Boston Venue Unity Fund
$5,994.74
Raised
69
Donations
$50,000
Goal
Boston’s live music venues are closed and musicians are hurting. In an effort to help those in the Boston music community who are in need because of the pandemic, Boston Venue has set up the Boston Venue Unity Fund.
In the late ’80s, in partnership with rock and roll powerhouse WBCN, The Channel hosted a series of free lunchtime concerts featuring local and national headliners, a ‘BCN emcee, and a free lunch — a hot dog with all the fixings!
We reprised those lunchtime mini-concerts, albeit this time in a virtual format, streaming live on Facebook.
The series, which currently has over 30K views, featured Channel headliners including Jon Butcher of Jon Butcher Axis; Sal Baglio of The Stompers; Dan Zanes of The Del Fuegos; and Adam Sherman of Private Lightening. Plus, legendary WBCN personalities including Chachi Loprete, Oedipus, Carmelita and Bradley Jay have co-hosted and led discussions after each performance.
This was the first weekend of:
CHANNEL VISION 2020
A weekend of music, memories and giving
May 29th to 31st (exactly 40 years since The Channel's opening), starting at noon each day, we featured a series of Zoom-powered, free-form performances, discussions, and a silent auction.
The silent auction featured items donated by Channel Alumni including Woody Geissman of The Del Fuegos, Janet LaValley of Tribe, Joe Perry of Aerosmith and The Joe Perry Project, Tom Hambridge & Buddy Guy and more TBA!
It just concluded and the winners will be announced live on Facebook at 5 pm tonight.
"Thanks to everyone that's donated and bid on our silent auction items!
The money collected through June 1st has been pooled and will be distributed this week to any participants that needed the help and to Right Turn, a great nonprofit organization that assists musicians with substance abuse issues.
To all of the artists, panelists, hosts, and most of all each of you that tuned in this weekend:
THANK YOU!
There's more great Channel Vision coming soon..."
Any donations after tomorrow June 1st will go to help the participating musicians, and support staff that need the funds in the soon to be announced June Channel Vision streaming series!