The ZEvent is back on Friday October 29 from 6 p.m.
For this sixth edition, fifty hours of live are again on the program broadcast on the Twitch platform.
The principle ?
Youtubers, streamers, gamers come together for a charity marathon.
With their sights set on, millions of euros to be collected for the benefit of an association.
The donations will be donated this year to Action Against Hunger, an NGO that works in favor of food security, access to healthcare, water, sanitation and better management of mental health problems.
52 videographers have announced their participation in the event organized in Montpellier: ZEvent regulars such as Joueur du Grenier, Bob Lennon, Mister MV or Antoine Daniel, but also new faces such as Michou or RebeuDeter.
The cast includes a large majority of
gaming
videographers
, but opens up to other profiles, such as Jean Massiet, who has made it his specialty to decipher politics on Twitch.
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A concert and ... a world record?
Among the events announced, an opening session of stickers and Pokémon cards is scheduled for Saturday, before the event the game
Questions for a streamer
.
A Mario Kart tournament is organized on Sunday, before a
“hardcore version”
of the
Quiz du Grenier
.
New this year, a concert is organized on Thursday, October 28 at the Palais des Congrès de la Grande-Motte.
Fianso, LEJ, PV Nova, Little Big Whale and Kikesa will be on stage and the proceeds from the concert will again be donated to Action Against Hunger.
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Since its creation by Adrien - Zerator - Nougaret and Alexandre - Dach - Dachary in 2016, the ZEvent has become one of the milestone annual meetings for Twitch streamers and their communities who gather by hundreds of thousands in front of their screens, one week -end during. From 170,000 euros collected for the first edition, the figures are rising crescendo, breaking the previous record every year. The last two editions have thus been crowned the most lucrative charity event in the history of the online video platform. In 2020, nearly six million euros had been collected in 48 hours, for the benefit of Amnesty International. The vast majority of the money donated comes from donations, but a significant part comes from the sale of derivative products. THE'organization of the concert should further increase the revenues collected during the weekend.