Battle in the Bay 2023

Battle in the Bay is Hawke’s Bay’s only National Hip Hop Dance Competition. It was founded in 2015 with the aim of empowering the Hip Hop and Street Dance Communities of New Zealand. We achieve our aim by bringing together dancers from all across New Zealand to share a weekend filled with dancing, workshops and connecting.

Our event has successfully grown to each year include hundreds of dancers and entries from all across New Zealand. We pride ourselves on creating a place where dancers can come to compete, up-skill, connect with, and build relationships with dancers from other areas of New Zealand; all while being equipped with the necessary experiences and knowledge to make a larger footprint in the National Hip Hop & Street Dance Scene of Aotearoa.

There are 4 sessions throughout the competition weekend. All dancers will compete in a Preliminary round with the top entries qualifying through to compete at finals for the title of ‘Champion’.

FRIDAY 17TH NOVEMBER
Prelims 1: 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Show Order
Solo: Kids / Junior
Duo: Junior
Trio: Junior
Small Crews: Kids / Junior
Crews: Kids / Junior
Schools: Primary / Intermediate / Highschool
Megacrew: Junior
Announcement of those qualifying to finals and special awards

SATURDAY 18TH NOVEMBER
Prelims 2: 9:00am – 1:30pm
​Show Order
Duo: Varsity / Open
Trio: Varsity / Open
Megacrew: Open
Announcement of those qualifying to finals and special awards
Small Crew: Varsity / Open
Solo: Young Gunz / Varsity / Open
Crew: Young Gunz / Varsity / Open
Announcement of those qualifying through to finals and special awards

Finals 1: 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Show Order
Solo: Kids / Junior
Duo: Junior
Trio: Junior
Small Crew: Kids / Junior
Crew: Kids / Junior
Megacrew: Junior
Prize Giving

Finals 2: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
​Show Order
Solos: Young Gunz / Varsity / Open
Duo: Varsity / Open
Trio: Varsity / Open
Small Crew: Young Gunz / Varsity / Open
Crew: Young Gunz / Varsity / Open
Megacrew: Open
Prize Giving