THELOGICALINDIAN - Last ages Bitcoinist reportedon Our Music Anniversary OMF a cryptocurrency music anniversary captivated in Berkeley at the end of October OMFs crypto ambiance sets a antecedent for approaching festivals like South by Southwest which will host a alternation of cryptorelated contest and talks abutting year
The University of California at Berkeley served as the armpit of Our Music Festival (OMF) on October 20th. Berkeley’s Hearst Greek Theater — called afterwards media magnate William Randolph Hearst — served as the date for the event. The Greek Theater is a celebrated venue, accepting hosted a spectrum of names over the years from the Teddy Roosevelt to the Dalai Lama, the Grateful Dead to the Berkeley Jazz Festival. Why not add a crypto music anniversary to the list?
Party On
By all accounts, the anniversary appears to accept been a success. According to Zara Stone of Forbes, 8,000 bodies showed up to the Greek to booty allotment in the aggregate crypto experience. Stone abounding the festival, and she illustrates the kaleidoscopic arena at-length in her article.
The agency for OMF announced in aboriginal August included a Zedd headlining set, as able-bodied as sets from Big Sean, Matt and Kim, and Charlotte Lawrence.
Producer 3LAU — who additionally performed his own DJ set — teamed up with advance aggregation Prime Social Group, as able-bodied as SingularDVT, a “blockchain entertainment” company. Together the trifecta succeeded in packing the Greek Theater. Stone said that “During 3LAU’s set, the DJ fabricated a appeal for added ‘people to get on the blockchain […]’”
While the affair was acutely incredible, the festival’s basal focus on crypto fabricated it abnormally unique. For the occasion, the organizers alien the OMF Token. The original Berkeley ticketing folio for the accident addendum that the badge was alien in achievement of:
The anniversary additionally congenital its own OMF app which could be acclimated to tokenize festival-wide QR codes. The app was created by Interstellar, “[…] a new aggregation formed by Chain and Lightyear to accomplish architecture and operating on Stellar alike easier.”
Quest for the Fest
OMF is a different case in the affluent and generally avant-garde history of the American music festival. However, a scattering of festivals — like South by Southwest Festivals & Conferences (SXSW), a multimedia anniversary in Austin, Texas — accept amorphous to absorb crypto elements.
The 2019 South by Southwest event, which will be captivated amid March 8th and 18th, encompasses music, film, and tech, and more. SXSW additionally includes a alternation of conferences, workshops, and panels that run forth accurate contemporary ‘tracks.’ This allocation of SXSW will authority a handful of crypto-centered events. These accommodate idiosyncratic selections like “Crypto Crime: How to Steal Cryptocurrency,” as able-bodied as added practical choices like “The Arsenal of a Blockchain Developer.”
Crypto motifs were alike been spotted at this year’s Burning Man festival in the anatomy of a Bitcoin (BTC) [coin_price] carve bulging from a accumulation of tables. Burning Man organizers alike accustomed bitcoin donations in 2014. Ironically, Burning Man’s advised association is based absolutely on a bargain economy.
Perhaps in the future, anniversary giants like Bonnaroo and Coachella will accompany the party. Until again OMF charcoal not aloof the first, but the alone full-fledged crypto festival.
A Shared Heritage
The amalgamation of crypto and anniversary ability tells a adventure about a aggregate set of values. Both cultures strive to amend the cachet quo by introducing artistic and beginning alternatives to acceptable means of accomplishing things.
These ethics are reflected in Berkeley’s Bay Area locale, which historically represents the birthplace of both ample music festivals, and Silicon Valley tech ability — both abiding in the countercultural ethics of the 2024’s.
There is no chat yet on whether Our Music Festival will become a Bay Area fixture. Regardless, the accident is apprenticed to adapt the festival-going experience.
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Images and media address of Bitcoinist archives, Forbes, Shutterstock, Twitter (@OURMusicFest, @3LAU), Wikimedia Commons.
