13th of August, 2011
Elements Collective,
17 McLachlan st,
Fortitude Valley,
QLD, Australia

28th of May, 2011,
CJ Greenfield Sports Complex Freeman Road,
Freeman Rd, Inala,
QLD, Australia

Stylin’ UP will be celebrating it’s ELEVENTH YEAR on Saturday, May 28th. We inticipate that this year will be bigger than before with an expected 12,000+ to make their way towards Inala to witness some of the country’s’ finest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hip Hop music and dance artists, including Indigenous Intrudaz, Archie Roach, Impossible Odds, Last Kinection, Dust Dance Crew and a host of other talent.

Established in 2000 by local Inala elders in partnership with Brisbane City Council as a way of instilling their youth with pride in themselves, their community and their culture. The event has grown to become Australia’s largest Indigenous Hip Hop and R&B music and dance events that celebrates youth and contemporary Indigenous culture. Produced with and for young people in Brisbane and across Queensland, Stylin’ Up is also an award winning, nationally lauded contemporary Indigenous creative arts development program (winning the 2004 Premier of QLD award and a Reconciliation award in 2008).

Dance Stage

Dance workshops, and programming by Fresh Elements Dance Studio (facebook)

Dance competion categories: primary, secondary, open, freestyle

Performers and competitors include: Lanita, Carole Park, Ipswich 4205, KYC, Lil FEDS, Deadly Definition Sound Kings, Murri School, Regional 1, Logan, ACPA, 1 2 Check, Ultimatum 6, M&B Entertainment, Forest Lake, Alyanda, Act 1, Act 2, Woodridge, Dust, Young Roi, 3 Sound Melodies, TNC Emerge, I.C.U. Dance Crew, Lismore, Lil Bigz, Clara from Gold Coast, PCYC Senior X, Lethal Minority, United Nations Of Hip Hop, Soul Breakerz

21st of May, 2011
The Zoo,
711 Ann Street,
Fortitude Valley,
QLD, Australia

Think of the Super Visual Monster Mash like turning a live music venue into a cinema for the night and dancing your butt off to your favourite movies, tv shows and music clips of all time. All performed live by an internationally renowned turntable technician.

Super Visual Monster Mash is Sampology’s third instalment in his legendary Super Visual AVDJ series. Inspired by horror films bad and good, from today and decades ago, Super Visual Monster Mash features cameo appearances by Charlie Sheen, Kenny Powers, Bill Murray, ET, Freddy Kruger, , Harry, (and The Hendersons) Jason Voorhees, Michael J Fox and Hulk Hogan, scarier than you’ve ever seen him.

The technical aspect to Sampology’s Super Visual AVDJ shows is pretty darned impressive. He’s madly manipulating video via two turntables and a  mixer and triggering animations from his drum machine, all projected live onto a big-ass widescreen.

But it’s Sampology’s cheeky sense of humour, sprinkled across the exerts from film and TV shows, filmclips, YouTube clips and vintage VHS finds that takes your ordinary club night and turns it into a stupidly exciting and crazy fun visual mashup. Its like dancing your tits off at your favourite movie of all time, and laughing the whole way through.

Fresh from his US tour including SXSW, New York and LA, and his return national tour following Big Day Out earlier this year, don’t miss Sampology’s Super Visual Monster Mash Australian tour.

Brisbane support is from the fine talents of Tom Thum delivering a world class performance using his vocal chords, a mic, samplers and effects pedals as well as some very special guests embracing the Monster Mash spirit – Cutloose & Dr Rhythm, (dex and drums exorcism) Wolfwolf, (live) Jason ‘Voorhees’ Miert vs Fid ‘Freddy Kruger’ Frantic, Charlie ‘Ghostface’ Hustle vs Danny ‘Death Trap’ Cool and Ill ‘Frank the Rabbit’ Kid.

This one’s a dressup folks, get amongst the Super Visual Monster Mash vibe – there’s a monstrous prize on the night for Sampology’s favourite horrific getup.

Featuring Brisbane’s Finest:
8.00pm – 9.15pm:

Jason “Voorhees” Van Miert (facebook / myspace / twitter / soundcloud)
VS
Fid “Freddy Kruger” Frantic (facebook / myspace/ twitter/ soundcloud)
VS
Ill “Frank The Rabbit” Kid (facebook)

9.15pm – 9.55pm:

Charlie “Ghostface” Hustle (facebook / soundcloud / youtube)
VS
Danny “Deathtrap” Cool (facebook / myspace)

9.55pm – 10.15pm:

WolfWolf (live) (facebook / twitter / youtube)

10.15pm – 10.45pm:

Tom Thum (facebook / twitter / myspace)

10.45pm – 12.00am:

Sampology’s Super Visual Monster Mash (facebook / twitter /myspace /youtube / soundcloud)

12.00am – 12.30am:

Cutloose (facebook / twitter / myspace / youtube / soundcloud ) & Dr Rhythm (Dex & Drums Exorcism) (facebook / myspace) (Rhythm & Cutloose facebook)

29th of October,
Mad Dance House,
99 Elizabeth Street,
Brisbane,
QLD, Australia

Presented by NK Crew, Brisbane City War 4 is a 4-on-4 crew break competition for bboys and bgirls.
Prizes for 4-on-4 crew battle and Cypher King.

Judges:
Poe-1 [Style Elements / Mighty Zulu Kngs / Rock So Fresh]
Tofu [K.O. Crew / Kings Only / Knock Out Breakerz]

DJs:
DJ Bacon

Crews:
- Heaven Made Kings
- Fly Soul-O
- Night Kingz
- Hell Taxi
- Bad Habit Crew
- Styles In Motion
- Formatik
- Fresh Edge Crew
- Instant Rawkuz
- Skill At Will

Supported by
- Red Bull Energy Team
- The Bboy Spot
- Culture Shock
- Biggest & Baddest
- Soul Food

6PM – 9 PM
23rd of October, 2010
Riverstage, Brisbane,
QLD, Australia

The competition, the largest of its kind in Australia, will feature the best of the Queensland dance scene as they perform choreographed routines fused with gravity defying expressions of human skill.  With over 50 submissions and only 35 spots to fill, The Remix is not just another dance competition, after months competing in the competition circuit, we give you the opportunity to witness the cream of the crop, Brisbane’s finest dance talent at it’s best as they take their talent to the next level in a show-style competition that is not to be missed.

An esteemed panel of respectable judges (choreographers, casting directors and agency professionals) will officiate the competition as crews attempt to out-perform their rivals on the dance floor. Leaving only the best dance crew to be officially crowned as “The Remix Dance Champions” in this winner takes all competition during the one night only event.

With a line up of very special guests including Rock Steady Crew’s Mr Wiggles (USA), world-famous choreographer Robert Rich (USA), Australia’s most prolific beatboxer Tom Thum, Nate “Nacho Pop” Mendelsohn of ‘So You Think You Can Dance Australia’ fame & Candy B as our MCs, it’s easy to see why this years event is expected to reach capacity.

Presented by Brisbane City Council in association with Fresh Elements.

Artists

DJ Sampology (facebook / twitter /myspace /youtube / soundcloud) and Tom Thum (facebook / twitter / myspace) (Sampology and TomThum), Candy B, Ezra James and The Pulse, Mr Wiggles, Nachopop, Rob Rich, Trick Nasty Crew, Clockwork

MCs

MJ, Nachopop, Candy B (myspace)

DJs

DJ Oscar

Judges

Mr Wiggles (twitter / youtube / learngraffiti trainwriters), Rob Rich, Nachopop ( facebook / twitter), Marrietta Lam, Leah Tilney (myspace) / Elements Collective), Antii Fischer

The Remix (facebook / twitter)

Fresh Elements (facebook / twitter)

Brisbane City Council (facebook / twitter)

29th May, 2010
Inala,
QLD, Australia

Stylin’ Up 2010 Tenth Year Anniversary

Stylin’ Up Stylin’ UP returns for 2010 for its TENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY & if previous years are anything to go by, you can expect over 15,000 people to gravitate towards Inala on Saturday, May 29

Stylin’ UP is an Indigenous owned Hip Hop and R’n’B music and dance skills development workshop and event program. Stylin’ UP is developed with and for young people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds in Brisbane’s South West communities. Over the past 10 years Stylin’UP has grown to become Australia’s largest Indigenous Hip-Hop and R&B music and dance event and a nationally significant contemporary Indigenous creative arts development program. Stylin’UP originated as an initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Indigenous Community of Inala, and has been nurtured and developed by the Stylin’UP Community Crew, made up of elders, community leaders and government representatives. In 2009 the event drew over 15,000 attendees and participants from Inala, Brisbane and surrounding regions and from all across the country as well as official visitors and community members from Logan, Hopevale, Cherbourg, and Woorabinda through the Stylin’UP Regional Program. Stylin’UP is a multifaceted process, which engages the entire community from Elders through to children. Alongside the high profile public event exists a lengthy workshop program, aimed at engaging indigenous youth. In 2008 the workshop programs engaged 1500 young people from Brisbane’s South West corridor and a further 300 from regional communities. Community ownership of Stylin’UP is an essential element as it has built local community cultural capacity and empowerment across all levels. Since its inception, Stylin’UP has been
guided by three themes that the community valued as important to their young people:

Pride in Self
Pride in Community
Pride in Culture

Established in 2000 by local Inala elders in partnership with Brisbane City Council as a way of instilling their youth with pride in themselves, their community and their culture. The event has grown to become Australia’s largest Indigenous Hip Hop and R&B music and dance events that celebrates youth and contemporary Indigenous culture. Produced with and for young people in Brisbane and across Queensland, Stylin’ Up is also an award winning, nationally lauded contemporary Indigenous creative arts development program (winning the 2004 Premier of QLD award and a Reconciliation award in 2008). Stylin’ Up’s mantra Pride in SELF / Pride in COMMUNITY / Pride in CULTURE, emphasises its commitment to young Indigenous people to take a positive step towards personal and social change, which ultimately contributes to community change.

Stylin UP has been developed within a community development framework including a large workshop program facilitated by leading local artists in the lead up to the event each year. The workshops run in local schools & community centres in the South West Brisbane Corridor as well as through a regional program. These workshop programs nurture the next generation of artists as well as passing on the inherent values of Stylin UP no shame – step up and be proud; represent your culture and your community. Being the tenth year anniversary, expect to see many key performers from previous years who have been asked to return – to celebrate and showcase their (and Stylin’ Up’s) success.

Artists
Indigenous Intrudaz, Impossible Odds, Archie Roach, The Last Kinection, Yung Warriors, Little G, Banawuran, Zennith Boyz, Dizzy Doolan, Stunna Set, Poetic Murriz, EMR, Bala Boss, Honey Kween, MC Sean Choolburra, Dust Dance Crew, Fresh Elements Dancers, PI Boyz, Triks, Karnage and Darknis, MC Murriz, DMBC, Guttaklass, DeeKay, Harmony Hip Hop Project, Broadkast, Cat Thompson, Thafax Records, Stylin’ Up Regional Showcase, Laydeez Biz, Little Laydeez, Murri School, Elorac Place, MAIJAG Mob, Primary, Secondary, Open, Dance Comp, Freestyle, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Cultural Dance, Indigenous Hip Hop Projects, IHHP, Carole Park, Elorac Place, 1 2 Check, Mini FEDS, Joel Turner, Kimara Dance Crew, Suspended Animation, Fresh FX, United Nations of Hip Hop, Trick Nasty Crew, Dust Dance Crew, Numukul Yuggera Aboriginal Dance Troupe, Numballe Mullarah Aboriginal Dance Troupe, Malu Kiai Mura Buai Torres Strait Islander Dance Group, Aboriginal Centre For Performing Arts, Poetic Murriz, Stunna Set, Gudanji Aboriginal Dance Group

Stylin Up (facebook)
Fresh Elements (facebook)
Inala Elders
Inala Wangara
Human
Contact
Luke O’Sullivan
Cherry Red Music
Brisbane City Council

29th of July, 2009
Turbot st Underpass,
Brisbane,
QLD, Australia

The ultimate block party. One of Brisbane’s dopest bboy battle returns.

4-on-4 bboy and bgirl crew battles.

Featuring:
Live hip hop performances, Bgirl Demilition, Bboy Rely, Illevel, DJ Bacon, XX1, Sammie D, Dizzy Doolan, Dr Rhythm.

Hosted by:
Que and Liones.

26th of June, 2009
Mystique Niteclub,
Fortitude Valley,
QLD, Australia

Finals.

R.I.P. MJ

30th of May, 2009
Inala,
QLD, Australia

Australia’s largest Indigenous owned Youth, Music and Cultural festival, Brisbane’s own Stylin’UP is back for 2009. Bigger and better than ever, Sat May 30th@ CJ Greenfields Sports Complex, Inala will see Jessica Mauboy headline what promises to be Stylin’UP’s biggest line up to date.

Stylin’ Up was started 9 years ago as a local initiative by Inala community elders to instil their youth with ‘Pride in Self, Pride in Community, Pride in Culture’. From it’s humble beginning’s, the growth of the event has been nothing short of staggering. Now a nationally applauded cultural festival, recent years have seen attendance numbers average between fifteen to twenty thousand, with attendees hailing from Inala, Brisbane, regional Qld and indeed, from all across the country.

But one of Stylin’ UP’s key strength’s also lies in the fact that it is recognised Australia wide as an award winning contemporary Indigenous creative development program. The event is produced with and for young people in Brisbane and across Queensland as a celebration of youth and contemporary culture.

One core ingredient of Stylin’UP is it’s extensively integrated workshop program’s which take two forms. The first are run through schools and communities in the Brisbane metropolitan area for 3 to 4 months leading into the festival and culminate in festival performances and activities. The second are ongoing, all year round workshop program’s held right across regional Queensland. Though wider reaching with more extensive outcomes, regional programs similarly culminate in festival performances and activities.Stylin’ UP boasts a proud history of combining Australia’s finest Indigenous Hip Hop and R&B artists alongside internationally-recognised headliners a host of local and national emerging acts. The Stylin’UP ‘Emerging Artist’ line up provides artists from Inala, Queensland and Australia at large, with the opportunity to express themselves and raise their profile on a national level. ‘Emerging Artists’ perform alongside the nationally-established and internationally-recognised musicians in a program designed to nurture the next generation of Indigenous talent.

One of this years headlining acts Impossible Odds are a perfect example. Performing as emerging artists 2 years ago, Impossible Odds went on to win the 2007 ‘Speak, Indigenous Hip Hop Competition’ category of the John Butler Seed Award. More recently, last week saw their new single added to triple J spot rotation. Rolling on from there – the 2008 ‘Speak, Indigenous Hip Hop Competition’ category of the John Butler Seed Award last year was won by Inala’s own Indigenous Intrudaz – stalwarts of Stylin’ Up. A myriad of cultural and community events will take place alongside the music stage and offer a mix of performances and activities that showcase the talent of the local community. Stylin’UP will include Contemporary and Traditional Dance, Dance Competitions, Food and Drink Stalls, Arts and Craft Stalls, Free Rides, and an all day Basketball Competition.

The Stylin’ UP festival is a drug and alcohol free event presented by the Inala Stylin’ UP Community Crew in partnership with the Brisbane City Council.

29th of May, 2009
Mystique Niteclub,
Fortitude Valley,
QLD, Australia

Heat 5 of Mystique Niteclub’s podium dance competition.

Freestyle.