Watch Porter Robinson’s Second Sky Festival Live This Weekend

Didn’t snag tickets to Porter Robinson‘s inaugural Second Sky Music Festival? You’re in luck—this Saturday, the festival will be streaming on Twitch.

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Tune in to see Porter Robinson perform both his “Worlds Live” set and a Virtual Self set, along with performances from G Jones, Anamanaguchi, Cashmere Cat, Nina Las Vegas, and more.

Second Sky Festival will be held in Oakland, California this year. Not only will it showcase Robinson’s indelible influence on dance music, the festival will be working to raise money for an important cause.

Porter Robinson recently explained in a Twitter thread that in 2016, his younger brother, Mark, fought a rare form of cancer called Burkitt lymphoma. Mark survived and is cancer-free today, but Porter found that children in Malawi weren’t receiving the chance to have the same happy ending as Mark did. Burkitt lymphoma is more prevalent in Malawi due to its link to malaria, and the survival rate there is drastically different from the survival rate of patients being treated in the United States.

in november of 2016, my then 17-year-old younger brother Mark was hospitalized with a rare and aggressive form of cancer called Burkitt lymphoma. pic.twitter.com/MLiNu0i3HC

— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) June 5, 2019

he had a mass in his abdomen that was doubling in size every 24 hours. mark is pretty much my best friend – it was utterly devastating and one of the most difficult things i've ever been through (and surely a million times worse for him).

— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) June 5, 2019

through mark's own fortitude, and through the high quality of care from his doctors (Drs. Westmoreland & Hipps), nurses and staff at UNC, i'm extremely happy to say that, as of February 2017 Mark finished his treatment and is now 100% cancer free and thriving.

— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) June 5, 2019

here's why i'm bringing this up: the survival rate for Burkitt lymphoma in the US is 90% or higher. but for kids in malawi, where it's much more common due to the connection between malaria and this form of cancer, the survival rate can be as low as about 29%.

— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) June 5, 2019

one of Mark’s doctors, Dr. Westmoreland, leads the pediatric cancer program that UNC operates in Malawi.

— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) June 5, 2019

i’m starting a fund in cooperation with UNC to help improve the survival rate in that region so that those families won't have to needlessly lose loved ones. in this case, more resources translates directly into higher survival rates. pic.twitter.com/Vwk7gWmyAw

— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) June 5, 2019

Second Sky is going to have a booth (with Mark's doctor there!) to share information and accept donations for this cause — we have a goal to raise $50,000 (or hopefully higher) and i'm going to match everyone's donations at the festival! pic.twitter.com/EAfMROq3YH

— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) June 5, 2019

if you’d like to get involved in supporting this cause, you can find more information here: https://t.co/bL2jbj2Wjf pic.twitter.com/xNtYPSREcW

— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) June 5, 2019

Even if you won’t be at Second Sky Music Festival this year, you can still donate directly to the Robinson-Malawi Fund.

Tune in to the Twitch stream of Porter Robinson’s Second Sky Music Festival from 4 PM PST – 10 PM PST on Saturday, June 15th.