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Join Beat Swap Meet for a weekend under the LA sky, digging through the crates with your family & friends, in the Historic Chinatown District of Downtown Los Angeles.

Saturday & Sunday afternoons,
June 22nd & 23rd, 2013

Entrance is Free w/ a Canned Good. Lets do what we can as a music community to let our vibrations be heard and to help out those less fortunate. Please bring at least 1 canned good to donate to the cause.

B E A T - S W A P - M E E T
L O S - A N G E L E S (#21)

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Beat Swap Meet is a celebration of vinyl culture. Over the 2 Days, 70+ Invited Record Collectors & Dealers from all over the West Coast and beyond, Buy Sell & Trade: Blues, Boogie, Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Latin, New Wave, Psych, Punk, Rap, Reggae, Rock, Ska, Soul, and World 12's LP's & 45's on VINYL.

Countless Records for Buy & Trade + Multiple Music Areas + DJ's spin rare selections from their record collections + Producers Perform Live + B-boys & B-girls Get Free + Open Cut Session + Vendor Village featuring Clothing, Art, & Handmade Jewelry.

DJ sets by:
Abel, AC The PD, Analog, Arabian Prince, Charlie Rock, Clifton, Curse, Dennis Owens, Early Worm, Funk Freaks, Inka One, Jawa, Jim, Listen Recovery, Lord Ron, Lu-Man, Mama Bear, Millhouse, Phillip Cejudo, 671, Tasko, Ubiquity DJs, Zernelle, and many others TBA

- THE PRODUCER INVITE -
Live Performance, All Hardware, No Laptop's, No CD's
(Line up TBA)

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The Record Bar @ Grand Star Jazz Club:
DJ's spin all records, for sale or trade. Casual Drinking for 21+

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OPEN CUT SESSION Hosted by DJ Jawa
Strongly Supported by Stokyo

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A Jam dedicated to the Kids & Queens of the LA Beat Swap Meet:
https://www.facebook.com/events/153657401475899/?fref=ts
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Outdoor Vendor Village featuring Local Shops & Designers + the brands they've created.

Artform Studio, Broken Complex, Butterflies & Hummingbirds, Coup Street, Crooked Vision, Distorted Truth, Fire Foxiness, Firehouse Sound Labs, Funk Freaks, Graphic Villain, Ill Street Blues, Good Life Roots, Hip Hop Philosophy, Jah Bless Massive, Leg Candy, LiHai Art, Listen, Mixwell, Record Jungle, Records Are Forever, Sachi Love, Steady Beat Records, Sticky Ricks, Stokyo, Two Tree Designs, What Becomes You, Woven Culture, & many many others TBA

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Bring your broken turntable or beat machine, and watch it go home repaired. Schedule an appointment - Info@beatswapmeet.com

alllll taking place..

Historic Chinatown Plaza
943 N Broadway
Los Angeles CA 90012
12noon-6pm
Entrance is Free w/ Canned Good
All Ages | Casual Drinking for the 21+
Vendor Questions? Info@beatswapmeet.com

Media Sponsorship by KJazz 88.1FM www.kkjz.org

PLEASE NOTE: Saturday & Sunday will be completely different Vendors & DJ's. Grow with us.

BSM LA Saturday Line-up:
https://www.facebook.com/events/500576726663584/?context=create

BSM LA Sunday Line-up:
https://www.facebook.com/events/243311242460524/?context=create

BEAT SWAP MEET IS ON TOUR :)
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