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Vancouver City Editor May Globus is obsessed with the sartorial and all that surrounds it: art, design, culture, music and film. Oh, and she really likes writing about it, too. A left coast girl at heart, her Sweetspot finds just might show why the westside really is the best side.
Put your hands up in the air, put your hands up in the air!
There will be a lot of hand pumping and body moving happening, starting yesterday and lasting until the wee hours of this coming Sunday morning, as the best international and local DJs spin at music battles all over the city for Red Bull 3Style.
Last year, the world finals were held in the City of Light: Paris.
For 2011, Vancouver is it. And the whole city is buzzing with energy, too, with or without the help of that blue, silver and red can (or wiiiiings).
Barnone yesterday night held the first 3Style competition, where Brooklyn's The Rub, Calgary's Smalltown DJs and Vancouver's own The Boyscouts threw down to a packed house. The scene was indicative of things to come for the next few days, meaning mad excellent music and people ready to have good time, whether it's a school night or not.
If you're a little late to the draw, the rest of the week's lineup goes a little something like this:
Wednesday, Dec. 14th
DJs; DJ Hedspin (Canada) vs. DJ Dippy (India) vs. DJ Robert Moreno (Argentina) vs. Bitcode (Spain)
Headliners; PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, SKRATCH BASTID, THE FRESHEST CREW
Venue: Venue
Thursday, Dec. 15th
DJs; Bazooka (Switzerland) vs. Big Al (UK) vs. DJ Pho (Columbia) vs. 8Man (Japan) vs. DJ Ken(Denmark)
Headliners; JUST BLAZE, TEAM CANADA DJS, THE GOODFELLAS, Plus SPECIAL GUEST
Venue: Fortune Nightclub
Friday, Dec. 16th
DJs; DJ Supa (France) vs. DJ Spell (New Zealand) vs. Big Once (USA) vs. DJ Thomas (Peru) vs. DJ Byte(Chile)
Headliners; DJ PREMIER vs PETE ROCK, DJ DOPEY, FACTION SOUNDCREW
Venue: 560
Saturday, Dec. 17th (World Finals)
DJs; To be announced on December 16, 2011. Check back for more info!
Headliners; Z-TRIP, DJ NU-MARK, VINYL RITCHIE
Venue: Commodore
So get your tickets and see you on the dance floor, with hands up in the air.
All the details you need.