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Change Fest 2024

Arts and Entertainment

August 10, 2024

From: Change Fest

Schedule of Events:

August 30, 2024

5:30pm: The BOARDR SERIES Part One at Boerner Skatepark! The Boardr Series is a national, all ages and skills skateboarding contest series that is designed to provide a fun and fulfilling skateboarding experience for all participants.
6:00pm - 7:30pm: Bowl cash for tricks - $250 Street cash for tricks - $250 (Obstacle TBD) Performance by CARDIEL
7:30pm: Night One of Change Fest! Live music all night! (Lineup TBA) Bowl Jam! Filmers will be deep! Come get clips, have fun, and snatch a few bucks in the Change Bowl! Mucho Bueno Food and Drinks!

August 31, 2024

7:45am: Meet At Boerner Skatepark - The Boardr Series Part Two at the Skatepark
8:00am: Street Contest - limited to 80 entrants overall
Womens Street
Mens Street 8 and Under
Mens Street 9 to 12
Mens Street 13 and Up
Street Open Qualifiers
Top 3 advance to Finals!
Street Open Finals

11:15am: Bowl Contest - limited to 50 entrants overall
Womens Bowl
Mens Bowl 12 and Under
Mens Bowl 13 and Up
Bowl Open

12:00pm-3:30pm: Take the hottest hours of the day to go back to your room, change your socks, cool off, then go out on the town! Tupelo has a ton of rad stuff to get into. We'll be sponsoring small gatherings, film and video part premieres, and more at various restaraunts and bars across town. Watch this space for details!

4:00pm - 11:00pm: Change Fest will be in full swing Downtown!

Activations Include:

The Third Annual "Wild in the Streets" Invitational Skate Jam!

We'll be free-skating ramps, rails, legges, and other obstacles in the streets all afternoon and all night! Cash will get handed out for tricks and filmers will be deep. Come get some!

The BOARDR Series at Change Fest Award Ceremony!

We'll be honoring the skaters of all ages who placed in the contest from the stage of the big event downtown! The Boardr Global Rankings are the industry's most complete and current ranking system for professional and amateur skateboarding!

The Change Fest 24 Street Art Fair!

Dozens of booths to browse for everything rad by local artists and vendors!
10x10 booth spaces are available to register online through Friday August 23 or until we run out of space. Get yours today at this link, and prepare to meet a few thousand new friends!

Live Music!

With a schedule covering Hardcore, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Stoner Metal, Hill Country Blues,  and everything in between! We've got CARDIEL, Southpaw, The Silas Caldwell Band, John Clayton White, The Stockton Bottom Boys, Jake Wood, Chinese Connection Dub Embassy, and more to decorate the air downtown.

Dancing in the Streets!
A massive Vinyl DJ dance party curated by the legendary STAX Records out of Memphis, TN! If you got soul, come shake it! Rollerskaters and dancers, where yall at? Come show out!  

All this and an Afterparty, too?

Maybe! Yall know once we get started it's hard to quit!

September 1, 2024

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down:

11:00am - 2:00pm: Come eat some food courtesy of The Handpie Guy! Shops and Skate Crews eat FREE because we love yall. Getchya belly full, drink some coffee, hug some damn necks, then "exit through the gift shop" before heading out to your next adventure!

Date: August 30 - September 1, 2024

Location: Various Venues In Tupelo, MS

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