MU Coronavirus Hardship Fund & UK Music Day

It's time like these we need musicians and the music they create the most. But too many are worried about how they will pay the bills during this crisis.

On Easter Monday (today - 13th April), we will be celebrating UK Music Day.

The entire day has been created to show support for the British jazz community which has been strongly affected by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis with most or in some cases, all income drying up. The Musicians' Union has calculated that British musicians have lost over £20 million since the outbreak, with the majority of musicians being self-employed.

It's time like these we need musicians and the music they create the most. But too many are worried about how they will pay the bills during this crisis.

That's why we're proud to announce that for UK Music Day, Jazz FM will be fundraising for the Musicians' Union to help support the jazz and music community. The MU Coronavirus Hardship Fund is working alongside Help Musicians UK and PRS For Music to help as many musicians as they possibly can with funding and advice at this unprecedented and challenging time.

You can donate and find out more about the fund here.

Your donations will go to Musicians' Union members who are facing genuine financial hardship as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and its impact.

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Jazz FM  are playing British jazzers all day, & there’s a virtual    Jazz Festival tonight featuring an amazing line up -  all my faves! –  Gwilym Simcock, Tim Garland, Chick Corea & Kurt Elling plus        many more. Here’s a link - Jazz FM.