{"id":2231,"date":"2020-05-08T08:38:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T06:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braamvibes.co.za\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2020-05-08T08:38:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T06:38:46","slug":"covid-19-dj-relief-fund-ballantines-and-dance-music-summit-partner-to-support-the-dj-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/braamvibes.co.za\/?p=2231","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 DJ Relief Fund: Ballantine&#8217;s and Dance Music Summit partner to support the DJ community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The applications for the DJ Relief fund that supports DJ\u2019s who have lost work as a result of the global pandemic are open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collaboration between the Dance Music Summit and Ballantine\u2019s True Music offers grants up to R1000 for deejays who seek financial assistance as a result of being displaced by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coronavirus has created devastation in almost every industry and forced people globally to adopt a new way of living and interacting with one another. One such industry that was first to be affected and continues to be impacted is entertainment, an estimated 5000+ deejay&#8217;s who depend on bars, clubs, and taverns for a source of income have been negatively impacted by the pandemic.<br>&nbsp;<br>The deejay community, unfortunately, cannot receive any business support from the government and are not entitled to UIF benefits as they aren&#8217;t formally employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a champion of True Music and supporting local talent, Ballantine&#8217;s True Music has pledged R100,000 towards the DJ Relief Fund which is spearheaded by the organisers of the Dance Music Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the application to be approved the applicant needs to have a proven track record of working in the industry through their social pages and provide a letter from a venue where they have a residency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;As we fight the pandemic we will be engaging with our online communities for support. Over the next few weeks we will also be hosting a series of live stream events to be a dedicated source of support to the fund. We are grateful to Ballantine\u2019s True Music who have continued to contribute to the South African dance music scene even in such times,&#8221; <\/p><cite>DJ Christos, Founder of the Dance Music Summit and influential South African DJ<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the public who wish to donate towards the cause may also do so through a Go Fund Me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications are open<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemusicsummit.com\/\"> Click Here To apply<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The applications for the DJ Relief fund that supports DJ\u2019s who have lost work as a result of the global pandemic are open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[237,250,303],"class_list":["post-2231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-opportunities","tag-covid-19","tag-dance-summit-and-ballantines-dj-relief-fund","tag-entertaiment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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