Crossroads Beatbox Battle 2025

The Crossroads Beatbox Battle

Hosted by Kansas City Beatbox, The Crossroads Beatbox Battle (CRBB) is an annual international beatbox competition held in Kansas City, MO. This year's event will take place over three days, August 30 - September 1, and will include three battle categories: Solo, Tag-Team, and Loopstation.

Day 1 of the event (September 5) will open up with a beatbox workshop from the judges, folowed by all of the elimination rounds for the solo, tag-team, and loopstation categories at TBD. Days 2 and 3 (September 6 - 7) are when the bulk of the competition takes place which will be held at RecordBar in the Crossroads Arts District. There will be a top 16 solo battle, top 4 tag-team battle , and top 4 loopstation battle. If enough loopstation artists register to compete, and time permits, we will consider switching the loopstation battle to a top 8 bracket.

Second devices will be allowed for the loopstation category. However, all second devices must not have any not prerecorded sounds or be able to generate their own sounds (i.e. guitar FX pedals, midi controllers, etc.) All sounds must be created live during the battle rounds.

The event will be livestreamed to our Youtube channel (Kansas City Beatbox). All of the elimination rounds and and battle rounds will be professional recorded and posted to our Youtube channel.

Invite goes out to all beatboxers and spectators!

Battle Registration / Event Tickets

All artists wanting to compete in this year's beatbox battle MUST purchase a battle registration ticket on this Eventbrite page.

Full three day passes and two day passes for Spectators are also available for purchase on this Eventbrite page. If you are wanting to attend only one of the days of the event, you can purchase a ticket at the door of the venue.

The primary venue for the event (Recordbar) is restricted to people 18+ years of age (Valid ID Required). All minors MUST be accompanied by a legal parent/guardian during the event. Minors are allowed to compete in the battle.

Venues / Locations

RECORDBAR (https://therecordbar.com)

1520 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108

Day #1 - 9/5/2025 - @ RECORDBAR

• 1:00PM • Doors open

• 1:30PM • Beatbox workshop with the judges

• 2:30PM • SOLO ELIMINATION ROUNDS

• 5:00PM • TAG TEAM ELIMINATION ROUNDS

• 6:00PM • LOOP STATION ELIMINATION ROUNDS

• 8:30PM • Xepher DJ set

• 11:00PM • End of day

Day #2 - 9/6/2025 - @ RECORDBAR

• 6:00PM •TBD

Day #3 - 9/7/2025 - Battles @ RECORDBAR

• 7:00PM • Doors open

• 7:10PM • TOP 8 SOLO BATTLES

• 7:45PM • TOP 4 SOLO BATTLES

• 8:20PM • TOP 4 TAG-TEAM BATTLES

• 8:45PM • Break

• 9:00PM • TOP 4 LOOPSTATION BATTLES

• 10:15PM • FINALS - SOLO, TAG-TEAM, LOOPSTATION

• 11:15PM • Award Ceremony

• 12:00AM • End of day

Prizes

• $500 cash prize for the 1st place winner of each battle category.

• Top 3 contestants/teams of each category will receive a specialized Crossroads medal and winners certificate plaque.

Judges

• Shield

• ZVD

•Match

Judging Criteria

Elimination rounds and battles (for all three categories: solo, tag-team, and Loopstation) will be judged based on the following criteria.

Open Eliminations

Each solo/tag-team group will have up to 90 seconds to perform their showcase elimination round, and the Loopstation category will have up to 3 minutes to perform their elimination round.(round times are subject to change depending on the number of registered beatboxers).

Each elimination round will be graded on four categories: Originality, Musicality, Technicality, & Showmanship. Each category will be rated on a scale of 1-10. The highest-ranking eliminations for each category will be seeded into the battle brackets. There will be a top 16 bracket for Solos, Top 8 for Tag-Teams, and a top 4 for Loopstation.

Battles

•Battles will follow the HBB standard judging criteria. For more details, please refer to https://www.humanbeatbox.com/.../the-complete-guide-to.../.

•Battles will be held in ABAB format.

•Each contestant/team will have two 90-second rounds. (Two 3 minute rounds for the loopstation category.)

•There will be no countdown between rounds. In other words, battler B responds immediately after battler A finishes.

•The winner of the coin toss chooses who goes first.

•Judges will vote for the winner after both rounds are complete.

•A draw will result in one 30-second overtime round where the 2nd contestant goes first. Only 3 overtime rounds will be permitted for the entire competition.

Travel & Accommodations

We recommend that you book your accommodations sooner rather than later. For recommendations on traveling and overnight accommodations, please see the information below.

Travel

The Kansas City Airport (MCI) is the core hub for all of Kansas City's public air traffic (inbound & outbound).

https://www.kansas-city-airport.com

Overnight Accommodations

Recommend booking lodging via Airbnb (https://www.airbnb.com/), Trivago (https://www.trivago.com), or Kayak (https://www.kayak.com/).

Recommend booking hotels located in any of the following areas: Downtown, Plaza, Crossroads, Midtown, Westport, North Kansas City.

Please contact the Kansas City Beatbox with any questions.

https://www.instagram.com/crossroadsbeatboxbattle

https://www.facebook.com/KCBeatbox

[email protected]

More announcements coming soon!

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