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As we reflect on this year’s “All The Way Live: Hip Hop Dance Festival” we are thankful and humbled by all the support, acceptance and love we continue to receive ❤️ All The Way Live would not be possible without the support and commitment of our amazing planning committee, our Hip Hop Dance commUNITY, our local businesses, our youth and the city of San Francisco. Thank y’all for believing and for being the heart and soul of “All The Way Live.” We couldn’t do this heartwork without y’all. 🫡🙏🏽 As a reminder, our mission and values remain central to all our activities and engagements - to elevate and amplify the voices and movement of the people ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 We also want to share our deep gratitude and thanks to the folx at Civic Center CBD ( @sfciviccenter ) for their continued partnership, trust and commitment in helping us provide a FREE experience that honors and elevates our diverse Bay Area Hip Hop Dance community. That said, we also want to take this opportunity to announce and share our 20 Year Anniversary. Coming June 2026. Mark those calendar’s now. On behalf of @allthewaylivefoundation thank y’all for an amazing and powerful year of shows, classes, community, celebrations and dance. We continue to be in service of. Salute to 19 strong and impactful long years. For community, by commUNITY. 🎥: @n.yuzon #allthewaylivesf #hiphopdance #hiphopculture #bayareahiphop #dancebattle #sanfrancisco #dance #civiccenter

As we put the needle on the record, we’re happy to announce the legend is BACK! ALL THE WAY LIVE: HIP HOP DANCE FESTIVAL 2025 Saturday September 27, 2025 (12p -6p) on the historic and powerful Fulton Plaza/Civic Center in San Francisco, CA. Featuring one of North Americas very few, if not only: Crew vs Crew (Breaking and All Styles) Dance Battles. Where you’re invited to enter with your WHOLE DANCE CREW! 🤯 Due to day-of time constraints, each dance category will be capped with a certain amount of crews. Keep an eye out for that post. We’re also excited to announce the return of “The People’s Market.” An outdoors artisans, crafters, designers and makers fair - complimented with the Bay Area’s best food trucks 😋 Vendor application in Bio. Don’t miss out on this year’s ATWL, featuring youth dance performances, MC’s, DJ’s, and Graff Writers. Thank you again for rocking with us these past 19 years 🙏🏽 Community based, commUNITY driven. ❤️✊🏽 ALL THE WAY LIVE SAN FRANCISCO 📹 @infamous.pr @justanotherbreakingchannel #allthewaylivesf #sfhiphop #sfoewd #civiccenter

As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on our immense success and bravery this past year. Our objective was simple, anchor our humility and be in service of. In full commitment to serve our local neighborhoods, and our Bay Area Hip Hop Dance community; collectively and in partnership with many of you this heartwork persevered and thrived. We are proud of the: 8 months worth of weekly dance classes, 10 jams, the return of “All The Way Live Hip Hop Dance Festival”, and over $80k invested in supporting our local dancers, DJ’s, artists and practitioners. As the UN/Fulton Plaza in San Francisco served as our home base we’re proud to be anchored in a city and efforts committed to amplifying artist voices and kinetics. On behalf of All The Way Live Foundation a deep thank you to all who supported, attended and participated. Without y’all, this work doesn’t happen ✊🏽 Happy New Years and we look forward to sharing the dance floor alongside you all in 2025 ❤️ #allthewaylivesanfrancisco

Presents: THE LINEAGE Taking place: Saturday December 21, 2024 (2:00pm - 7:00pm) Location: Fulton Plaza (between the San Francisco Main Library and the San Francisco Asian Arts Museum) What: 2 vs 2 All Styles Dance Battle - FREE to participate - All ages and abilities welcomed - 1st Place $4000 - 2nd Place $1000 Host: - PowerSerge ( @thepowerserge ) DJ’s: - Karlita ( @karlita_creates ) - DJ Precise ( @djpreciseofficial ) Judges: - NurseBoogz ( @nurseboogz ) - Dopey Fresh ( @_dopeyfresh_ ) - Chaz ( @funklechaz ) Registration: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Battles start at 3:00pm sharp This jam is FREE to both participate and attend, we welcome and invite you, friends and family to an afternoon of Hip Hop Culture and Dance. This is a family friendly event ❤️

Curated by the amazing Amber Nicole ( @create.elevate ) in collaboration with SF Hip Hop ( @sf.hiphop ) we present: CITY SOUNDSCAPE This Saturday November 9, 2024 (12:00pm - 5:00pm) Centered in community, expression and HEALING - in honor of Hip Hop History Month and in celebration of our Bay Area DJ’s and Dancers we invite folx to this FREE all ages Jam and Cypher. Featuring: - Dance Workshop w/Dopey Fresh ( @_dopeyfresh_ ) - 7000 Coils ( @7000coils ): Blu Moon ( @bdukesthetruth & KKINGBOO ( @kkingboo ) - DJ Black ( @blackismusic ) - DJ Q-Bert ( @djqbert ) …and your host The PowerSerge ( @thepowerserge ) The event will also feature a $100 cash prize to the 5 best dancers. We’ll have a secret judge keeping an eye on the dance floor. Cash Prize will be awarded at the end of the event. That said, come hit this dance floor. Schedule: 12:00p - 1:00p TURF Dance workshop w/Dopey Fresh 1:00p - 2:30p 7000 Coils 2:30p - 4:00p DJ Black 4:00p - 5:00p DJ Q-Bert We look forward to honoring and celebrating our Hip Hop community alongside you all ❤️✊🏽

@unknownchamberz x @creativegroundsca presents: CITY SITUATION Saturday October 26, 2024 (12:00p - 5:00p) Fulton Plaza, San Francisco - Between the SF Main Library and the Asian Arts Museum 1 vs 1 All Styles Dance Battle (Halloween Edition) - Costumes HIGHLY encouraged - 1st Place $1000 - 2nd Place ??? Kids All Styles Dance Battle - 1st Place $250 Host: Dopey Fresh ( @_dopeyfresh_ ) DJ: Sam Zone ( @samzone_ ) Judges: Amber ( @create.elevate ) Sean Darko ( @seandarko ) Skeeter ( @lf_skeeter ) Registration: Closes promptly at 12:45pm Battles: 1:05pm This event is 100% FREE for all competitors and participants. Come celebrate and elevate Bay Area Hip Hop Dance Culture. For community, by commUNITY ✊🏽 #allthewaylivesanfrancisco

When a group of folx are united around a collective objective, you then are in commUNITY ✊🏽 That said, on behalf of the “All The Way Live Foundation” planning committee we want to take this moment to thank you for providing us time and grace to produce a jam reflective of our Hip Hop communal values. We also want to thank the “City of San Francisco” and the “Civic Center CBD” for elevating and providing our Hip Hop Dance community a platform to feel celebrated and embraced. To all the beautiful and talented youngsters in attendance, please remember that Hip Hop is a youth driven culture. Therefore, All The Way Live Foundation will continue to remain committed towards your voice, progress and elevation ❤️ More to come. To all our Judges, DJ’s, Host, Youth Performers; we are in such deep gratitude for your talents, perspective and experiences. Thank y’all for holding the event down in such a meaningful way. To our vendors and partners, thank you for being present and sharing your love with our local communities. Your stations and work nourished our souls and bodies 🙏🏽 We look forward to strengthening these relationships and ties with you all. To our Bay Area dance community, we hope that we inspired and nurtured an experience that will be talked about for years to come. You/we are all so deserving of spaces that celebrate our heartwork, identities and artistry. We look forward to continuing to build experiences reflective of these values. Thanks to all of you who competed and shared your greatness on the dance floor. We see you ❤️ All that said, we hope that this year's jam and new location was reminiscent and on par of the "All The Way Live" experience we've all come to love and enjoy. We hope this won't be our last event - but rather - a new chapter in our 18 year long history of servicing our Bay Area Hip Hop dance and youth community ✊🏽 Thank you all for making this year’s jam: ALL THE WAY LIVE ❤️ #forcommunitybycommunity #ATWLSF #HIPHOPCULTURE

This journey and heartwork has and will continue to be profound and everlasting. As we celebrate our 18th year honoring and elevating our local and global communities through Hip Hop Culture, we unapologetically anchor and center the amplification of our communal voice and strength ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 We know what this event and initiative has meant to all of us. Therefore, it is with deep honor and pleasure that we announce and share the return of the Bay Area’s very own: ALL THE WAY LIVE SAN FRANCISCO! Over $10,000 in cash prize, over 20+ vendors, food trucks, kids activities zone, Dance-DJ-and-MC performances, crew breaking and all styles battles, kids battles; all nestled in the heart of San Francisco - right in front of city hall on the historical Fulton Plaza. 🌁 Saturday September 28, 2024 (12:00pm - 7:00pm) this family and Hip Hop centered festival is 100% FREE, for and by commUNITY. We look forward to embracing and celebrating alongside you all ❤️ To RSVP, please check our bio! If ATWL has impacted you in anyway, please share your testimonio in the message section. We’d love to hear from you 🙏🏽

This journey and heartwork has and will continue to be profound and everlasting. As we celebrate our 18th year honoring and elevating our local and global communities through Hip Hop Culture, we unapologetically anchor and center the amplification of our communal voice and strength ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 We know what this event and initiative has meant to all of us. Therefore, it is with deep honor and pleasure that we announce and share the return of the Bay Area’s very own: ALL THE WAY LIVE SAN FRANCISCO! Over $10,000 in cash prize, over 20+ vendors, food trucks, kids activities zone, Dance-DJ-and-MC performances, crew breaking and all styles battles, kids battles; all nestled in the heart of San Francisco - right in front of city hall on the historical Fulton Plaza. 🌁 Saturday September 28, 2024 (12:00pm - 7:00pm) this family and Hip Hop centered festival is 100% FREE, for and by commUNITY. We look forward to embracing and celebrating alongside you all ❤️ To RSVP, please check our bio! If ATWL has impacted you in anyway, please share your testimonio in the message section. We’d love to hear from you 🙏🏽

In partnership with @2blocksofart_sf @sfrecpark @creativegroundsca and @midmarket_cbd For the first time in San Francisco’s U.N. Plaza history, @allthewaylivefoundation brings you “Hip Hop on the Plaza.” An afternoon of honoring and elevating Hip Hop Dance and Music 🎶 Saturday November 11, 2023 (1:00p - 6:00p) All ages and FREE to both attend and participate. Featuring a special showcase by the All The Way Live Youth Breaking class. Performing live will be the Bay Area’s Big Trippin - a soulful yet powerful blend of MC’s and artist bringing you that authentic Hip Hop 🎤 Celebrating their 20th Anniversary is the @beatznpiecesofficial - 2 G’s for 2 G’s. 2 vs 2 All Styles Dance Battle - 🥇 $2000 - 🥈 $1000 Registration closes at 1:45pm Battles start at 2:00pm Judges: @townshipsol @intricacito @ceciliaegidi Host: @thepowerserge Sound conductors: @djpreciseofficial @rjkoolraul We are thankful for the many partnerships that provide us with the opportunity to be in service of our communities. This day is bigger than just a contest - come celebrate our artists, our youth and families, but ultimately come celebrate yourself and HIP HOP CULTURE ❤️✊🏽 See you on the Plaza 🫡 #pleaseshare

It’s always a pleasure of ours to design and reimagine spaces that will nurture lifelong memories. A huge shoutout to both Nancy and Sean on their special day. Thank y’all for allowing Creative Grounds to light up and provide the energy for the evening. It was truly our honor and pleasure 💍 #bayarea #oaklandlove #townbidness

Week-4 of @skybridgeonstevenson will feature @deejayprecise and DJ Priscilla, and live Hip Hop from the amazing Big Trippin. The festival will also highlight a 1 vs 1 Poppin Battle for $500 cash! Located on the 500 block on Stevenson St - San Francisco, CA festivities will take place Thursday October 6, 2022 (6:00pm-10:00pm). This is an all ages open air Hip Hop Dance & Music Festival.