YouTube fans rejoice. The video-streaming platform will be hosting their first ever virtual YouTube FanFest featuring over 150 creators and artists from across the region with special appearances from global YouTube stars to quench our quarantine blues.

During these unprecedented times, the FanFest aims to celebrate the creative ingenuity of the creator and artist community in Asia-Pacific who have provided inspiration, entertainment, and moments of joy especially as we turn to content creators and entertainers to cope with quarantine, isolation, and being away from loved ones and clamour for any sense of pre-Covid normalcy.

The show will be live-streamed on YouTube FanFest's official channel on October 11, starting at 5 pm Hong Kong time. Some of the top YouTube stars joining the 150 talented creators and artists from the region including Alex Wassabi, Matt Steffanina, Merrell Twins, and Mike Chen.

A stellar line-up of local YouTube sensations is also part of the live stream, including Alfred Chan, arhoTV, 波仔 Boris, 唔熟唔食 Cook King Room, Dear Jane, Joyce Cheng 鄭欣宜, RickyKAZAF, 微辣 Manner, 有啖好食 Perfect Continuous Eat, Pomato 小薯茄, undergroundDV 達哥, who will be delivering special performances and creator collaborations to keep viewers entertained.

To highlight the diversity of Asia-Pacific, there will be dedicated country spotlight segments featuring homegrown creators that will be hosted in local languages.

"YouTube FanFest has become an annual celebration of our YouTube communities across APAC. While we couldn’t host physical shows this year, we hope this special edition YouTube FanFest will create moments of joy, spread positivity and bring about a sense of unity that we all need during this time. We’re excited to see international creators and homegrown talent from across APAC shine on this virtual stage," says Gautam Anand, Managing Director of YouTube APAC.

A major segment of the FanFest experience is the annual Creator Camp which serves a great opportunity to engage with creators and provide them with a sense of community, inspiration, and knowledge on how they can succeed as a YouTuber. For this year, a series of virtual Creator Camps will be hosted for rising creators for them to inspire, educate, and empower the next generation of YouTube stars by sharing ways to elevate video quality and strengthen content creation.

More exciting creators will be announced in the coming days on FanFest's social media channels, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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