The fifth edition of Wallride Festival, an event dedicated to street culture in its various forms, will take place this weekend, Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September 2023, at the Stadio Comunale in Altamura (BA). Starting in the morning, the festival has scheduled a series of free activities (also aimed at children) related to street culture, while, from the late afternoon, music will become the protagonist with freestyle battles, DJ sets and, above all, with the opening of the Concert Area, which includes live shows that can be accessed with an entrance ticket (https://linktr.ee/wallridefestival). The main musical artists involved by the artistic director Stefano Tancredi (aka Tanca) are Kid Yugi and Nitrowho will perform on Saturday 2 September, e Giumo & Tanca and La Sadwhich will play the following day, Sunday 3 September.
Wallride Festival was born in 2015 in Altamura on the initiative of Sk8ong Crew, formed by a group of friends and skaters who grew up together and became an amateur sports association in 2014 after gaining experience in cultural, sporting and recreational events. It is no coincidence that the name of the festival derives from a movement that is performed with a skateboard and which reflects the philosophy of the event, because it is a jump in which you remain with your feet on the board, therefore a way to express yourself creatively with enthusiasm and grit but remaining well anchored to the base. Wallride Festival has a national program but its main focus remains there promotion of street culture in the Alta Murgia, with the intention of involving several generations, cultivating the creative potential of the youngest, and continuously produce events that have a cultural impact on the territory. In fact, the festival was anticipated by a series of jams, battles, open mics, workshops, talks, performances, exhibitions created in synergy with other local realities and which took place between mid-April and the beginning of July in Altamura, Matera and Gravina.
Each day of this fifth edition of Wallride Festival includes activities such as skateboarding contests, breaking and freestyle battles, parkour, frisbee, jam sessions, graffiti and street art performances, exhibitions dedicated to street culture and its various forms, talks and workshops. Finally, in the Concert Area, DJ sets are also planned after the live performances. Below is the complete programme.
WALLRIDE FESTIVAL
02 SEPTEMBER – 03 SEPTEMBER 2023
@ Municipal Stadium “T. D’Angelo”
Via Megalithic Walls
Altamura (Bari)
CONCERTS AREA ENTRANCE:
Day 1 – €28.75 Day 2 – €28.75
Full Pass – €45
(pre-sales: https://linktr.ee/wallridefestival)
DAY 1 – Saturday 2 September
(gates open at 11.00)
Free activities + Contest:
– Skateboarding, Breaking Battle, Parkour, Bouldering, Ultimate Frisbee, Circus, Finger Skate.
Thematic areas:
– Stage Expo powered by Mondobeat
– SkateHeart Rome Exhibition of skateboard illustrations
– Sketch Battle by SketchMania & Wasted Talent
– Upcycling Expo Market Area
– Press Area (talk by Liberfestival), (Wallradio Podcast by Wave)
– Inflatable Kids Area + Workshops
– Graffiti/Street Art Area
– Skateboard area
(To access it is mandatory to fill in and sign the Liability Release. If you are a minor, you need the signature of a parent)
Red Bull Breaking Stage
Contest: BREAKING & MIXED STYLE BATTLE powered by Slyma
17.00: 1VS1 Breakin Kidz under 18
18.00: 1VS1 Breakin Open
18.00: 1VS1 Mixed All Style Open
(Info and registration: [email protected])
Concert area
(main stage)
from 19:00 – Admission €28.75:
– H 19:20 Opening act: Sixteen
– 8.00 pm Rimshot, Bruno Bug, Elvis The Kid, Smooveflex
– 8.50 pm Kid Yugi
– 9.55 pm Bounce Factory (Urban Dance Show)
– 10:10 pm Nitro
– 11.30 pm Aftershow: Earthbeat Dj Set
DAY 2 – Sunday 3 September
(gates open at 18.00)
Free activities + Contest:
Skateboarding, Breaking, Wallride Freestyle Battle WFB, Parkour, Bouldering, Circus, Finger Skate.
Thematic areas:
– Stage Expo powered by Mondobeat
– SkateHeart Rome Exhibition of skateboard illustrations
– Sketch Battle by SketchMania & Wasted Talent
– Upcycling Expo Market Area
– Press Area (talk by Liberfestival), (Wallradio podcast by Wave)
– Inflatable Kids Area + Workshops
– Graffiti/Street Art Area
– Skateboard area
(To access it is mandatory to fill in and sign the Liability Release. If you are a minor, you need the signature of a parent)
Red Bull Freestyle Stage WFB
Contest: WALLRIDE FREESTYLE BATTLE – Final Round! powered by Rimshot, Da Mic Dojo, Mezza Note
19:00
Prize 200€
Jury: Bruno Bug, Nat
Djs: Red Noize & Da Mic Dojo
Seeded heads: Kyn, Higher, Paride, Sparketti
Skateboard area
Contest: Cash 4 Tricks & Merch! powered by Sk8ong, Funbox
19:00
Registration 10€
(To access it is mandatory to fill in and sign the Liability Release. If you are a minor, you need the signature of a parent)
Finger Skate area
Contest: Fingerskate powered by Mustacheese
19:00 free session fingerboarding
19:30 Contest
20:00 Best Trick on spot
1st Place Award
Best Trick Award
Concert area
(main stage)
from 20.00 – Admission €28.75:
– 8.20 pm Opening act: Instrumental jam session by La Primavera
– 21:00 Giumo & Tanca
– 21.50 La Sad
– 11.00 pm Aftershow: Earthbeat Dj Set
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