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Treefort Music Fest Postponed As Coronavirus Outbreak Intensifies

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The five-day Idaho music festival will shift from original dates in March to take place in September
Onaje McDowelle
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Mar 11, 2020 - 1:06 pm

As the music industry continues to grapple with the widespread effects of COVID-19's spread, Downtown Boise's Treefort Music Fest has officially announced that the sprawling five-day fest will be pushed back from its original dates in March to a later date in September. Whereas the festival was originally set to take place from March 25–29, it has now been rescheduled for September 23–27 dates.

The news follows a domino effect of concert, event and festival cancellations and postponements that have taken place around the world as a result of the Coranavirus outbreak, including Coachella, SXSW and Ultra Music Festival.

On Wednesday (March 11), the multi-venue Idaho-based festival took to social media to announce its postponement.

"With support from The City of Boise and Central District Health, postponing the festival is the best option for the Treasure Valley, the far-reaching Treefort community and the individuals and organizations that support Treefort Music Fest," they wrote. "To all the amazing artists that are scheduled for Treefort 2020, we know how uncertain things feel and are doing all that we can to make sure you are supported; we will reach out to you as soon as we can and we can’t wait to see you in September.” Further, the festival promised to use the next six months to create an even better experience around the event."

Treefort's original lineup included GRAMMY-nominated headliner Calexico, as well as Chromatics and Japanese Breakfast. Other artists set to play the fest were Omar Apollo, Grouplove, Tennis, Peter Bjorn and John and others. Whether lineups are subject to change due to the festival's new dates has yet to be determined.

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The Fader Digital Fort Lineup: Kesha, TOKiMONSTA, Tainy, FINNEAS & More

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The now-digital event, which would have run in-person at this year's now-canceled SXSW, will go online to raise money for charities helping people who have been the most impacted by COVID-19
Jennifer Velez
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Mar 30, 2020 - 12:36 pm

For the first time since its founding, the Fader's invite-only Fader Fort, usually held at SXSW, will go digital due to the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 40 acts will take part in this year's edition, which pivoted to an online event due to SXSW's coronavirus-related March cancelation. Acts include Kesha, Tainy, FINNEAS, TOKiMONSTA, Smino, Noah Cyrus, Phantogram, Wiki and more. The event will go live on Tuesday, March 31, at 10 a.m. ET and continue until 4 p.m. ET.

This year will mark the event's 18th year going and will feature new music premieres and catalog reimaginings. Fader Fort 2020 will be an opportunity to raise money for charities helping out with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, a press release said.

In 2019, the Fader Fort featured Megan Thee Stallion, Rico Nasty, Japanese Breakfast, Omar Apollo, Big Boi and more, as well as fireside chats.

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Lollapalooza Argentina 2020 Postponed Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

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Due to COVID-19’s rapid spread, the festival will now undergo reprogramming and will take place later in the year
Onaje McDowelle
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Mar 12, 2020 - 2:23 pm

As of Wednesday (March 11), the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19, or Coronavirus, a global pandemic. While information surrounding the virus is constantly developing, its spread has now reached every continent with over 118,000 confirmed cases and over 4,000 deaths worldwide, according to CNN.

With prime festival season approaching and the virus' spread steadily evolving, several large concerts, festivals and events around the world such as Coachella, SXSW and others have been cancelled or postponed as a precautionary measure. The latest to fall into the series of cancellations is Lollapalooza Argentina, which as of today has officially announced that it will postpone its festival until the second half of the year.

The festival, originally meant to take place on the weekend of March 27-29 at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires, was put on hold after the Argentine government temporarily banned large gatherings to decrease the threat of the virus. According to a Billboard report, San Isidro’s local government posted that the festival would be cancelled on social media.

Today, Lollapalooza Argentina took to Instagram with a statement regarding the postponement.

"From Lollapalooza Argentina, we inform that we are working on reprogramming the 2020 edition of the festival for the second half of the year. Given this unprecedented fact, our maximum priority is to preserve the health and safety of the public, artists and work teams, and abide by preventative measures of public authorities and sanitation."

Lollapalooza Argentina was set to feature GRAMMY-winning and GRAMMY-nominated headliners Gwen Stefani, Guns N’ Roses, Travis Scott and Lana Del Rey. Additional artists Charli XCX, Brockhampton, Kacey Musgraves, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend and Jaden Smith were set to round out the lineup.

Whether lineups are subject to change due to the festival's postponements has yet to be determined. Lollapalooza stated that it would share more information about rescheduling of dates through their website and social media as soon as possible.

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#WomenCrush Music To Launch Virtual Tour In August

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The non-profit will support the music community via online showcases, industry panels and more.
Jennifer Velez
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Jul 28, 2020 - 12:49 pm

#WomenCrush Music, a non-profit arts organization supporting up-and-coming women songwriters, has announced a virtual tour that will bring songwriting showcases, panels and other online events with industry professionals to music communities across the country.

The national tour will kick off on Aug. 3 in San Francisco and then continue to 14 other cities through mid-December. The non-profit will collaborate with venues and sponsors at each stop to donate all proceeds to women, Black and people of color-owned venues as well as artists. They have also started a donation page on Facebook. Ten percent of the funds will go to Public Functionary, a platform for grassroots organizing across music, visual art, performance, and more.  

One of the Bay Area dates will benefit the Ivy Room and will feature a showcase with local musicians Skip The Needle, Coraza and No Lovely Thing's Melissa Jones on Aug. 6. On Aug.11, a webinar with Founder / CEO at Indie Music Women Linda Garnett and Manager & Consultant at Direct Input Management Courtney Fairchild will focus on taking careers to the next level.

The move to virtual events an effort to continue supporting the music community. The added local element to the online events was something #WomenCrush Music felt could further help connect communities. 

"When COVID-19 hit, I knew that as a community-focused organization we had to continue supporting our community in any way we possibly could," #WomenCrush Music Founder/CEO Ashley K. Stoyanov said in a statement. "While the weekly Instagram Lives and webinars were reaching an international audience and were a valuable resource, we wanted a way to help further connect the rising womxn songwriter community on a local level, as well as help support local music venues who truly make the local music scenes in these communities special. We have always wanted our events to be a place where womxn songwriters can find their next collaborators for shows and to share resources, and we hope that we can continue doing that even if it is virtually through this pandemic."

For more information on how to get tickets for the Bay Area or other cities, visit the #WomenCrush Music website. 

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Serj Tankian of System Of A Down performs at Download Festival 2011

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U.K.'s Download Festival Announces Lineup For Virtual Festival: KISS, Iron Maiden, System Of A Down And More Confirmed

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The three-day online event, taking place June 12-14, will also feature performances from Korn, Deftones, Babymetal, The Offspring, The Pretty Reckless and others
John Ochoa
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May 30, 2020 - 9:33 am

Download Festival, the celebrated rock festival in the U.K., has announced the lineup for its Download TV virtual festival. The three-day online event, running June 12-14, will feature headliners KISS, Iron Maiden and System Of A Down, who were all scheduled to headline this year's Download Festival before it was canceled in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Other confirmed Download TV artists and performances, which will broadcast exclusively via YouTube, include Korn, Deftones, Babymetal, The Offspring, The Pretty Reckless, The Darkness, Bowling For Soup and others, in addition to as-yet unannounced "special guests," according to the Download Festival website.

Viewers can tune into the Download TV online festival weekend via Download's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels. 

Download TV will feature content blocks, split into daytime and evening programming, comprising "music, special interviews, unseen performances, and exclusive footage," according to the Download Festival website. 

All three headlining sets will comprise footage from previous performances. On Friday night (June 12), the festival will show footage of KISS's headlining set from Download Festival 2015. Saturday night (June 13) sees Iron Maiden sharing "nostalgic performances" and snippets from their ongoing Legacy Of The Beast World Tour, in addition to "something just for Download TV," according to the festival's website. System Of A Down closes the virtual weekender Sunday night (June 14) with footage from their performances at Download Festival throughout the years, including sets from 2005, 2011 and 2017.

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Download TV will also feature interactive content throughout the weekend, including tutorials, artist interviews, special live performances, mindfulness sessions, cook-alongs and more. The online festival will also share fan-created content via their social channels. 

Download TV is the latest virtual festival to come from the metal and rock worlds. This weekend, bands like Darkest Hour, Tesseract, Twelve Foot Ninja, O'Brother and Silvertomb, as well as members of GWAR, The Black Dahlia Murder, Anthrax and more, will be slaying the virtual stage at Slay At Home, a metal and art online festival benefitting MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund and the GlobalGiving Coronavirus Relief Fund.

To view the full lineup for and to learn more about Download TV, visit Download Festival's official website. 

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