Deal features exclusive original content including Welcome to Rockville Festival livestream
Leading independent festival promoter and producer Danny Wimmer Presents has partnered with Twitch, a leading interactive livestreaming service. The DWPresents channel will feature original live content with acclaimed music artists and global talent, reaching a worldwide audience.
The all-new DWPresents Twitch channel begins streaming on Thursday, June 3rd at 7:30 pm EDT/4:30 pm PDT and will stream original content six days a week. DWPresents on Twitch will introduce new shows including: The Writer’s Circle hosted by Fever 333’s Jason Aalon Butler and featuring Crown The Empire, Escape The Fate, Nothing More and Spiritbox; and The Lab, hosted by TikTok sensation and musician Jeris Johnson and SiriusXM’s Caity Babs.
The DWPresents channel will also become the home for the already popular That Space Zebra Show, hosted by Bobby Schubenski (Blackcraft founder), Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) and Josh Balz (Strange Kids, ex-Motionless In White). That Space Zebra Show will continue to broadcast four times weekly and incorporate new musical features including Riff Wars with Wes Borland and Starving Artists, as well as launch the Battle For The Big Stage: Road to Rockville Edition, where a band can win a slot at the 2021 Welcome To Rockville event being held from Thursday, November 11th through Sunday, November 14th. Welcome To Rockville is Florida’s Biggest Rock Experience – held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida – and will include must-see sets from bands including Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Disturbed, Deftones, Rob Zombie, Staind, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Mudvayne, with over 70 bands performing.
On June 3rd, DWPresents will kick off its channel with an unprecedented six-hour live broadcast from Musicians Institute’s LiveHouse Hollywood, hosted by That Space Zebra Show and unveiling the new programming. The program will include the conclusion of Space Zebra’s “Road to LA” competition, with two fan chosen bands battling head-to-head live for the chance to win a demo deal with Alchemy Recordings. Throughout the day, viewers will hear from bands including Crown The Empire, Escape The Fate, Fever 333, Nothing More and Spiritbox, taking a deep dive into the programming to come. The day will be topped off with an exciting headlining performance by Atreyu.
In addition, DWPresents on Twitch will feature four days of select performances and content from the Welcome To Rockville 4-Day Festival Livestream: backstage interviews, commentary with artists, games and trivia with bands. Fans should expect content from other DWP festivals and events as well.
Twitch is the world’s interactive livestreaming service, with over 2.5 million viewers at any given time. DWP will use Twitch’s interactivity and live elements to connect the Twitch community with rock bands, reinventing how fans and artists interact.
“We have been looking for the right partner to livestream our events and create original content. Twitch’s focus on fan interaction and engagement allows us to bring our core mission of providing unparalleled experiences to the streaming space. I am excited about what we have planned and thrilled about this next step in DWP’s evolution,” says Danny Hayes, CEO of Danny Wimmer Presents.
“Through our partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents, incredible artists and bands have the opportunity to continue to build their own brands, connect with fans live and form communities on a global scale in a way that has never been so accessible,” states Will Farrell-Green, Head of Music Content at Twitch. “We’re looking forward to the incredible programming and what our communities create together.”
Danny Wimmer Presents has built a strong reputation in the live entertainment industry for being one of the most innovative festival creators, developers and producers in the country. With multiple successful annual festivals to their name, DWP is one of the most trusted names in the market. In 2021, the company announced its expansion into several new related lines of business including an artist streaming platform, promoting national tours and exclusive venue operations and development. DWP continues to add new music festivals to its already stellar portfolio, which currently includes Aftershock, Bourbon & Beyond, Epicenter, Hometown Rising, Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, Louder Than Life, Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, and Welcome To Rockville.
