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New virtual UnCancelled Music Festival to run until Covid-19 subsides

A virtual benefit concert series called the UnCancelled Music Festival has been launched to help musicians and venues of all sizes cover missed revenue during the Covid-19 shutdowns.

The virtual festival kicked off yesterday (Thursday) and will continue every day until the crisis subsides. It aims to bring together a wide-ranging collection of artists and venues from around the globe.

UnCancelled Music Festival’s livestreamed performances will look to support MusiCares’ Covid-19 Relief Fund, an emergency programme set up by the Recording Academy.

It will be hosted on virtual live concert platform StageIt, and will host multiple digital “stages” simultaneously. Stage lineups will be curated by established music venues from cities around the globe, along with marquee artists who will pop in to perform from time to time on their stages.

All stages will feature artists who depend on live performance revenue to sustain their business and will livestream their sets from home.

Fans will have the ability to purchase ‘pay what you want’ tickets to each stage and tip the performing artists and venues in real-time.

The UnCancelled Music Festival said: “Any affected music professional who has lost work during this crisis can apply to receive emergency funding. It is important to us during this challenging time that no musician or music venue goes bankrupt.”