Play One We Know Launches Direct Fan-Funding Platform to Help Grassroots Music Earn More

Play One We Know Launches Direct Fan-Funding Platform to Help Grassroots Music Earn More

POWK gives artists, venues, festivals and grassroots music organisations a simple QR-code payment system to receive direct support from fans, instantly and securely.

Hull, UK – 14^th May 2026 — Play One We Know, known as POWK, has launched a direct support platform designed to help artists, venues, festivals and grassroots music organisations generate income directly from their audiences.

Built for the live music and grassroots events sector, POWK enables fans to support the acts, venues and causes they care about using a simple QR-code payment journey. Customers can scan, select a payment amount and complete the transaction using Apple Pay, Google Pay or card.

The platform has been created to make fan support faster, easier and more transparent. It gives music organisations a practical way to turn live audiences into direct income streams, helping to reduce reliance on streaming, traditional funding routes, ticket margins and third-party intermediaries.

POWK is particularly focused on supporting grassroots music, where venues, promoters, artists and festivals often face rising costs and limited revenue opportunities. By placing simple digital payment tools directly in the hands of fans, POWK helps capture support at the moment when audience engagement is highest.

Gerard Toplass, Co-Founder of POWK, said:

“Grassroots music has always relied on community support, but the tools to capture that support have often been too complicated, too slow or too disconnected from the live experience. POWK makes it simple. A fan scans a QR code, chooses how they want to support, and the payment can be completed in seconds. Our aim is to help the music sector earn more from the audiences that already value it.”

The POWK platform can be used across a wide range of live music and event environments, including gigs, festivals, independent venues, artist campaigns, charity fundraisers and community-led music projects.

For event organisers and vendors, POWK also supports dedicated points of sale, transaction monitoring and customer follow-up options, allowing payments and optional contact capture to be managed in a more structured way.

The system is powered through POWK’s technology partnership with Yuubee, which provides the underlying payment and platform infrastructure. This enables organisations to be set up with a Yuubee account, receive a dedicated QR code and begin accepting support quickly.

POWK’s mission is simple: to help music communities earn more from the people who love what they do.

About Play One We Know

Play One We Know, or POWK, is a direct support platform for artists, venues, festivals and grassroots music organisations.

The platform enables audiences to support music communities using QR-code powered payments, helping turn fan engagement into direct funding.

POWK is built for the live music economy and is designed to make support instant, secure and simple for both fans and organisers.