Save the Date: Friday, 20 November
#ausmusictshirtday
October 12, 2020
To say that 2020 has been a difficult year for the Australian Music and Arts industries doesn’t even begin to touch the sides of what industry workers have faced, and continue to face, during the pandemic. For many, it’s been a complete wipe out!
Support Act has been there from Day One assisting musicians, crew and industry workers and their families who have been doing it tough. Thanks to this year’s official Ausmusic T-Shirt Day, we can all show how much we love and care for the people who create the soundtracks to our lives and make us smile and dance, in spite of all the doom and gloom that may be around us.
Ausmusic T-Shirt Day, to be held on Friday 20 November 2020, is a massive nation-wide celebration of Australian music that reminds us how lucky we are to have such a strong local music scene, with many highly talented and successful artists across all genres of music.
It is also an opportunity to rep our favourite Ausmusic T-Shirts and to help raise desperately needed funds to meet the ever growing demand on Support Act’s services, with requests for Crisis Relief having increased by 883% since the pandemic began, and calls to the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline having increased by 52%.
“If there is one thing our donors and supporters have been telling us since the start of the pandemic, it’s how much they miss live music,” said Clive Miller, CEO Support Act. “They also get that artists, crew and music workers have been doing it tough. Ausmusic T-Shirt Day is a great way to celebrate Australian music and the people who create it, while raising funds to ensure that Support Act can continue to provide desperately needed services to our friends and colleagues in need.”
This year’s event boasts a brand new website, which will make setting up a team fundraising page or making an individual donation super easy. You can then post your photos to socials using the hashtag #ausmusictshirtday and tag @supportact, @triplej, @aria_official.
We are also partnering with TikTok to encourage users to create fun videos repping their favourites artists.
We are working with artists from across all musical genres to reach out to their fans to encourage their support of the campaign, and we’re honoured to announce our Launch Ambassadors who are helping us to kick off the campaign: Keith Urban, Missy Higgins, Briggs, The Teskey Brothers, Nathan Cavaleri, Alex the Astronaut, Ruel, Jaguar Jonze, Greta Bradman and Simon Tedeschi.
“Raising funds for musicians, crew and music workers has never felt more important than in 2020,” said Keith Urban. “I want to do what I can to support local music…let’s kickstart Ausmusic T-shirt Day by all getting involved!!”
Our Launch Ambassadors will be joined by many wonderful Campaign Championswho will be reaching out to their fans over the course of the next 5 weeks. They include: Alex Lahey, Birdz, Bliss n Eso, Caityn Shadbolt, Clowns, Cry Club, Catherine Britt, Jessica Braithwaite, Julia Zemiro, Jane Gazzo, Kian, Kim Churchill, Lady Lash, Melinda Schneider, Mo’Ju, Motez, Ngaiire, Nooky, Ocean Alley, Powderfinger, Sons of The East, The Merindas, The Rubens, Timmy Trumpet, Vanessa Amorosi, with many more to come.
Show your support for Australian music this Ausmusic T-Shirt Day, held during ARIA Week, and celebrated across triple j and the ABC as part of Ausmusic Month. Proudly brought to you by Support Act, triple j and ARIA.
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