TUSK Festival celebrates its tenth edition in October. But this year they'll be adapting to current events with a live streamed extravaganza in partnership with its usual ally Sage Gateshead.In place of its three day programming schedule this year's TUSK will be a two-week online version. The event, they say, “falls somewhere between a virtual version of one of the most adventurous music festivals on the planet and the most raucous rollercoaster of an avant garde TV station you could ever imagine”. One of the main benefits to this new plan means previously unreachable international artists are now able to join in on the festivities.

So far announced, performances will come from: Jim O’Rourke & Eiko Ishibashi, Roscoe Mitchell, OOIOO, Yeah You, Angel Bat Dawid, Nihiloxica, Blom, Deathprod, Horse Lords, Maja S K Ratkje, Sarah Hennies and Lump Hammer.

Tusk Virtual will also feature an enhanced version of their regular film programme, with nightly midnight movie selections and expanded weekend film feasts, plus talks and discussions, guest DJ mixes and recordings from the TUSK archive. Its team of guest presenters includes David Liebe Hart from Tim And Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, Jackie Stewart from Smegma, and Robert Ridley-Shackleton.