Hip Hop At III Points Festival 2016

III Points is nothing short of the most unique festival experience in the books. III Points Festival takes pride in being a music, art, technology, and interactive based event. You can find yourself diving into the future with technological activities including new VR experiences that will leave your mouth dropped.

What III Points also represents is the variety of music the festival brings to the heart of Mana Wynwood Miami. As an attendee you can experience everything from indie, rock, psychedelic, deep house, future bass, electronica, and what's really buzzing around town, the intense hip hop selection.

Honestly, where else can you see headliners including LCD Soundsystem, M83, and Thievery Corporation unite with renowned hip hop artists? III Points provides the artistic and intellectual side of Miami and therefore curates their artists to fit your exact needs.

Method Man, most known for his presence and skills in Wu-Tang Clan will be hitting the stage with long time collaborator Redman. Together these two are one of the strongest forces in hip hop and will be making history at this year's III Points. Be sure to catch these two destroying the Main Frame Stage Saturday October 9th from 8:10 - 9:10 PM!

It's exciting to see such a distinctive lineup offering major artists in the game such as Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, Earl Sweatshirt, up and coming Twelve'len, and the man who needs no introduction, Cam'ron.

These are all artists that heavily influence the rap industry today and are all wilding out at this year's III Points. If you scoot your boot around the event throughout the night, you can catch a number of local Miami talent which is what this fest is all about.... giving back to the people and artists who make up their beautiful home of Miami. Tickets are still available for purchase here. Get yours now to avoid missing out y'all!

Take a peek at our broken down list of MUST SEE hip hop acts at III Points 2016. See where you need to be below!

Friday October 7th:

IndigoChildRick - 6:30 PM @ Main Frame Stage
Vince Staples - 7:20 PM @ Main Frame Stage
Twelve'len - 10:30 PM @ Sector 3 Stage

Saturday October 8th:

Little Simz - 7:15 PM @ Main Frame Stage
Method Man & Redman - 8:10 @ Main Frame Stage

Sunday October 9th:

Denzel Curry - 6:45 PM @ Main Frame Stage
Earl Sweatshirt - 7:45 PM @ Main Frame Stage
Cam'ron - 11:00 PM @ Isotropic Stage

Rare Festival Is Taking Over Orlando Saturday October 15th

What is Rare Fest? Rare Festival is presented to us by Guatemalan-American DJ and record producer, Carnage. The one-day festival will be taking place Saturday October 15th at the new Orlando Amphitheater in the Central Florida Fairgrounds.

Carnage is predominantly known for his major music festival appearances throughout the world such as Ultra Music Festival, Coachella, Tomorrowland, Lollapalooza, Electric Daisy Carnival, and basically any one in the book. In fact, Carnage will be performing at Ultra Brasil just the day before and directly flying to Rare to give us the goods.

Orlando being our hometown and where Holiday of Music primarily operates, Central Florida Fairgrounds has been home to many unique festivals including Earth Day Birthday, The Big Orlando, Kink Music Festival, Flogrown Music Festival, along with plenty more. It's with great ease to see Rare to be the FIRST festival officially using the new natural Amphitheater the grounds has to offer.

We're beyond excited for the major artists finally coming through out city next weekend. Rare Festival 2016 lineup brings heavy hitting acts including Carnage, Mac Miller, Slushii, (Special Guest), Marshmello, Andres Fresko, and Senojnayr.

The anticipated event's gates will open Saturday at 3:00 PM and the music will go until around 12:00 AM EST. Tickets are officially available for the extravaganza and are already on the last tier price!

Don't worry, you can get your fest on for only $40 which will include access to one of the biggest parties to hit Orlando, music from renowned artists, unique art, and creating a moment with thousands of people who share a love for music.

You can find all of your ticketing options here. For now, TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY that this will be the next big thing! The first annual Rare Festival is in just under ten days and we cannot wait to experience what's in store. Stay tuned for all Rare Fest related news and make sure to grab your tickets to avoid missing out!

Peep what you can expect at the time of your life below.

Carnage @ Ultra Music Festival 2016:

Mac Miller @ Splash! 2012:


Marshmello @ Sunset Music Festival 2016:

Watch Chance The Rapper Perform on Jimmy Fallon

The Chicago-based independent rap phenomenon, Chance The Rapper, put on a very special performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. Chance had the pleasure of performing "Blessings" from his latest mixtape Coloring Book.

The hip hop artist brought out each feature and creator of the track including Anthony Hamilton, Ty Dolla $ign, Raury, and D.R.A.M to show the audience and viewers what's in store on his current Magnificent Coloring World Tour.

Watch what we believe to be one of the best television performances this year alone. Peep the unique rendition of "Blessings" by Chance The Rapper below.

Win FREE Chrome Sparks Tickets THIS Wednesday October 5th

Brooklyn based electronic-indie band Chrome Sparks will be performing live for the first time at our favorite music venue The Social THIS Wednesday October 5th! We're stoked to experience the unique sounds of Chrome Sparks at an intimate venue like The Social before we cover them at III Points Festival this coming weekend.

If you're curious to what electronic-indie music sounds like, this is a gig you should definitely attend! The man behind Chrome Sparks, Jeremy Malvin, is inspired by classical percussion and an obsession with synthesizers creating a dazed melodic sound that hangs in between down tempo head bopping to upbeat club bangers.

We are officially giving away FIVE PAIRS of tickets to see Chrome Sparks THIS Wednesday October 5th at The Social! Slide your email address into our ticket giveaway email list and you will be entered to win! As soon as you subscribe to our email, you will automatically be entered to win in ALL of our October giveaways!

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Keep an eye out because the tickets will be emailed out Tuesday night at 10:00 PM! If you're in Miami this weekend, look out for Holiday of Music during Chrome Sparks set at III Points! For now, peep these tunes. Purchase your tickets to The Social here.

Stream Austin City Limits Music Festival All Weekend

Austin City Limits Music Festival is having it's 15th anniversary these next two weekends September 30th - October 9th, 2016 at the notorious Zilker Park in the heart of Austin, Texas. Austin City Limits Festival is in the top 5 most attended events in the nation and has an amazing history of providing the best heavy hitters in practically every genre of music.

This year you can stream the ENTIRE experience to prevent you from missing your favorite artists and what they have in store for this extravagant event. Red Bull TV is proud to present a full three-channel option menu where you can pick, choose, and see what times you can catch your most anticipated acts.

Steam artists such as Mumford and Sons, LCD Soundsystem, Flume, M83, Cage The Elephant, Local Natives, Foals, Major Lazer, Miike Snow along with many more. If you can't make it to this magical weekend then please take the time to get your friends together and enjoy what the legendary ACL is all about here!