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The COVID relief bill is stalled in Congress. The live venue industry isn't waiting in the wings, crossing fingers. Check out this 3-day #SaveOurStages benefit concert by NIVA - National Independent Venue Association Oct 16-18, livestreaming on YouTube Music. #SOSFEST

Coachella likely to be pushed back for a third time to Oct 2021 https://zcu.io/2lHV. Large festivals like Gov Ball are expected to follow suit, moving to the Fall. If you're in the festival and events industry as we are, this is, unfortunately, not a surprise.

"We got to make a difference, I can't talk about it and not be about it," @snoopdogg. #YourVoteMatters #BlackVotesMatter #SaveDemocracy... #Vote2020 See more

We're all attending a number of webinars these days but this one should be on the top of our list -- getting informed about the #RESTARTAct. There's still time to get registered before tomorrow's webinar on Thursday at 11am PT/2pm ET.

Live Nation Concerts-owned venues will be opened as polling places, providing employees with paid time off to vote, incentivizing them to serve as poll workers, and partnering with organizations on voter access and educational efforts. #vote2020 #votingrights https://www.livenationentertainment.com//live-nation-acti/

Catching up with @Bandsintown virtual and streaming #liveevents listings, @songkick and @Ticketmaster will feed #concert and event listings into @Spotify https://zcu.io/kswY #virtualevents #liveevents

Who else from Live Events Coalition #LosAngeles is heading to the #LiveEvents advocacy pop-up later today at LA Live #DTLA? See you there! - Kim Owens

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#Livestreaming now, the virtual TDUP golf tournament featuring Cedric The Entertainer and Andy Buckley (The Office) our of the Beverly Hills studio https://www.twitch.tv/tdupgolf #golf #golftournament #sports #JPSEAgency #FestifiWiFi

While those of us at FestiFi really miss not being a part of this year's Comic-Con International production in San Diego, we're excited to check out the 2020 Comic-Con@Home that enables EVERYONE from around the world to participate and enjoy panels and programs, the famous museum, check out and buy merch along with the Art Show and Masquerade, join in on some Gaming, and connect with the #ComicCon community. We're 2 hours into the first day - so what do you think? How is your experience? #comicconathome #virtualevents https://www.comic-con.org/cci/2020/athome

It's a sad day in the worldwide music community as several UK venues shut their doors for good due to Covid-19 pressures, including VMS Live venues the Welly and the Polar Bear and Manchester's Gorilla and Deaf Institute. #saveourvenues #saveourstages

Tonight starting at 6pm PT/9pm ET, Wiz Khalifa "takes the stage" and takes the virtual live concert experience to a new level via the crew from Genius. This show will enable fans to connect on chat and "make special purchases in real-time that will directly shape the concert experience. Fans will be able to control the show by voting on the setlist, getting a shoutout, asking a question, or even appearing on the stream. Wiz will donate all proceeds to the Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP)."

Thursday, June 25 8am Pacific, "Beyond Rhetoric: Race in Live Music" will look at the problems of systemic racism within the live business and discuss what needs to be done to make the industry a more diverse place. Live Nation’s David Carrigan will lead this timely discussion to ask how changes can be made, and the current momentum can be maintained over the months and years ahead. Joining Carrigan on the panel are Ammo Talwar MBE, CEO of music and arts agency Punch and chair of UK Music’s Diversity Taskforce; Kiarn Eslami, a promoter at Metropolis Music; Lucy Atkinson from Earth Agency; Sumit Bothra of ATC Management; and ICM Partners’ Yves Pierre. iQ magazine