Hamburg rocks together: support for musicians and bands

Under the slogan “Businesses bring culture back to the stage”, the launch event for a series of live-streamed concerts, initiated by Hamburg-based companies, took place on 17 June. The initiative aims to provide targeted support to musicians and bands who have been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. To kick things off, the Grammophon Jazzband took to the virtual stage with a varied mix of jazz, pop and soul. Behind “Hamburg rockt’s zusammen” and the associated live-streaming concert lies a wide-ranging fundraising campaign. All donations received by the end of June 2021 were matched by MB Energy (Marquard & Bahls) and the other participating companies. The beneficiary is the Hamburg-based initiative RockCity e.V., which has been supporting more than 3,000 musicians in the Hanseatic city for 33 years.