The 3rd Annual Summer Blockfest took place Sunday, August 3, 2025, from 12 to 7 PM at 770 Jackson Street in Hoboken (rain date August 9). It was powered by What Hoboken Sounds Like and What Jersey City Sounds Like. The official anthem of the year was Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes the Hotstepper."
Host
Hoboken's own Meny Myndz returned as official host for the third time.
DJs
- DJ BriPee, WHSL's own, back for a third straight year
- DJ DugSpin of the Get Down DJ Group, back for a second appearance
- DJ Mister Angel, who has spun from Madison Square Garden to Pacha NYC
- Father-son duo DJ Takefive, spinning since 1995, and his 15-year-old son DJ Shuffle
Artists
- MP14, General Ace, Chaseland, OneShotOnce and RaRa2Wavy, each back for a third time
- HarlemCam and Automatic MuLa, each back for a second year
- Pootie, returning after shutting it down at the inaugural Blockfest
- B.MØRE, the Hoboken-born "Young Dean of Hip-Hop"
- Gunner Montana, Mr. Deranged, Rose Image and Young Taz, repping Hoboken
- Jersey City's ImKazual, GDLK (Nizz Sentine and Leeroy Green), RvySpitta, Big Spanish, Catalina, Peteyxkraze and LeeL
- Ki Bohiti, Hudson County frontman of 7TRiiiBES
Special guests
- Ray Pearson
- Brotha Pete, known to boxing fans as former world champion Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (@kidchocolate)
Ahead of the festival, Summer Blockfest also ran a weekly artist spotlight series called "What if this was a magazine?", telling the stories behind the artists who brought the stage to life.
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