Shine Music Update: A Pause with Purpose
Building the Future of Accessibility in Music
Dear Shine Family,
We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being part of our journey to make live music accessible and inclusive for all. Your energy, support, and belief in our mission have helped us break down barriers and light up stages with joy, unity, and purpose.
While we won’t be hosting Shine Music Festival in 2025, this pause is a powerful one. Like any great performance, timing matters—and right now, it’s an especially difficult season for nonprofit fundraising. Rather than pushing forward under strain, we’re using this moment to thoughtfully lay the foundation for Shine’s next five years.
This time is about more than rest—it’s about reinvention.
We’re actively expanding our work beyond the festival through three pillars: Education, Advocacy, and Technology. One exciting development is our effort to join the University of Colorado’s Senior Design Project in Biomedical Engineering, where Shine will collaborate on a groundbreaking new product designed to make live music experiences more accessible. This initiative has the potential to create lasting impact far beyond a single event.
We’re currently raising funds to support both this new innovation and the future of Shine Music Festival. If our mission resonates with you, we invite you to contribute, share our story, and help us shape a more inclusive future—one beat, one barrier, one breakthrough at a time.
With gratitude and momentum,
The Shine Music Team
