A ZAO umbrella + fund on Artizen - launching
ZAO Festivals
ZAO Festivals brings live culture to real places. Starting in Ellsworth, Maine (the gateway to Acadia) with ZAOstock - a free, community-owned festival where independent artists and a crypto community gather. Plus Zaoville, COC Concertz, and more. Each event gets backed by a community match fund so organizers stay independent. Artist-first, IRL, community-powered.
Our events
ZAO Festivals is the umbrella. Each event is its own project that the community backs, and the fund matches. ZAOstock is the flagship - Zaoville is the dry run - and the door is open for more.
ZAOstock 2026
FlagshipOctober 3, 2026 - Ellsworth, Maine
The flagship. Ellsworth, Maine - the gateway to Acadia. A free, community-owned music festival where independent artists and a crypto-native music community gather to celebrate together. Community-curated, fairly paid.
Zaoville
Summer 2026 - DC metro area
A ZAO day-party hosted with Dcoop - and a live dry run for the ZAOstock model. The umbrella in action ahead of the flagship.
Your event
Rolling - Anywhere
Running a festival, concert, show, or gathering that fits the ZAO spirit? Bring it under ZAO Festivals and tap the fund + the community.
Where ZAO Festivals fits
Artizen has funds for music and for gatherings - we are not claiming an empty lane. What ZAO Festivals adds is a home run by the people who throw the festivals: backing our own ecosystem of events and the artists in them, with a community that actually shows up to collect.
We're Loud Fund
DIY music festivals in unlikely places
Global Music Fund
cross-cultural music collaboration
Greenpill Regen Gatherings
regenerative / ecovillage gatherings
ZAO Festivals Fund
ZAO's own events + artists, backed by the ZAO crowd
What we fund
- -Produces a real-world gathering or live cultural activation - festival, concert, show, residency, tour, exhibition
- -Creator / organizer owned and independently operated
- -Meaningful community participation, not a top-down production
- -Builds in public - shares process, progress, lineup, outcomes
- -Fair compensation for the artists involved
- -Culminates in something public people can show up to
How the match works
On Artizen, supporters collect a project's $10 open-edition Artifact (100% to the creator). Every dollar of sales can unlock match from each fund backing the project, at that week's Match Multiple. Curate your festival into the ZAO Festivals Fund and other aligned funds, and the same sale draws on more pools. The ZAO community shows up to collect and boost - that is the edge.
Who it is for
COC Concertz
Community-owned concert promotion and artist showcases.
Artist tours + residencies
ZAO-incubated artists taking the work on the road and into rooms.
ZABAL Games activations
Live demos, showcases, and workshops from the bootcamp world.
Independent organizers
Anyone running live culture who wants a fund that actually gets it.
Get in early
Running a festival or live event? Reach out and we will line you up for the fund's first season. Want to sponsor live culture and let the community direct it? Same - let's talk.