Electronic-music artists bring festivals back using Minecraft

Places still exist where music fans can gather together to groove. Those places are just digital and accessible on PC, console, and smartphone. Event company Rave Family is turning to Minecraft to put together an electronic music festival in a world reeling from COVID-19. The event, which Rave Family is calling Electric Blockaloo, will feature over 300 artists from June 25 through June 28.

This is the latest example of performing artists coming up with creative solutions to continue making a living in a world without concerts. To attend the event in Minecraft, you must pay an admission. And artists are involved in selling those tickets. Each performer has their own link that they can provide to fans. If fans buy access to Electric Blockaloo through an artist’s link, that musician will get a bigger cut of that sale.