This Week In Live Streams: Indigo Girls, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Van Etten, and More
Sharon Van Etten by Ryan Pfluger
This week’s live streams feature a good mix of solo shows, mixed lineups, and fundraisers.
Friday, May 22
The Pickathon A Concert A Day will feature Altin Gün at 3 pm CT on Youtube.
Indigo Girls will be performing on the Paste Happiest Hour at 4 CT on Youtube.
All Time Low will be having a live stream performance to benefit their crew members affected by COVID-19. It will be at 4 pm CT, and will have a $10 admission on Veeps.
Saturday, May 23
John Butler, Michael Franti, Nahko, Trevor Hall, FINK, Rising Appalachia and more will headline One Earth Live, a two-day online festival. Donations will benefit Proof of Impact for COVID-19 relief efforts, as well as artists affected. The festival will begin at 11 am CT.
Sublime With Rome are hosting and performing during a virtual BBQ to benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. This will begin at 5 pm CT.
Ben Folds will host a live stream, Saturday Apartment Requests #9. It will begin at 6 pm CT on Youtube.
Sunday, May 24
Todd Snider will be hosting his weekly live stream at 11 am CT.
Big Freedia will be hosting her weekly Gospel Brunch. It begins at 12 pm CT.
The Pickathon A Concert A Day will feature The Quebe Sisters at 3 pm CT on Youtube.
Hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise, PBS’s National Memory Day Concert will feature Gen. Colin Powell, Cynthia Erivo, Renee Fleming, Trace Adkins, CeCe Winans, Kelli O'Hara, Mary McCormack, the National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Jackson, Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne and Esai Morales. Starting at 7 pm CT, the concert will stream on Facebook, YouTube and on PBS.
Monday, May 25
Grace Potter will be hosting Monday Night Twilight Hour and proceeds from the streams will be going to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. It begins at 8 pm CT.
Tuesday, May 26
Indigo Girls' Amy Ray and singer/songwriter Brett Cobb will host the seventh annual Gretsch Presents Georgia On My Mind concert benefiting the Georgia Music Foundation. The concert will feature Amy Grant, Chuck Leavell, Katie Pruitt, John Berry, The War & Treaty, Jontavious Willis, Tony Arata, Kalen & Aslyn, Adam Wright, Channing Wilson, John Driskell Hopkins, Caroline Aiken, Rutha Harris, Kim Michael Polote and Dark Water, and will begin at 7 pm CT on Facebook.
Phoebe Bridgers will be performing on Hooligan Magazine’s #HooliganHangs. The stream will begin at 7 pm CT on Hooligan Magazine’s Instagram.
There will be a Q&A featuring Terrence Blanchard discussing the documentary film Up From the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music. Michael Murphy, the film's producer, and Ben Jaffe, creative director of Preservation Hall, will also be on hand to answer questions. It begins at 8 pm CT.
Wednesday, May 27
Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks, Kelly Osbourne, Laurie Hernandez and more are set to participate in Stronger Than You Think, a three-day live-stream event which will address teen mental wellness. It begins every day at 4 pm CT and ends at 9 pm CT.
Thursday, May 28
Sharon Van Etten will celebrate the anniversary of her debut album because i was in love with a very special solo performance of the record in its entirety. Advance tickets are $12, and day-of tickets are $15, with a portion of the proceeds from the show going to NIVA: National Independent Venue Association. The show begins at 4 pm CT.
Sean Yeaton of Parquet Courts will host VICE’s second installment of Noisey Night In, a virtual concert fundraiser to support artists impacted by the pandemic. This global show will unite artists, while driving donations to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to directly support artists. The lineup includes: Finneas, Phoebe Bridgers, Claud, Alex Lahey, Beach Bunny, and Faye Webster, and it begins at 7 pm CT.
Questlove will host a virtual dinner party called "Questlove's Potluck.” Patti LaBelle, Olivia Wilde, Kenan Thompson and more will be cooking and making some of their favorite dishes and drinks from their home kitchens. The virtual dinner will benefit America's Food Fund. It airs at 9 pm CT on Food Network.
