Before the effects of COVID-19 were felt around the world, most of us were heavily involved in the event industry. A majority of the people involved in this project made a full-time living in the live event industry. Unlike the rest of the world, most of us lost all of our work in the first week of March. By the end of March we had lost all of our work through the end of May and many of our larger events were canceling into July. At this point, the world we knew may not return until the spring of 2021. Some of you know the stress and dark cloud of uncertainty that comes with this pandemic but here in the live event industry we are facing the very real possibility that none of us will work for an entire year. This is what drives us. A majority of us got into this industry because we love live music. We are not all musicians but just like the musicians among us we depend on the live concert and touring industry. We are in a fight for our very survival. This is why we are pushing the envelope.
We LOVE live music and the thrill that it give us to perform, design, and create. We know that attending a 50-minute DJ session while confined to your vehicle is not a life-long dream for anyone. We doubt it’s something that anyone would have even imagined 3 months ago but there’s been a whole lot of things like that lately. What we do know is that people miss live music and after staying in place for the past 2 months we think that people need this.
This is an experiment. We are working with guidelines presented by the State of Washington that allow for drive-in religious services to take place safely. With the help of legal council provided for free by three different law offices and unofficial recommendations from various levels of government we have moved forward with doing what we know how to do. We want to see you throw your hands through the sun roof. We want to hear you honk your horn. As we move forward, we are exploring the possibilities of a larger venue that will allow us to provide more people with the music they so desperately need. To do this we need the support of local and state officials and we need your support. Your support can come in many forms. The easiest and most important way is by simply following the rules we’ve laid out to keep you and everyone else safe. Second, email your local and state representatives and let them know that we can safely serve this community. Finally, if you can help support us financially, donations can be made here.
By doing these smaller events we are trying to develop and prove a model that will work moving forward. It is going to be next year at the earliest before you will be able to dance your ass off with 30,000 other music fans at the Gorge or bounce in the pit at the Showbox. So in the meantime we know that you need something. We also know that it’s not just EDM fans who are affected. We love all forms of live music! For now we’re sticking with DJs because it’s extremely easy to socially distance a performer who plays alone. Going forward, we hope to serve other musical interests and communities.
We are all in this together.
We would especially like to thank:
and the following individuals:
Christian Jackson, James McKenna, Davis Alexander, Rachid Schultz, Keenan Hanson, Mark Gelinas, Mark Bishop, Mark Philpot, Eric Roach, Darrius Washington, Dave Pezzner, Kim Rice, Alex Smith and an ever growing list of individuals who are willing to put themselves on the lines to make this happen.