Isol-Aid
Isol-Aid (pitched as an Instagram Live Music Festival) is a stay-at-home festival initiative aiming to assist the Australian music industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Isol-Aid | |
|---|---|
| Location(s) | Australia |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Website | www |
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.
A second festival occurred on 28–29 March 2020, featuring 74 artists and a third on 4–5 April 2020.
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.
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.
At the 2021 Music Victoria Awards, Isol-Aid won Best Festival.