HIPPY HOLY DAZE 5

HIPPY HOLY DAZE Art & Music Celebration returns for its 5th year featuring a night of standout performances by some of Chicago’s elite Artists and Musicians.

Curated by Poet, MC, and Painter Kao Ra Zen.

PUGS ATOMZ ✶ HOBBYIST ✶ KAO RA ZEN ✶ BADWOLFF ✶ GREENLIGHTS MUSIC

Music by THESSELONIOUS

BYOB!!!

@ ELASTIC ARTS (3429 W DIVERSEY AVE), CHICAGO, IL

KAO RA ZEN ✶ A multidisciplinary artist, Kao Ra Zen has made a name for himself as an accomplished spoken-word poet, battle-rapper, multimedia performance artist, painter, director, and curator. For a number of years, Kao has been performing and organizing concerts, parties, film screenings, and art exhibitions throughout Chicago, as well as throughout Germany during a 2014 residency. Kao has rocked open MICs in Guatemala, and was a feature performer during the first annual Afro Utah Festival in 2021. Artists of many genres and disciplines have graced the stage and wall during the four previous Hippy Holy Daze events curated by Kao. After skipping 2020 and 2021 (for reasons), Kao is excited to once again serve as your impresario for Hippy Holy Daze. A young at heart old school MC who spits rhymes for the brave new world, Kao Ra Zen will be sharing his brand of socially conscious lyrical musings on life, the universe, and everything.

PUGS ATOMZ ✶ The Hip-Hop renaissance man, his Art and Music has been featured in TV Shows, movies, commercials, sporting events, and video games. He has been able to tour the world performing his deep catalog solo and with frequent collaborator DJ Vadim (The Electric, UK). His inspiration for all this stems from his family growing up in Englewood seeing the performers on the Green line train, and murals and Graffiti art in his neighborhood. Catch him live at Hippy Holy Daze for a hi-energy sophisticated Hip-Hop /Art experience.

HOBBYIST ✶

BADWOLFF ✶ BADWOLFF is a Chicago art rap duo, composed of Amanu Kaiju & Casagrown, whose songs celebrate life over beats that range from boom-bap to the experimental.

GREENLIGHTS MUSIC ✶ Greenlights Music is a conglomerate of emcees and musicians from Chicago. All orginal organic Hip-Hop. Normally the group performs with a live band. Greenlights Music is a soulful and crowd embracing live experience. Five to sometimes six different emcees trade rhymes laced with the beautiful voice of soul singer Willow Wells. Spring 2022 the group released the album “A Beautiful Mood” now in rotation on all major platforms.

THESSELONIOUS ✶ Since the early 90s, Thesselonious has been on the hip hop scene in some form or fashion. One of those artists who tries to keep all the elements of Hip Hop alive, this multi-talented guy still actively creates art in the same way he's done since his days in Nacrobats (a collective that also includes founder Pugs Atomz and early member Kao Ra Zen). He's also a visual artist of sorts, having created flyers, album layouts, and various other products. Moving into the 2010's, Thess added digital distribution and internet radio to his list of accomplishments, releasing multiple albums with Planetary Alignment Music and Djing live shows on WVLM - VusicLive.com. Dropping multiple releases a year, shows, and much more to come, Thesselonious has no plans of slowing down anytime soon. And you shouldn't want him to.

ELASTIC ARTS ✶ Elastic Arts Foundation provides a flexible space that fosters a community of musicians, artists, performers, and audiences, presenting diverse artistic explorations in multifaceted performances and exhibitions from our versatile Chicago venue, serving the Avondale / Logan Square neighborhoods of Chicago and beyond.

Official posters for past HIPPY HOLY DAZE events at Elastic Arts:

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Elastic Arts, 3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, United States