I don’t know if an online music festival is virtual or not, but #CXCW (a take on SXSW) exists, and it is brilliant. This year looks just as awesome.
WTF IS #CXCW? As explained on the Couch by Couchwest site:
No badges, lanyards, bracelets, parking fees, ticket lines, exclusive parties, VIP tents…just the sweet comfort of your own couch. Here’s how it works, artists and bands from all over the globe record a video performance for us from their living rooms, kitchens, porches, bathrooms, you name it…pretty much anywhere but a stage…and we post them (March 10 – 16, 2013).
NOTE: Submissions accepted until the final day, so psst this to bands you know.
Sounds like a great idea to me – it’s no so much that I couldn’t be bothered to go to a festival, it’s just that it’s not practical with young’un. This way I can inflict some music on him without worrying whether he’s fit for travel! (Evil laughter)
It sounds like a great idea ! ! !
I am not keen of festivals usually.
I went to Fuji rock one time . . . . I want to know which idiot had the idea to organise a festival in the middle of the rainy season ? ? ? I am not keen on camping very much also and I will not mention the toilets.
I do go to Girls Factory each year which is an all girl festival held in Zepp Tokyo as is it is inside, air-conditioned and I can go home each night and the toilets are clean and nice.
I will definitely try to watch some of this couch festival ! ! !
What an innovative and interesting idea tinny. I’ll definitely pop by.
Do like an ‘intimate’ gathering rather than 80,000 sweaty, smelly bodies in-between me and the group I want to see / hear.
To make sure there’s no misunderstanding, I had nothing to do with the idea and am not involved in the running of the thing.
I just plug it every year ’cause I like the idea