09/18/2026
10 YEARS OF BEATS N BARS. BULL CITY, WE LOVE YOU. 🎤⚡️🐂
From a dream rooted in deep love for hip-hop culture to a decade-long staple in the Triangle, this journey has been nothing short of legendary. Closing out our 10-Year Grand Finale with the Durham community was pure magic.
This year’s festival was one for the books! From the electric energy on the Labor of Love stage at The Fruit with C. Shreve the Professor, Flauce, Carlitta Durand, and Gavin Maestro bringing down the house with a full live band, to DJ Major keeping the day party jumping and Bishop Omega holding down the mic—the vibe was unmatched.
And we didn’t stop there! DJ Complex took us to the sky at The Durham Hotel Rooftop, dropping classic originals and iconic samples for a high-stakes night of Heard It All Before music trivia that had the whole room singing and celebrating.
THANK YOU to every artist, host, DJ, producer, partner, volunteer, and venue that helped bring this vision to life over the last decade. Most importantly, thank you to YOU—our Durham family and music lovers who showed up, danced, and poured love into this festival year after year. Beats N Bars has always belonged to this community.
While the festival chapter comes to an end, the culture, connections, and memories we built together will last forever.
10 Years. Infinite gratitude. Beats N Bars Forever. 🖤✨
📸: Michael Pham Michael T Pham
