Isol-Aid

Isol-Aid
Location(s)Australia
Years active2020–present
Websitewww.isolaidfestival.com
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Isol-Aid (pitched as an Instagram Live Music Festival[1]) is a stay-at-home festival initiative aiming to assist the Australian music industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

The first concert featured 72 artists and took place from 12 noon to 12 midnight on 21–22 March 2020. Artists' live-streamed their 20-minute performance via their Instagram accounts from wherever they were practising self-distancing.[1]

A second festival occurred on 28–29 March 2020, featuring 74 artists and a third on 4–5 April 2020.[3]

In July 2021, Isol-Aid launched Homegrown, a new program providing creative and financial support to emerging bands across Australia and New Zealand. Homegrown was pitched as a 16-week program whereby "emerging local acts are invited to perform 30-minute sets alongside established artists as part of Isol-Aid's online festival." The first event took place on 14 July 2021.[4]

On 1 September 2021, Isol-Aid announced Australian Musicians for Afghanistan, as eight-hour livestream concert to help raise funds for Afghanistan, with all money raised from the event being donated to the Australian-based aid organisation Mahboba's Promise. The event took place on 2 September 2021.[5]

At the 2021 Music Victoria Awards, Isol-Aid won Best Festival.[6]

  1. ^ a b Newstead, Al (19 March 2020). "Isol-Aid is a stacked Aussie livestreaming music festival that's happening this weekend". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ Keith, Sarah; Hughes, Diane; Crowdy, Denis; Morrow, Guy; Evans, Mark (2014). "Offline and online : liveness in the Australian music industries". In Sarafian, Victor; Findlay, Rosie (eds.). The State of the music industry. pp. 221–241. hdl:1959.14/336715. ISBN 978-2-36170-087-4. OCLC 896253467. S2CID 65034042.
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  4. ^ "Online phenomenon Isol-Aid unveils Homegrown, a new program supporting emerging artists". beat.com.au. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ^ Brewster, Will (1 September 2021). "Isol-Aid announces livestreamed Afghanistan fundraiser concert". The Music Network. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Kylie Minogue, Pierre Baroni, to be inducted into Music Victoria Hall of Fame at upcoming awards". The Music Network. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.