Musica Festival 2006 & the Mayor Awards
for Excellence in Hip Hop
Featuring Malcolm Jamal Warner, Domino, & Silk
October
5th, 6th and 7th, 2006
The City of Seattle Mayor’s
Awards For Excellence In Hip Hop and the MUSICA Festival
celebrates music in Seattle by bringing together many genres
of music- Hip Hop, R&B, Electronica, Jazz, Blues, Reggae,
Latin, Gospel and Spoken Word-in an effort to unite people
and create awareness to issues impacting our communities.
The City of Seattle Mayor’s Awards & MUSICA Festival grew from a vision to promote positive music community, private business and City Government relationships. The City of Seattle Mayor’s Awards For Excellence In Hip Hop & 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 and keynote speakers to our communities.
Call to Conscience 2006
The 2006 Mayor’s Awards For Excellence In Hip Hop and MUSICA Festival’s Call to Conscience will emphasize the importance of early education. Hip Hop has been a medium for voices of social change as well as a mirror that reflects, good or bad, the perceptions of the Hip Hop generation. Music Industry professionals can engage business and Government to learn more about issues that impact their lives. Business, government and advertisers of all kinds will have the opportunity to connect with one of the largest segments of our population: “The Hip Hop Generation.” Hip Hop has changed music, clothing, language and marketing. The projected attendance for this year’s Festival is 5,000 to 10,000 attendees over the free three-day event, ranging in ages 16-50 and representing a broad demographic range.
Panels & Seminars
The MUSICA Entertainment Festival and Seminars are designed to create a forum for unsigned/signed artists to interact with record industry professionals, create exposure for Northwest performing artists, provide musical “Hip Hop” and other genres of musical entertainment for Northwest tourists, families and music enthusiasts. Last but definitely not least, this year’s event focuses on empowering the Hip Hop generation about the importance and impact of education through safe, healthy, culturally competent, high quality Early Learning and parental involvement. This being an election year, we’ll also have important messages about voting both collectively and individually