After the huge success of the first Colston Hall Presents Bristol Takeover online on 23rd May, Part 2 of the virtual festival returns bigger and better on Saturday 20th June 2020.
On Saturday 23 May over 8,000 people tuned in to support Bristol’s music scene as Colston Hall (see statement on name change) teamed up with a host of the city’s live music venues to live stream a 10-hour festival of local and national talent raising over £11,500 for venues and artists. After this huge success, the collective is back for a Part 2 with another line up of incredible artists and partnering venues.
This live streamed festival will once again be free to watch via YouTube; however, organisers are asking that viewers donate what they would normally spend on a gig ticket via the event’s CrowdFunder page. All donations will be split 50/50 to support participating artists and Bristol music venues in collaboration with Music Venue Trust’s Save Our Venues campaign.
This time organisers are hoping to hit £20,000 in donations – which, as well as supporting artists and venues directly, will be used to create future digital music festivals in the autumn as well as a city-wide live Takeover event when venues are able to safely reopen.
Todd Wills, Artistic Director at Colston Hall, said: “The first online Bristol Takeover was a huge success, supporting the incredible music scene we’re fortunate enough, and with the Coronavirus outbreak we wanted to move it online to keep celebrating and supporting live music.
“What’s more, new talent is the lifeblood of our industry and without grassroots venues like The Louisiana and Exchange and many others, we wouldn’t see these new artists develop. It’s still an uncertain time for both venues and artists, despite the easing of lockdown, so working together and with Music Venue Trust on their Save Our Venues campaign, we hope to raise the funds that will ensure we still have a vibrant live music scene to return to.”
The broadcast will be available to view on-demand for one week after the event.
Visit https://www.colstonhall.org/shows/bristol-takeover-online-pt-2/ for info on how to watch and donate.
Featured image credit: Derek Harper / CC BY-SA 2.0
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