Light It Up is Australia's newest all ages, national touring hip hop festival.
Scheduled to travel to Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne in early September, Light It Up will be headlined by American rapper Wiz Khalifa.This will be the 'See You Again' and 'Black & Yellow' artist first shows in Australia since 2015; the North Dakota native will be joined by 'Black Beatles' and 'This Could Be Us' hip hop, trap duo Rae Sremmurd (who just released their fourth studio album 'Sremm 4 Life') who return to Oz for the first time since playing FOMO Festival in 2019.
Billboard Hot 100 charting artist Lola Brooke will make her Australian live debut at Light It Up, the Brooklyn rapper (who went TikTik viral with her breakout single 'Don't Play With It') fresh from joining Latto onstage at Coachella 2023.
On the local front, joining the bill is NSW's very own pioneer of Australian drill, Samoan-Chinese artist Hooligan Hefs, Australian-Samoan hip hop rising star Youngn Lipz, as well as the DMC Champion DJ BeastMode.
Tickets on sale from noon (local time) on 2 June.
Light It Up Festival 2023 Line-up
Wiz KhalifaRae Sremmurd
Lola Brooke
Hooligan Hefs
Youngn Lipz
DJ BeastMode
Light It Up Festival 2023 Tour Dates
Sat 2 Sep - Qudos Bank Arena (Sydney)Sun 3 Sep - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Tue 5 Sep - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Wed 6 Sep - RAC Arena (Perth)
Fri 8 Sep - Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne)