Sneak Attack DC

For the past five years, Sneak Attack DC, has offered a platform for the area's like-minded sneaker enthusiasts to buy, sell, trade and connect. Through continued support over the years we've been able to expand our reach, involve more vendors and partner with larger venues. We're happy to bring back another edition, but with many more cultural experiences! Beyond the traditional buy/sell/trade convention, we're aiming to build an innovative sensory experience of the lifestyle we admire through art activations, community involvement, interactive DJ performances, and a very special movie screening.
All ages event. Tickets will also be available at the door for $20.
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The Marketplace
Sneak Attack is proud to have built relationships with some of the areas top vendors and brands that deliver a diverse and exciting offerings. This year we will feature over 30 vendors, collectors, store owners, artists and brands - giving you something different at every corner! For those not grabbing a table, no sweat! We will have a designated trading zone where you can post up with your kicks and get to selling or trading. 
Looking to have a strategic location to sell your kicks? Vendor tables provide you with a competitive edge when selling your sneakers at Sneak Attack DC. <A HREF="mailto:sneakattackinfo@gmail.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Contact us" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Contact us</A> with any questions or simply purchase a table above! Tables are limited like most good things in life, don't miss out.
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Talent
Throughout the span of the event, we will feature DJ sets from the following:
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PMAJAY (All Vinyl Set)
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Mista Selecta
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DJ Little Bacon Bear
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DJ Alizay (Diggin' Thru the Crates Experience) 
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Give-A-Way Initiative
This year, we want to connect our guests to a prevalent struggle many of our neighbors deal with: homelessness. We're working with local stores, vendors and collectors to gather as many sneaker boxes as we can for our event. These boxes will serve two purposes: 
1. As care packages with good-to-new condition sneakers along with other essentials to distribute to our homeless neighbros around the city. 
2. To serve as the building blocks for an obelisk we are building for the event to commemorate our cities sneaker culture.
Towering at over 20 feet tall, the obelisk will resemble the Washington Monument, but more importantly raise awareness around the amount of help we can provide as a community. We will be hosting a donation drive at the event for good-to-new condition athletic sneakers or any essential toiletries (socks, deodorant, tooth brush, etc.) to put into our boxes. The Sneak Attack team will then go around the city distributing the donated kicks and essentials to homeless around our city. We will be documenting our distribution to provide the community a behind the scenes look at who and where these sneakers and essentials are benefiting. 
Every donation to the give-a-way initiative will also enter you for a raffle to win some hype prizes! Follow us on IG (<A HREF="https://www.instagram.com/snkattk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@SNKATTK</A>) to find out what you can win, but most importantly just keep in mind that the pair of kicks collecting dust in your closet could give someone a new way to walk this summer. 
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Diggin' Thru the Crates c/o Connecting Cool
We are excited to expand on our long-time partnership with Connecting Cool, thru presenting an immersive <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onRp2yoRt_s" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diggin' Thru the Crates (DTTC) hip-hop exhibit</A> at Sneak Attack DC. 
Prepare to experience a one-of-a-kind, uniquely curated installation highlighting the preservation of hip-hop, street art, and sneaker culture. Attendees will have a chance to view, listen, and genuinely experience the origins of hip-hop by "diggin thru" the Connecting Cool hip-hop collection: featuring vintage & current vinyl, cassettes, books, art and media installations. 
<A HREF="http://www.djalizay.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DJ Alizay</A> will be holding down the 1s and 2s, taking strictly vinyl requests from the crates. Are you a vinyl head? Feel free to bring some of your own vinyl to share and play! 
<A HREF="https://www.instagram.com/connectingcool/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@connectingcool</A> | #connectingcool | #DTTC
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Rock Rubber 45s Film Screening w/ Bobbito Garcia Q+A (5:30PM-7:30PM)
Following the convention their will be a screening of Bobbito's new documentary <A HREF="http://rockrubber45s.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rock, Rubber, 45s</A>, paired with a Q&A with Bobbito himself!
Rock, Rubber, 45s is a cinematic odyssey exploring the connectivity of global basketball, sneaker and music lifestyle through the firsthand lens of authentic NYC culture orchestrator <A HREF="http://koolboblove.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bobbito Garcia</A>. The film explores Garcia's youth dealing with mistreatment, educational quandaries, identity, and loss as well as his ascension to self-determination as an adult freelance creative. The ballplayer/author/DJ/filmmaker has carved an independent career that has inspired millions throughout the world, and has affected the growth and direction of the footwear, hip hop, and sports industries in the process. We're happy to be the 2nd DC screening for this film, it was debuted at the Kennedy Center and sold out weeks in advance. 
Tickets to the convention are also good for the screening. If you can't make it to the convention, but still want to catch the screening and Q&A, $5 movie tickets are available.
Screening will begin at approximately 5:30PM with the Q+A right after. If you are coming only for the screening please arrive by 5:00PM. Seats are limited and not guaranteed. We will do our best to accomodate everyone. 
<A HREF="http://rockrubber45s.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.rockrubber45s.com</A> | <A HREF="https://www.instagram.com/rockrubber45s/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@rockrubber45s</A> | #rockrubber45s
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Contact Us
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Visit our <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/snkattk/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Facebook" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</A> to learn more, or visit our <A HREF="https://www.instagram.com/snkattk/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Instagram" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</A> to see more! We hope you do both.

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