There’s a metaverse music festival coming up next month

Touring is exhausting, expensive, and bad for the environment. Some are predicting that a shift over to the metaverse to solve these problems, open performances to more people, and result in more revenue for artists. (I write about it here.)

It’s all baby steps right now, but the people behind the Metaverse Music Festival think they’ve got a handle on where things are going. Call it a proof-of-concept offering now how musicians can get into the new tech.

A company called Decentraland, which works with Web3 technology, has signed more than 100 artist to participate in the festival November 10-13 including:

• Ozzy Osbourne (!!!)
• Soulja Boy
• A series of Chinese idol groups
• Skullz (a virtual group)
• Cryptopunk rappers
• A “Jerry Garcia acoustic stage”
• “A gigantic dancing doll”
• Lots of virtual merch

Last year’s inaugural event attracted 50,000 people over four days.

The festival is free and you don’t need a headset to participate.