TEA FANNIE’s Sled Island 2025 Hip Hop Picks
Sled Island is my fave multi-day festival in the city, it’s a whole week of dope performances and energy exertness, so I don’t plan anything else during “sled week” and take a whole day of rest after! Most of the performers have 2 shows, so if you plan accordingly you can catch em all! Yes, that's a pokemon reference. If you know me, you’ll catch me at multi genre shows, BUT as a hip hop artist in the city I wanna bring you the picks of my genre this year! The talent is fuego, if you’re excited to see our dynamic new set, here’s who I’M trying not to miss, this Sled Island June 17-22, 2025.
All ages hip hop shows:
Thursday night at Sloth Records, with Arlo Maverick and K-Riz & The Family that's set to be a good night, as well as a multigenre evening!
Wednesday night at Loophole, multi-genre evening with Hug Mosh performing!
Friday night at Blox. Kimmortal is headlining with support from Lowkita, Tanajah, and Tea Fannie
Saturday: Ship Hop at Sled Island!! All ages and free, but minors have to be accompanied by a parent/guardian. You can find an amazing hip hop show featuring Bijaan, Banggz, Hawa B, and 538st.
Weekly breakdown:
TUESDAY:
The kick off party at Commonwealth! We got Daniel Son from Toronto first up! Then it’s me (Tea Fannie*) with a bunch of collabs lol. Balancing your time between upstairs and downstairs, you can catch Hip Hip Thursday*, and Mattmac. Chxmeras is a funky vibe not to miss also.
Wednesday: PACKED. We got Lowkita, Bijaan*, and nk. archaic at Commonwealth downstairs, meanwhile upstairs you got K-Riz & The Family*, Tanajah, and Arlo Maverick opening for a hip hop headliner Oddisee & Good Company. Hug Mosh will be at Loophole that night too!
THURSDAY:
Another headliner, Yaya Bey is shutting down the Commonwealth main floor with opening acts Zenon & The 64*, (un)decided*, and BAWAH (formerly Mauvey, and if you haven’t seen this performer yet, please don’t miss this opportunity, I cannot stress this enough). K-Riz & The Family* are also an opening act for another headliner: Arlo Maverick over at Sloth Records.
FRIDAY:
Get to know a bit more about Kimmortal on CJSW at 10am! I hate to plug, (do I though? lol) but Blox is the place to be Friday night for hip hop heads. Not just that, but listing all the boxes this lineup of artists fights not to be in but it’s there anyway, whether it’s female hip hop, or queer, or femme, or non binary, or people of color, or outcasts, or freedom fighters, or all of the above and more, above all they are all SPITTERS. This lineup means a lot to me and I hope yall come out! I’m starting off the night (Tea Fannie*), then it’s a stacked lineup with Tanajah, Lowkita, and headliner Kimmortal!!! I saw Lowkita and Kimmortal during Juno week in Vancouver this year, Tanajah killed the Sled Island X Ship Hop show last year, and I don’t think you should miss these performers!!! EPIC. Guess what, it’s all ages, do not leave the kids at home!
Hawa B is also at Legion main floor the same night! So much to do.
SATURDAY:
Well, speaking of Sled Island X Ship Hop! It’s happening again this year!! All ages, and a free show it will feature artists such as Bijaan* (SICK PERFORMER), Banggz, Hawa B, 538st. Also, Saturday is the rooftop party at King Eddy with amazing genre bending DJ’s like Creeasian and DJ Blexxy!!! Hip Hip Thursday* is your last chance for a hip hop set, they will be performing at Dickens that evening!!
SUNDAY:
No hip hop today, BUT it’s the annual wrap party with a dope multi-genre lineup and it ends with karaoke!