Sea Change festival held online - "a triumph"

"Is there a way that a real-life music festival can be replicated in the virtual world?" - Guardian asks, and answers affirmatively, in case of Sea Change festival, at least. "Decision not to postpone or cancel but instead reincarnate the festival online, sooner and for free, was bold but also canny", the G argues. Many of the sets (including Jon Savage, Cool Greenhouse, the Orielles, Douglas Dare, Manu Delgado, Qasim Naqvi) proved brief affairs, but "the key to the weekend’s success was that by moving across platforms — from video streaming to Soundcloud, Twitter to Spotify to Instagram live – and providing links to explore works further (or purchase online), it managed to create both texture and a sense of companionability. Not once did it feel a flat or lonely endeavour; rather it found a great swell of congregation".