Today is Bandcamp Friday!

Today, April 1st, is the first Bandcamp Fridays promotion since the indie marketplace was acquired by Epic Games,

After taking a month off in January, Bandcamp Fridays returned in February. Launched at the start of the pandemic in March of 2020 the popular promotion was extended through next month.

On each first Friday of the month Bandcamp waives its commissions on sales and that which means more money for indie artists and labels.

The May 6th Bandcamp Friday is likely the last one,

The company also shared and updated stat: fans have paid artists $907 million using Bandcamp since its inception, including $202 million in the last year.

Go to isitbandcampfriday.com for details.

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Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.