BAGUIO CITY — Acclaimed classical artists from this mountain city are holding an online concert on the first day of September to jumpstart the “Angat Tayo Baguio” campaign and raise funds for students and artists affected and displced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Balanag said the demands for a no-contact, public health-driven lifestyle to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) requires a reinvention of Baguio tourism. The city draws large crowds during the Panagbenga Flower Festival, which was first organized by civic leaders to revitalize Baguio tourism in 1995 shortly after the city was devastated by the 1990 Luzon earthquake. But before inviting back tourists, the “Angat Tayo Baguio” aims to make Baguio City residents feel safe once more, beginning with projects like Crescendo, he said. The concert, jointly organized by the city, UP Baguio and the Council for Baguio Creative City, has invited people to purchase P300 donor tickets to help UP indigent students and artists and craftsmen who were displaced by the pandemic.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 31, 2020 00:45 UTC