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Live In The Time Of COVID-19: Streaming Concerts For Wednesday, May 20
Kevin Winter / Getty Images for Stagecoach – Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini performs during Stagecoach Festival at Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., April 27.
Concerts requiring mass, in-person gatherings have come to a halt thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, but a germ can’t stop the music. Artists across the globe are stepping up to perform in creative ways, most notably with livestreaming performances across social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and beyond.
In many cases, they are raising money for important causes, trying to keep their own important revenue coming in, or simply keeping their fans (and themselves) entertained while we all wait for venues to re-open. In any case, they’re all valuable. In addition to sharing and keeping conversations about their art alive, it’s safe to say these streaming artist are performing a tremendous service to a shut-in world and for that they deserve our thanks.
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All times Pacific Daylight Time unless noted
6 a.m.
Martin Guitar Jam In Place, various artists
The Roots, various artists, daily
Sennheiser Series, daily, all day
7 a.m.
“Feed the Front Line Live” – Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Kelsea Ballerini, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sheryl Crow. benefit at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Kamauu
8 a.m.
Mahalia
Instagram
9 a.m.
MTV Unplugged At Home
BandsInTown Live, daily
9:30 a.m.
iHeart Living Room Series
10 a.m.
Jason Mraz
Chad Harvey
Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)
Bandsintown on Twitch
Relix Live
Five Finger Death Punch, Quarantine Theater
Blogotech, daily
Arkells, daily
Sofi Tukker, daily
The Colors Stream, various artists, live daily
11 a.m.
Feed The Front Line, benefit, Sheryl Crow and more
Collabro
11:11 a.m.
Jackie Cruz
12 p.m.
Ari Lennox
Hunter Hays, Martin Guitar Jam in Place
Ben Bram and Shams Ahemed, Zoom ID: 938-924-3912; Zoom PW: chill
Zoom
City of the Sun
Rock and Roll Playhouse, Live From The Playroom, various artists, weekdays
Cold War Kids, Quarantine Serenade Live, daily
12:30 p.m.
The Roots Present
1 p.m.
Grammys & MusiCares Twitch Sessions, Alexander 23, Dawes, Hanson and more
Cory Marks, #HumpDayLive
Dermot Kennedy
Laine Hardy
Walker County
Grouplove, daily
Romeo Entertainment Series
Herman Li (Dragonforce), daily
Ultra Bandsintown Takeover, daily
Tori Kelly, daily
1:30 p.m.
Sounds Like Nashville
2 p.m.
Luna Monet, HOB Music Forward Foundation series
Live From The Laugh Factory
2:30 p.m.
Christine and the Queens, daily
3 p.m.
Grenon, Pity Party Wednesdays
Digital Discovery Festival, featuring Ashley Bathgate
Live Nation and Facebook
Matt Stell
Foxing ongoing, Wednesdays
MadDecent Live Takeover
Quinn XCII “Quarantine Green,” daily
3:30 p.m.
Amanda Shires “I So Lounging,” daily
4 p.m.
Brandy Clark, “You Can’t Come Over (But You Can Come In)”
Vox Mini Sessions
Tuk Smith, Live From Tuk’s House
Dash Studio Sessions
David Gans, daily, (time may vary)
Ben Gibbard, “Live From Home,” daily
4:30 p.m.
Lucas Hodge, Tequila Tuesdays
5 p.m.
American Aquarium, Sad Songs Revival
Teenage Wrist
Feed The Front Line, benefit with Brett Young and more
Steve Wariner, Wariner Wednesday
CJ Solar, Wayback Wednesday
Drake White, Wednesday Night Therapy
George Navarro, Country Standard Time
Carona Vision with Fat Joe, daily
Pitchfork Live,
Baby’s All Right TV, various artists, daily
5:30 p.m.
The Last Bandoleros
6 p.m.
RAC
Swae Lee
Trixie Mattel
Drew Holcomb
Charlie Worsham, Country Music Hall of Fame
DJ Questlove, Live on The Roots Channel
Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby, daily
6:30 p.m.
Citizen Cope, 3-day birthday virtual tour, ticketed
7 p.m.
Princess Nokia, Pitchfork live concert series
7:30 p.m.
Morgan Page
Twitch, Facebook and Instagram
8 p.m.
G Flip
Dillon Francis, Mad Decent Live
Diplo, “Carona Sabbath,” daily,
9 p.m.
Raja Kumari
10 p.m.
So So Neon