Bandcamp has announced, with little fanfare that is is bringing back Bandcamp Friday’s every month for the rest of 2022! The next big day will be on September 2nd, with following dates on October 5th,  November 4th and, December 2nd. Bandcamp forgoes it’s usual cut of every sale and donates that back to the band. Please support underground artists ,indie labels, and merch sellers today, and every day! Bandcamp was sold to Epic Games earlier this year, but so far we have not seen any radical changes. Bandcamp fridays have accounted for $78 million extra dollars from sales and the company has paid artists $973 million dollars since its inception.  

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-update

On the first Friday of the month since March of 2020, we’ve waived our revenue share to help support the many artists who have seen their livelihoods disrupted by the pandemic. Over the course of 17 days, fans paid artists and labels more than $78 million dollars, helping cover rents, mortgages, groceries, medications, and much more. If you’re among the nearly 800,000 fans who participated, thank you.

We’re going to continue doing Bandcamp Fridays in 2022, resuming on September 2nd, and continuing on October 7th, November 4th, and December 2nd. As always, isitbandcampfriday.com has the details.

If you’ve started to feel guilty about buying music on any day other than Bandcamp Friday, here’s something to keep in mind: on Bandcamp Fridays, an average of 93% of your money reaches the artist/label (after payment processor fees). When you make a purchase on any other day of the month (as 2.5 million of you have since March, buying an additional $190 million worth of music and merch) an average of 82% reaches the artist/label. Every day is a good day to directly support artists on Bandcamp!

All from midnight to midnight Pacific time. For time zone demystification, check out: http://isitbandcampfriday.com/

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/28/847300964/bandcamp-will-again-waive-fees-to-support-artists