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<\/p>\nKiller Mike, Mereba, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Hieroglyphics co-headline the Midway on Sept. 7.<\/p>\n
Jul 2, 2026<\/p>\n
Updated 12:55 pm PT<\/p>\n
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Hieroglyphics on stage at Hiero Day in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, Sept. 4, 2023.\u00a0(Eric Arnold\/KQED)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a big year for Hieroglyphics<\/a>. The Oakland hip-hop crew announced this week that they\u2019re returning to San Francisco\u2019s Midway<\/a> for Hiero Day 2026, which they\u2019re headlining with Killer Mike, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Mereba on Sept. 7. And they\u2019re expanding their homegrown festival to Los Angeles <\/a>and British Columbia, Canada<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The LA stop brings Hieroglyphics, Lupe Fiasco, Coast Contra and Lxgit to the Hollywood Palladium on Aug. 30. On Sept. 11\u201313 at the Salmo River Ranch campground in southern British Columbia, Hieroglyphics takes the stage once again along with Chali 2na, Cut Chemist, Abstract Rude and more.<\/p>\n Hiero Day began as a free Oakland block party in 2012 and continued in the Town until last year, when Hieroglyphics moved it to San Francisco for the first time. Tajai Massey, a festival organizer and Hieroglyphics MC, told KQED that once the event moved across the bridge, promoters from other cities started calling. He says Hiero Day could be hitting more stops across the country soon.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got calls from New York. We\u2019ve had calls from Denver, Seattle and also I think Albuquerque,\u201d Massey says. \u201cSo you might be seeing the Hiero Day tour.\u201d<\/p>\n But even as he sets his sights on expansion, Massey, who is currently living abroad in Panama, says the Bay Area hip-hop scene is on an upswing. Hieroglyphics is getting ready to put out their first album in over a decade, All Said and Done, which the nine-person collective recorded together in their Oakland studio. (The record<\/a> is already available for purchase, and hits streaming platforms Sept. 3.)\u00a0<\/p>\n Massey says he\u2019s grateful that the group, which has remained close throughout the 33 years since their first hit \u2014 \u201c\u201993 Til Infinity\u201d by Hiero offshoot Souls of Mischief \u2014 continues to work together and push each other as artists. \u201cI\u2019m feeling good that we\u2019ve had such a long, illustrious career, and it continues, and that we\u2019re doing new things,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n The Hiero Day San Francisco lineup features Bay Area artists Frak<\/a> and Ruby Ibarra<\/a>, both of whom have risen to national prominence recently. Shady Nate, Young Bari, Boss Life Big Spence, DJ BlackWoman and DJ Kurren$i are just a few of the other homegrown artists on the bill.<\/p>\n Massey says he\u2019s happy to see more cross-pollination and mutual support from all corners of the Bay Area hip-hop scene, a trend he hopes the festival can help continue.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s out of survival,\u201d he adds. \u201cIt\u2019s out of mutual respect.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gettyimages-632359900_wide-75cfc86b44dfbaea982eba0457af104c57871411-1020x574.jpg\")
Killer Mike performing in Atlanta in 2017.<\/p>\n