The 2005 MUSICA Festival will take place on the Seattle Center campus (home of the Space Needle, The Experience Music Project museum, Seattle's largest amusement park, McCaw Hall and several other venues ) on July 15th, 16th and 17th, 2005. The weekend begins on Friday with the City of Seattle Mayor's Award for Excellence in Hip Hop, and then continues on Saturday and Sunday with seminars, indoor and outdoor performances by local and national artists. There will also be food vendors from various local restaurants, clothiers, stereo equipment companies, video gaming industries, technology industries and more. All taking advantage of the expected 40,000 - 50,000 people that will attend this free indoor/outdoor festival.

MUSICA Festival & Seminars 2005 highlights the distinctive musical culture in the Pacific Northwest. This "FREE" three-day indoor/outdoor event at the Seattle Center will feature performances and exhibits of the four essential elements of Hip Hop: MCing, DJing, Break dancing, Graffiti Art, and their impact on all musical genres. MUSICA festival 2005 will also include performances from National along with Northwest artists in Jazz, R&B, Latin, Electronic and Spoken Word.

This year's MUSICA FESTIVAL theme is a "Call to Conscience." This message is a call to remember our membership in a global community and raise awareness to inhumanity and injustice through music.

The MUSICA Festival grew from a vision to promote positive music community, private business and City Government relationships. The MUSICA Festival acts in part as a vehicle to increase visibility and public awareness of Seattle's music community. It creates the opportunity for collaboration between civic organizations, businesses, and residents to build relationships, develop a sense of unity within the music community, support community non-profit organizations as well as local artists and performers while providing top notch national entertainment to our communities FREE of charge!