Aceyalone, Del, The Cool Kids to perform at A3C 2008

Atlanta hip-hop staple Brian Knott announced today via Creative Loafing's "Crib Notes" blog that the city's annual A3C festival has confirmed several acts.

Among them are Del the Funky Homosapien (who Paste recently caught up with - Q&A coming soon), fellow Californian Aceyalone, the Cool Kids (who just finished up a national tour with M.I.A.), Guilty Simpson, and Blu & Ta’Raach (aka C.R.A.C.). The festival will take place over a three-day stretch at the CW Midtown Music Complex (AKA: The Loft, Center Stage and Vinyl for you non-ATLiens out there) from March 20 to 22.

Discounts are currently available on three-day passes at TicketAlternative.com, but if you head over to the A3C main page, you can enter for a chance to win the URB magazine ticket giveaway, and score yourself a pair of three-day passes for free. And, as Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross so aptly informed us back in the mid-'90s, the best things in life are free.

The 2007 A3C festival, which took place last April, included both national acts like Strange Fruit Project and 9th Wonder, as well as Atlanta hip-hop favorites Collective Efforts and Psyche Origami. The line-up that Knotts has secured this year further raises the bar on the quality of acts, and boasts not only live music, but fashion shows, panel discussions, art installations and more.

To gear up for the extravaganza, head over here to take a peek at the documentary that Rick Foy produced on the festival last year. Meanwhile, Atlantans can make their calendars on Feb. 16, when The EARL will host the A3C 2008 Preview Night & Dumpsterdive Reunion.

Related links:
2008 A3C Hip Hop Festival on Myspace
A3CFestival.com
YouTube: Collective Efforts @ A3C 2007

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