Bandcamp holds 4th NAACP Juneteenth fundraiser

Bandcamp is holding its fourth annual Juneteenth fundraiser on Monday, June 19th, from midnight to midnight PT.

During those 24 hours, 100% of Bandcamp’s share of sales will go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a racial justice organization with a long history of enacting change through litigation, advocacy, and public education.

“This annual fundraiser is part of our larger, ongoing commitment to racial equity,” said Banccamp CEO and co-founder Ethan Diamond, “and we’ll continue to promote diversity and opportunity through our mission to support artists, the products we develop, those we promote through the Bandcamp Daily and Bandcamp Radio, how we work together as a team, who and how we hire, and our relationships with organizations local to our Oakland space.

Last month, Bandcamp workers voted 31 to 7 in favor of forming Bandcamp United, a union represented by the AFL-CIO-affiliated Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU).

Bandcamp Fridays

The popular Bandcamp Fridays, which supports independent artists and labels, is taking July off. They will resume on August 4th and continue on September 1st, October 6th, November 3rd, and December 1st.

Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, President of the Skyline Artists Agency, and a Berklee College Of Music professor.