com

ONE LOVE xx

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anyone headin down to this?