A VARIETY of regional rappers and hip-hop artists are gearing up to play The Eastern next weekend.<\/p>\n
With performances kicking off at 5pm Sunday, 28 February, audiences can catch Potent 24, Kryptoss, Floc, Raro, Glasshouse and Matthew James for the first time since last year.<\/p>\n
As both a performer and organiser, Floc, also known as Sarah Barclay, said she hopes events like this continue on a more regular basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used to book monthly hip hop nights at The Eastern but it got stopped because of COVID and this is our first one back so it\u2019s really exciting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s Glasshouse\u2019s first gig performing live, they\u2019ve recorded a couple of songs so I\u2019m excited to see them play.<\/p>\n
\u201cRaro and Potent 24 both put out music during lockdown as well so I think it\u2019s going to be really cool to see a bunch of new music being performed.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the hip hop community in Ballarat continues to grow, Barclay said it\u2019s important to offer these kinds of opportunities to emerging artists to foster a healthy community of musicians.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach time there\u2019s an event it just feels stronger and more people are getting up at open mics and we have more artists at every event which is awesome,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important to have the genre diversity in Ballarat because it\u2019s nice to have a different experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve written a lot of music during lockdown and my styles probably evolved, like I think all of us have changed in the past months and are writing music about experiences we\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A VARIETY of regional rappers and hip-hop artists are gearing up to play The Eastern next weekend. With performances kicking off at 5pm Sunday, 28 February, audiences can catch Potent 24, Kryptoss, Floc, Raro, Glasshouse and Matthew James for the first time since last year. As both a performer and organiser, Floc, also known as […]<\/p>\n