Paid Dues

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Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Festival


Location(s)	United States
Years active	2006 - Present
Founded by	Guerilla Union
Date(s)	March, Summer
Genre(s)	Hip Hop music
Website	[1]

Paid Dues is an annual hip hop festival that took place in California, until the summer of 2007 it was announced that the festival travel to multiple locations.

Paid Dues is event presented by Murs 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union.

On March 11th, 2006 the first Paid Dues festival sold out, with over 5,000 concert goers packing the Shrine Expo Centerin Los Angeles. The line-up for the Paid Dues 2006 Festival included the debut live performance from Felt (Murs {Living Legends} w/ Slug & Ant {Atmosphere})

1 Paid Dues Festival 2006
2 Paid Dues Festival 2007
3 Paid Dues Tour 2007
4 Paid Dues Festival 2008
5 Paid Dues Tour 2008
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[edit] Paid Dues Festival 2006

Saturday, March 11th
Shrine Expo Center , Los Angeles, California

Felt
Aesop Rock
Living Legends
EL-P
Brother Ali
Cage
Grouch
Blueprint
3MG
2mex
Chingo Bling
DJ Rhettmatic
MR. Dibbs

[edit] Paid Dues Festival 2007

Saturday, March 24th
Nos Events Center, San Bernardino, California

Felt
Sage Francis
Blackalicious
Brother Ali
Jean Grae
Visionaries
Cage
Mr Lif
Zion I & The Grouch
Devin the Dude
Evidence of Dilated Peoples w/ Alchemist
Pigeon John
Los Nativos
Hanger 18

[edit] Paid Dues Tour 2007

Following the success of the second annual PAID DUES festival in Southern California promoters MURS 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union (Rock The Bells, Cypress Hill Smoke Out) have announced they will tour.

"The national touring of PAID DUES is a dream come true. It’s what I had in mind when I first brought the idea to Guerilla Union--something like a Warped tour for underground hip-hop, where my friends and I could be outside in the daylight enjoying summer with our fans instead of cramped up in some dark smelly nightclub worried about staying up too late and being too tired for work the next morning,” states MURS. “It also provides a safe and comfortable environment in which the younger fans can be introduced to a proper live hip-hop show."

PAID DUES hit over 10 major markets across the country.It will pass through various sized venues ranging from 1,000 to 40,000 capacities. In New York (July 28 & 29) and Los Angeles (August 11), PAID DUES will merge with the Rock The Bells festivals featuring headliners Rage Against The Machine and the Wu-Tang Clan.

July 25 - Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
July 27 - Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Concert Pavilion
July 28 - New York, NY @ Randells Island with Rock The Bells
July 29 - New York, NY @ Randells Island with Rock The Bells
August 1 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
August 4 - Eugene, OR @ Secret House Vineyard
August 5 - San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
August 7 - Denver, CO @ Red Rock Pavilion
August 9 - Santa Fe, NM @ Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
August 10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheater
August 11 - San Bernadino, CA @ Glen Helen with Rock The Bells
August 12 - San Diego, CA @ Chula Vista Amphitheater Parking Lot with Rock the Bells
August 18 - San Francisco, CA @ McCovey Cove Parking Lot with Rock The Bells