Tag: Save Our Stages

Relive Abracadabra 2021 New Year’s Livestream

Abracadabra has announced that fans can now relive all of the sets from its monumental 2021 New Year’s charity event, which took place on December 30, 2020-January 1, 2021 via Twitch.

Relive ABRACADABRA New Year’s 2021 Festival

Currently available on Abracadabra’s YouTube channel, the 2021 New Years recap features an unreleased track by Major Lazer (11:29), a piano solo by John Legend, a midnight tribute to MF Doom by Marc Rebillet, a 2-hour set by BLOND:ISH, and self-love and intention setting programming to gear-up for 2021.

Featuring 50 non-stop hours of music, Abracadabra New Year’s 2021 raised over $20,000 for NIVA’s #SaveOurStages initiative with a range of performances by John Legend, Kaskade, Major Lazer Soundsystem, Aloe Blacc, BLOND:ISH, elrow ft. Claptone, Jermaine Dupri, and more. The festival brought in over 4.7 million unique viewers, 9.7 million live views, 34 thousand peak concurrent viewers, averaging 150 thousand viewers per hour. In addition, Abracadabra’s Twitch channel grew by 12 thousand followers.

Donations are still currently being accepted through February 22, 2021, for NIVA’s #SaveOurStages initiative. Created as an Emergency Relief Fund by The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), #SaveOurStages aims to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live event venues and promoters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who donate will have a chance to win amazing prizes through Fandiem including a Tulum getaway to see Major Lazer.

For additional information on Abracadabra and its New Year’s charity livestream event, please visit the festival’s official website.

January 15, 2021
ABRACADABRA announces all-star New Year’s livestream
ABRACADABRA announced an all-star lineup for its 24-hour New Year’s livestream event, which is scheduled to take place from December 30, 2020 – January 1, 2021, exclusively on Twitch. The global event will raise money with all proceeds benefitting NIVA’s #SaveOutStages initiative.

ABRACADABRA NEW YEARS 2021 (Festival Trailer)

The three-day virtual event is scheduled to feature massive performances by some of the most recognized names in music including performances by Jermaine Dupree, John Legend, Claptone, Kaskade, Major Lazer, Aloe Blacc, and ABRACADABRA Co-Founder, BLOND:ISH to name a few.

Broadcast live with Hannah Rad from Miami, the music and self-love festival will transport millions of viewers from around the world to an expansive four-hour lineup of mental cleansing each day. Featuring, mental health workshops from healers and visionaries, wellness activities such as mass meditations, sound baths, yoga, psychedelic breathwork, conscious cooking, astrology forecasts, and much more, this part of the event intends to freshen viewers’ mental hygiene as they head into the New Year.

All proceeds of viewer donations, brand partner donations, and merchandise sales will benefit #SaveOurStages. Created as an Emergency Relief Fund by The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), #SaveOurStages aims to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live event venues and promoters during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABRACADABRA New Year’s fundraiser lineup:
- Music:
- John Legend
- Kaskade
- Major Lazer Soundsystem
- Aloe Blacc
- BLOND:ISH
- elrow ft. Claptone
- Jermaine Dupri
- Marc Rebillet
- Poolside
- Shiba San
- Secular Sabbath ft. Rhye & Friends
- AMEME
- Apache
- Bastian Bux
- Differ
- Don Quez
- Eden Prince
- FNX OMAR
- Islandman
- LUVU
- Malone
- Marc Maya
- Mary Droppinz
- Monoky
- Mòo & Jo
- Mother of the Sun
- Poranguí
- Salomé Le Chat
- Santino Le Saint
- Saqib
- Scarlett de la Torre
- Stavroz
- Stephan Jolk
- Suigeneris
- Super Flu
- Tini Gessler
- Thandi Draai
- Toni Varga
- WhoMadeWho
- Self-Love:
- Aarona Lea
- Aimee Greenacre
- AYA
- Cole Knight
- Eva Kaczor
- Jai Dev Singh
- rē•spin by Halle Berry
December 23, 2020
The FADER announces second Save Our Stages collection
The FADER announced its second iteration of the Save Our Stages collection, which will benefit independent venues in Los Angeles.

The FADER has partnered with the popular relief platform This T-Shirt, The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), and the number one Cannabis Oil Brand, Select who offered a generous donation which allowed the opportunity for the collection to happen.

This marks the second Save Our Stages collection for The FADER. It saw its first successful run earlier this year where it first partnered with This T-Shirt and launched the I F*CKING LOVE LIVE MUSIC T-SHIRT, an illustrated t-shirt highlighting nine different venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn. The one t-shirt received coverage across the industry and sold-out raising over $40,000 for the cause.

In homage to the classic tour t-shirt, The FADER & This T-Shirt will once again build on the National Independent Venue Association’s (NIVA) #SaveOurStages campaign, spotlighting independent venues across Los Angeles and the cultural impact they hold within their communities. 90% of NIVA members have reported that if the venues receive no federal emergency relief, they will be forced to close their doors forever.

To support the Save Our Stages collection, t-Shirts will be available for purchase at This T-Shirt’s official website or through Instagram Shopping at @buythistshirt for a limited time. Proceeds from all of the t-shirt sales will go directly to the venues listed on each shirt and to NIVA’s Emergency Relief Fund.

The Save Our Stages collection is an opportunity for artists and fans to wear their support for Los Angeles and offers a collaborative incentive to raise awareness and financial assistance for independent venues in Los Angeles, California.

The Los Angeles independent venues participating in the Save Our Stages collection are provided below. For those who want to support other venues and cities not represented in the first or second collection, fans can visit Save Our Stages’ official website for more information.

The FADER’s Save Our Stages collection – Los Angeles Independent Venues
- Hotel Cafe
- Bootleg Theater
- The Smell
- Zebulon
- 1720
- Troubadour
- Bedrock.LA
- Moroccan Lounge
- Good Times at Davey Wayne’s
November 26, 2020
Digital Mirage Friendsgiving reveals stellar lineup

Proximity and Brownies & Lemonade announce a massive lineup for Digital Mirage Friendsgiving, a livestream event scheduled to take place on November 27 and November 28.

Featuring over 20 stellar electronic dance music acts, the event will feature performances by Benny Benassi, BLVK JVCK, DJ Sliink, Loud Luxury, Louis the Child, Nitti Gritti, Ookay (Live), Tchami b2b Dr. Fresch, The Glitch Mob, Tiësto, and ZHU B2B NGHTMRE and more. Hosted by Cray and Hannah Rad, the livestream will also be featuring a special surprise performance.

Digital Mirage Friendsgiving lineup

Digital Mirage’s virtual festivals have raised over $300,000 for a number of causes including Sweet Relief Musicians, the Equal Justice Initiative, and Color of Change. In line with its previous iterations, Digital Mirage Friendsgiving in partnership with Plus1 will also be accepting donations for the National Independent Venue Association‘s #SaveOurStages initiative. #SaveOurStages supports the most vulnerable venues to help keep them afloat with respective COVID-19 relief funds.

“It all started when Proximity and Brownies & Lemonade published their own tweets to ask artists and those of the electronic music community if they would be interested in hosting a festival style stream. We received an influx of support from fans and artists who wanted to be involved over the course of two weeks since those tweets. Since we both had the same idea and same audience, we decided to join as co-branded partners to host one large festival with the intent to raise as much money as possible for those out of work amid COVID-19 closures.”
Blake Coppelson, Proximity founder and CEO

For additional information regarding Digital Mirage Friendsgiving, please visit the virtual festival’s official website. The two-day event will be free of charge.

November 20, 2020
Save Our Stages announce SOSFEST with massive lineup

Save Our Stages, an initiative created by YouTube Music and The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), recently announced that it would be launching SOSFEST, a festival to help support independent music venues, streaming live on Oct. 16-18.

Boasting a massive lineup from an array of genres, the festival is set to feature performances by electronic music acts Major Lazer and Dillon Francis and a myriad of other artists including Demi Lovato, G-Eazy, Macklemore, Finneas, and Miley Cyrus in the pop realm and Portugal. The Man, Foo Fighters, and Dave Matthews from the world of alternative with numerous others. Please see below the complete list of artists set to perform.

Save Our Stages – SOSFEST lineup

The festival will aim to raise funds and awareness for financially vulnerable independent music venues. SOSFEST will be streamed live directly on NIVA’s YouTube page with segments aired simultaneously on each performers’ YouTube channels. Fans are encouraged to donate directly to NIVA’s Emergency Relief Fund.

The NIVA has been urging President Trump to work with legislators on emergency funding for the live entertainment sector of the country. The bipartisan Save Our Stages Act, which was positioned on Oct. 1, was recently stalled by the president after he announced that he would be walking away from it until after the Nov. 3 election

October 13, 2020