lladelph remains the longest running hip-hop festival dedicated to the evolution of hip-hop music and dance, featuring the most electrifying innovators and pioneers of hip-hop movement.

Celebrating over 10 consecutive years, the 2009 Illadelph Legends Festival (Illadelph) will take place July 20 – 26, 2009 in the state-of-the-art facilities at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, with a full schedule of master classes, lecture demonstrations, open jam sessions, panel discussions, and break-out sessions from 9am-5pm daily.

The 2009 festival is set to be one of Illadelph's finest years, bringing together the originators and renowned practitioners of the various hip-hop movement styles including Boogaloo , Locking, Popping, Hip-Hop, House, B-Boy/B-Girl, Afro/Funk and Salsa movement. Past participating guest artists and teachers have included Don Campbell (creator of locking), Greg "Campbell Lock Jr" Pope, The Electric Boogaloos (creator of Boogaloo), Crazy Legs (B-Boy from NYC’s Rock Steady Crew), Lil’ Lep (B-Boy from New York City Breakers) Alexa “Lex” Chmiel, Julie “Lady Jules” Ulrich, and Lanaya “Tweety” Straker, among many others.
This year, special breakout sessions will address contemporary social, political, and cultural issues relevant to the hip-hop community in daily panel discussions.

The festival opens up a platform to artists, nationally and internationally, who can expand and challenge boundaries and definitions of hip-hop overall. As Illadelph’s international reach grows, it provides an opportunity for participants to share ideas/work with a larger universal community.

By honoring and preserving the work of hip-hop’s pioneers and supporting the creativity of the culture’s next generation, Illadelph creates a unique platform for hip-hop’s past, present, and future to inspire one another and establish connections and change that will last well beyond this week-long experience.