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title: "Twestival.fm: Live Aid for Twitter"
date: 2009-02-10
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2009"
    url: "/tag/2009.md"
---

# Twestival.fm: Live Aid for Twitter

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090212011525im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/twesitivalfm_logo.jpg)A new charity effort called [Twestival.fm](https://web.archive.org/web/20090212011525/http://www.twestival.fm/), which bills itself as “a kind of Twitter-driven Live Aid”, aims to raise $20,000 USD in 2 weeks using music donated by artists on Twitter. People can download MP3s for free, but are encouraged to give a donation in exchange. Twestival.fm currently has donated tracks from over 350 artists, including Bloc Party, Imogen Heap, the Mystery Jets and Erol Alkan. The money raised will go to [Charity: Water](https://web.archive.org/web/20090212011525/http://www.charitywater.org/), a non-profit dedicated to providing clean and safe drinking water to developing nations.

Twesitival.fm is one part of an overall effort by charity: Water, called [Twestival](https://web.archive.org/web/20090212011525/http://twestival.com/). On 12 February 2009, more than 100 cities around the world will host fundraising events organized by local Twitter communities. There is also a [t-shirt design competition](https://web.archive.org/web/20090212011525/http://desiredhearts.com/shop/twestival-pre-order.html/).

## SitePoint’s Bushfire Appeal

On the subject of worthy charities, Australian-based media company SitePoint is currently running [a special promotion](https://web.archive.org/web/20090212011525/http://5for1.aws.sitepoint.com/) to help the victims of the terrible bushfires in the Melbourne area. SitePoint is offering 5 books (in PDF format) and you pay for just 1; and 100% of the proceeds from that will be donated to the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twestivalfm_live_aid_for_twitter.php))*