South Bay Stream-A-Thon Fundraises For Musicians Amid Coronavirus

HERMOSA BEACH, CA — As bars and restaurants shutter their doors and social gatherings become obsolete among the new coronavirus outbreak, musicians are having an increasingly hard time finding gigs and staying afloat.

Hermosa Music Company is extending a hand to local musicians by hosting the South Bay Stream-A-Thon, a livestream concert of local artists to raise money for musicians suffering financially from the coronavirus pandemic.

"We realized that all of these musicians in our community down here in the South Bay have lost all of their gigs," Kevin Sousa, owner of the Hermosa Music Company, told ABC7.

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Nearly $10,000 in donations were raised from the first South Bay Stream-A-Thon on March 15, so Volume 2 of the Stream-A-Thon will take place from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, The Beach Reporter reported.

Volume 2 will feature Justin Hopkins, Kara Turner, Tommy Pittam, T.J. Brinjak, Debo Drums, Kat Hall and potentially Retrofit, according to the local news website.

"I think everyone in our industry is feeling this right now," Zeal Levin, musician and manager of the Hermosa Music Company, told ABC Los Angeles. "No one has any gigs. My regular gigs are canceled and it's taking a toll on everyone."

Virtual concert attendees are able to donate to a GoFundMe page, where all of the funds raised will go to the musicians and crew involved in the event. Sousa told ABC7 that musicians and crew members that have day jobs did not accept any of the donations after the first Stream-A-Thon.

Nearby in Redondo Beach, the BeachLife Festival was postponed due to the coronavirus.

For more information, visit hermosamusic.com/streamathon/, email hi@hermosamusic.com, or call (424) 257-8473.

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