Charity Soccer Comp Announces Music Industry Teams

28 October 2014 | 3:43 pm | Staff Writer

Musica Copa is back

Musica Copa returns in December after it’s successful inaugural event last year, with even bigger musical acts on board to raise money for charity through soccer.

The event involves a five-sided tournament with 16 music industry teams competing for $12,000 in prize money.  The star-studded teams include Elefant Traks x Umbrella, FBi Radio, Future Classic, inthemix, Ministry Of Sound x Mustard Music, Mushroom Group, OneLove and Pulse Radio. They’ll be joined by new summer signings Audiopaxx, Falcona, MAKER (joining Sweat It Out), MTV, Red Bull Music Academy, Sony, UNDR ctrl and Universal.

There is no shortage of big music acts on board as well, such as Bag Raiders, Motez, Touch Sensitive, Kilter, Emoh Instead (What So Not), Just A Gent, Basenji, Yahtzel, Yolanda Be Cool, L D R U, Olympic Ayres, Van She, Hayden James, JAWZ, Crooked Colours, Motorik Vibe Council, The Herd, Nicky Night Time, Joyride, Jackie Onassis and Alex Burnett, and they’re only the first announcement. Channell 11’s The Loop presenter Scott Tweedie will be commentating the game.

The event aims to raise money for charity through sponsors like Bacardi, Magners, Red Bull Music Academy and Budweiser, with money going towards worthy causes like Beyond Blue, Headspace, Heaps Decent, Sea Shepard and St Vincents De Paul Society to name a few.

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The games are being held at KIKOFF Fraser Park in Marrickville on Friday 5 December, head to musicacopa.com for more details on how to get tickets.