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We’ve spent the last decade building something special, a community, a movement, a home for HipHop in Sydney and beyond. Now, we’re stepping into a new era, from one big moment to movement all year long.

Over 2025 and 2026, 4E will roll out a series of events and programs. Our first announcement is a collaboration with @afrikaleidoscope, curated by #FungaiMutsiwa and #ChidiebubeUba.

'culdesac, culdesac, culdesac' is a new Hip Hop exhibition and live program taking place at Parramatta Town Hall on 22–23 November 2025.


Marking HipHop’s 50th anniversary, the program utilises visual art, film, dance, and performance to explore the culture as philosophy, survival, and resistance. The exhibition offers a critical look at how mainstream narratives have commodified and stripped HipHop of its complexity, demanding recognition for the deep community roots and legacy behind the culture.

For full details and updates, link in bio or visit afrikaleidoscope.com

Event by: @afrikaleidoscope
Supported by: @creatensw @cityofparramatta @blackmusicallianceau @4esydney @aaacsydney

Keen to put on your own all ages gigs? Or looking to build your skills in the music and creative industries?

Here are some awesome workshops and opportunities for artists and creatives happening this week.

Swipe through for what’s on.

More details via the links in our bio.

Keen to put on your own all ages gigs? Or looking to build your skills in the music and creative industries?

Here are some awesome workshops and opportunities for artists and creatives happening this week.

Swipe through for what’s on.

More details via the links in our bio.

Keen to put on your own all ages gigs? Or looking to build your skills in the music and creative industries?

Here are some awesome workshops and opportunities for artists and creatives happening this week.

Swipe through for what’s on.

More details via the links in our bio.

Our friends over at @aceparramatta are hosting a Beat-making and lyric writing workshop series with Nooky

Open to all First Nations Young People

These FREE workshops will provide you with hands-on training in:
- Music production,
- Beat-making
- Lyric writing.

More information in our bio.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! What did you love the most about 4ESydney this year,and how can we take it to the next level?

Fill out our quick 5 min survey for your chance to win 1 of 3 $100 gift vouchers!

Survey closes Fri 20th December.

Link in bio 🔗

#4ESydney #4Eturns10

This is what it's all about. #HipHop

Shout out and much love to @lobo_loco_recordz for creating and sending us this video from their time at the festival - you perfectly captured the energy of the day 👊

#4ESydney #4ETurns10

Making HipHop more inclusive by sharing stories and building connections ❤️

Thank you to everyonewho came to our Future Thinking Session - and shoutout to all our speakers and panellists for their advice and insights @agirlartist @xcapitalzee @thejessjade @kate.asa @jdsportsau @tinocharles @soundnsw @andpeople_au @wupdewup @apraamcos@ppca.official@music.aus @musicnsw @roland_aus

Special thanks to our partners and supporters @blacktownarts, @powerhousemuseum, @blacktowncitycouncil, @NSWGov through @creatensw and @ppca.official

#4ESydney #4ETurns10

📸 @hypereel.movement

One to remember 🫶🏾

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Some of our 4E fam bringing straight HEAT on stage last weekend 🔥🔥🔥

Following on from our Future Thinking session, join us for our upcoming workshop with @apraamcos and @ppca_official this Sunday 1 Decemberat @camppbeltownartscentre!

‘Protect Your Work & Get It Heard’ will help you navigate the royalties landscape with confidence to ensure your music earns the recognition - and revenue - it deserves.

This session is part of Conscious Connects - a development day for aspiring and practicing artists and music industry workers in Western Sydney and beyond.

Gain practical skills, insights from industry professionals, engage in hands-on activities, be provided take-home resources, and the opportunity to network with fellow music professionals.

The day will dive into three key areas of the music industry:

- Practice: Creative processes and business skills
- Performance: Booking and preparing for live gigs
- Release: Promotion and administration tasks

📆: Sun 1 Dec
📍: Campbelltown Arts Centre
⏰: 10am-5pm

Hit the link in bio to apply

#4ESydney #4Eturns10

Presented in collaboration with @ppca.official, @campbeltownartscentre, @villageboy.ent and @soundnsw

This year @mistery973 was the creative force behind the artwork for the 4ESydney festival.

We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to work and collaborate with him over the last decade. He’s always supported and contributed in more ways than one. #4EFam all the way.

We appreciate you 🙏

Initially introduced to the scene as a Bboy - Mistery then began writing rap lyrics and expressing himself visually as a graff artist.

He’s now one of the most influential figures and OG’sin our local HipHop scene and continues to share his love of the culture with Western Sydney and beyond ✊

You can check out his work IRL at the Beyond the Elements exhibition (alongside @romeart1 and @days_one_dca) at @blacktownarts - which goes until 14 December!

Link in bio for more info

This year @mistery973 was the creative force behind the artwork for the 4ESydney festival.

We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to work and collaborate with him over the last decade. He’s always supported and contributed in more ways than one. #4EFam all the way.

We appreciate you 🙏

Initially introduced to the scene as a Bboy - Mistery then began writing rap lyrics and expressing himself visually as a graff artist.

He’s now one of the most influential figures and OG’sin our local HipHop scene and continues to share his love of the culture with Western Sydney and beyond ✊

You can check out his work IRL at the Beyond the Elements exhibition (alongside @romeart1 and @days_one_dca) at @blacktownarts - which goes until 14 December!

Link in bio for more info

This year @mistery973 was the creative force behind the artwork for the 4ESydney festival.

We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to work and collaborate with him over the last decade. He’s always supported and contributed in more ways than one. #4EFam all the way.

We appreciate you 🙏

Initially introduced to the scene as a Bboy - Mistery then began writing rap lyrics and expressing himself visually as a graff artist.

He’s now one of the most influential figures and OG’sin our local HipHop scene and continues to share his love of the culture with Western Sydney and beyond ✊

You can check out his work IRL at the Beyond the Elements exhibition (alongside @romeart1 and @days_one_dca) at @blacktownarts - which goes until 14 December!

Link in bio for more info

This year @mistery973 was the creative force behind the artwork for the 4ESydney festival.

We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to work and collaborate with him over the last decade. He’s always supported and contributed in more ways than one. #4EFam all the way.

We appreciate you 🙏

Initially introduced to the scene as a Bboy - Mistery then began writing rap lyrics and expressing himself visually as a graff artist.

He’s now one of the most influential figures and OG’sin our local HipHop scene and continues to share his love of the culture with Western Sydney and beyond ✊

You can check out his work IRL at the Beyond the Elements exhibition (alongside @romeart1 and @days_one_dca) at @blacktownarts - which goes until 14 December!

Link in bio for more info

This year @mistery973 was the creative force behind the artwork for the 4ESydney festival.

We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to work and collaborate with him over the last decade. He’s always supported and contributed in more ways than one. #4EFam all the way.

We appreciate you 🙏

Initially introduced to the scene as a Bboy - Mistery then began writing rap lyrics and expressing himself visually as a graff artist.

He’s now one of the most influential figures and OG’sin our local HipHop scene and continues to share his love of the culture with Western Sydney and beyond ✊

You can check out his work IRL at the Beyond the Elements exhibition (alongside @romeart1 and @days_one_dca) at @blacktownarts - which goes until 14 December!

Link in bio for more info

This year @mistery973 was the creative force behind the artwork for the 4ESydney festival.

We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to work and collaborate with him over the last decade. He’s always supported and contributed in more ways than one. #4EFam all the way.

We appreciate you 🙏

Initially introduced to the scene as a Bboy - Mistery then began writing rap lyrics and expressing himself visually as a graff artist.

He’s now one of the most influential figures and OG’sin our local HipHop scene and continues to share his love of the culture with Western Sydney and beyond ✊

You can check out his work IRL at the Beyond the Elements exhibition (alongside @romeart1 and @days_one_dca) at @blacktownarts - which goes until 14 December!

Link in bio for more info

Tomorrow night, we’re teaming up with our friends at @bankstownpoetryslam for the November slam, featuring Western Sydney HipHop trailblazer BIGGS 685, who’s been a part of the 4E family since we first started the festival in 2015.

You’ll also catch feature poets Ela Pinar - last year’s National Poetry Slam winner, as well the slam's own Bilal Hafda and his official book launch for ‘Army of Light’!

Our bond with BPS is a special one.

Both 4ESydney and BPS began at Bankstown Arts Centre, growing and evolving side by side. Over the years, we’ve collaborated closely, with intertwined communities, performers and attendees, and a shared mission to support artists and create spaces that feel like home.

We honour this special collaboration, committed to telling unnerving stories, supporting freedom and amplifying truth.

‘If you don’t know, now you know’ ❤️

Tomorrow night, we’re teaming up with our friends at @bankstownpoetryslam for the November slam, featuring Western Sydney HipHop trailblazer BIGGS 685, who’s been a part of the 4E family since we first started the festival in 2015.

You’ll also catch feature poets Ela Pinar - last year’s National Poetry Slam winner, as well the slam's own Bilal Hafda and his official book launch for ‘Army of Light’!

Our bond with BPS is a special one.

Both 4ESydney and BPS began at Bankstown Arts Centre, growing and evolving side by side. Over the years, we’ve collaborated closely, with intertwined communities, performers and attendees, and a shared mission to support artists and create spaces that feel like home.

We honour this special collaboration, committed to telling unnerving stories, supporting freedom and amplifying truth.

‘If you don’t know, now you know’ ❤️

Tomorrow night, we’re teaming up with our friends at @bankstownpoetryslam for the November slam, featuring Western Sydney HipHop trailblazer BIGGS 685, who’s been a part of the 4E family since we first started the festival in 2015.

You’ll also catch feature poets Ela Pinar - last year’s National Poetry Slam winner, as well the slam's own Bilal Hafda and his official book launch for ‘Army of Light’!

Our bond with BPS is a special one.

Both 4ESydney and BPS began at Bankstown Arts Centre, growing and evolving side by side. Over the years, we’ve collaborated closely, with intertwined communities, performers and attendees, and a shared mission to support artists and create spaces that feel like home.

We honour this special collaboration, committed to telling unnerving stories, supporting freedom and amplifying truth.

‘If you don’t know, now you know’ ❤️

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10

A massive day honouring all things HipHop 🫶🏾

Huge thank you to our amazing community, artists and crew for joining us and making it a memory for the history books❤️

Here’s to the next 10 years 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

#4esydney #4eturns10