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A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

Artists and music festivals are streaming concerts via Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.
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Artists and music festivals are streaming concerts via Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.

Updated on June 18 at 1:33 p.m. ET.

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As more festivals, performances and concerts are canceled due to the coronavirus shutdown, musicians of all stripes and sizes are taking to social and streaming platforms to play live for their fans,

NPR Music is compiling a list of live audio and video streams from around the world, categorized by date and genre, with links out to streaming platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Some will require registration or a subscription, but most will be free, often with digital tip jars and opportunities to directly support artists by buying music and merchandise.


June 18

classical

Beth Morrison Projects: Opera of the Week
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: Beth Morrison Projects

Vienna Staatsoper: Janáček's Kátja Kabanová
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's La Forza del DestinoTime: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera

Jazz

Live@National Sawdust: Dayramir Gonzalez
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

Imani and Pepe González
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

R&B / Soul

H.E.R.
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Latin

Jesse & Joy Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Rock

Phoebe Beidgers
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Angel Olsen
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Noon Chorus

Radiohead
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Low Cut Connie
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram / Facebook

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch

Experimental

Fridman Gallery Solos: Leila Bordreuil
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Fridman Gallery

June 19

Classical

Carnegie Hall Fridays: Munich Philharmonic
Time: 3 a.m. ET
Link: Carnegie Hall
Note: Carnegie Hall's Friday streams are available from 3 a.m. ET Friday until 3 a.m. ET the following Monday.

Lang Lang Foundation Play It Forward: Amir Siraj
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Vienna Staatsoper: Verdi's Otello
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Live@National Sawdust: Anthony Roth Costanzo
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

The Kanneh-Mason Family
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Ben Folds and the National Symphony Orchestra
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Kennedy Center

Metropolitan Opera: Philip Glass's AkhnatenTime: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera

pop

Joe's Pub Live From The Archive: Purple Heart: The Music of Michael Callen
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Public Theater

Latin

VF7
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Folk

The Tallest Man on Earth
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

World

Amadou Kouyate
Time: 10:15 a.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Country / Americana

Craig Morgan
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Rhett Miller
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

Rock

Grateful Dead
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Futurebirds Time: 10 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Electronic

Diplo and Dillon Francis
Time: 11 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch

June 20

Classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Eröd's Pünktchen und Anton
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Vienna Staatsoper: Verdi's Macbeth
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Metropolitan Opera: Philip Glass's SatyagrahaTime: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera

Jazz

Live at the Village Vanguard: Vijay Iyer Trio Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Village Vanguard

Larry Vuckovich
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Event Brite

Multi-Genre

Small Business Live: 2 Chainz, Brittany Howard, Brandi Carlile, Leon Bridges and more
Time: 4 - 10 p.m. ET
Link: LiveXLive/ Twitch / YouTube / Twitter / Instagram / Facebook
For more details, check the festival's website.

Round Midnight Preserves: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dave Grohl, Elvis Costello, Beck, Jim James and more Time: 8 - 10 p.m. ET
Link: Pres Hall Foundation

k-pop

KCON:TACT 2020 Summer
Time: 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
Note: KCON has not yet announced a detailed lineup or schedule. Check the festival's website for more details.

Rock

Low Cut Connie
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram / Facebook

Ben Folds
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Larkin Poe
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Country / Americana

Saturday Night Opry
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube / Facebook

Old Crow Medicine Show
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube/ Facebook

Dylan LeBlanc Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Jameson Rodgers
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Cordovas
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

June 21

Classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Verdi's Don Carlo
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

National Symphony Orchestra @ Home
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube /Facebook

Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's La TraviataTime: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera

Jazz

Live at the Village Vanguard: Vijay Iyer Trio Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Village Vanguard

k-pop

KCON:TACT 2020 Summer
Time: 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
Note: KCON has not yet announced a detailed lineup or schedule. Check the festival's website for more details.

Multi-Genre

City Winery Father's Day Celebration: Billy Bragg, Bruce Cockburn, Fantastic Negrito, Joan Osborne and more
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: City Winery

R&B / Soul

Black Pumas
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube / Twitch/ Facebook

Rock

Deep Sea Diver
Time: 10 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Country / Americana

American Aquarium
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Folk

David Wax Museum
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Children's Music

Trout Fishing in America
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

June 22

classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

rock

The National
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Waxahatchee plays Ivy Tripp
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Noon Chorus

Grace Potter
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

k-pop

KCON:TACT 2020 Summer
Time: 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
Note: KCON has not yet announced a detailed lineup or schedule. Check the festival's website for more details.

Country / Americana

Rhett Miller
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

Metal

Metallica
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube / Facebook

June 23

classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Händel's Ariodante
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Live@National Sawdust: Kangmin Justin Kim
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

k-pop

KCON:TACT 2020 Summer
Time: 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
Note: KCON has not yet announced a detailed lineup or schedule. Check the festival's website for more details.

Rock

Phish
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Link:Live Phish/ Facebook

Country / Americana

Yola
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram / Facebook

Caylee Hammack
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Trixie Mattel
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link:Twitch

Folk

David Wax Museum
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

SONiA disappear fear
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Electronic

Dim Mak Records
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link:Twitch

June 24

Classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Bellini's La sonnambula
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

The Kanneh-Mason Family
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Jazz

Ivan Neville
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Rock

David Bazan of Pedro the Lion
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: David Bazan

Dave Matthews Band
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Dave Matthews Band

Bob Weir
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Whitehorse
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Country / Americana

Brandy Clark
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

American Aquarium
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Clint Black
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link:Facebook

Rhett Miller
Time: 11 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

June 25

Classical

Beth Morrison Projects: Opera of the Week
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: Beth Morrison Projects

Live@National Sawdust: Adam Tendler
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

Electronic

Electric Blockaloo: JAUZ, Diplo, A-Trak, Anjunabeats and more
Time: TBA
Link: Electric Blockaloo
Note: The festival will take place in the video game Minecraft.

R&B / Soul

H.E.R.
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Rock

Radiohead
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Low Cut Connie
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram / Facebook

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch

Latin

Jesse & Joy Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Experimental

Fridman Gallery Solos: Mendi and Keith Obadike
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Fridman Gallery

June 26

Classical

Carnegie Hall Fridays: Philip Glass Ensemble: Music with Changing Parts
Time: 3 a.m. ET
Link: Carnegie Hall
Note: Carnegie Hall's Friday streams are available from 3 a.m. ET Friday until 3 a.m. ET the following Monday.

Vienna Staatsoper: von Einem's Dantons Tod
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Live@National Sawdust: Jamie Barton
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link:National Sawdust

The Kanneh-Mason Family
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Electronic

Electric Blockaloo: JAUZ, Diplo, A-Trak, Anjunabeats and more
Time: TBA
Link: Electric Blockaloo
Note: The festival will take place in the video game Minecraft.

Diplo and Dillon Francis
Time: 11 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch

Folk

The Tallest Man on Earth
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Country / Americana

Rhett Miller
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

Rock

Grateful Dead
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

June 27

Classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Alma Deutscher's Cinderella (Children's Opera)
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

National Symphony Orchestra @ Home
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube /Facebook

Vienna Staatsoper: Verdi's Don Carlo
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Folk

Bluegrass Pride: Allison de Groot and Patrick M'Gonigle, Jake Blount, Front Country, Alice Gerrard and more
Time: 4 - 11 p.m. ET
Link: Bluegrass Pride

Country / Americana

Saturday Night Opry: Jimmy Buffett, Brad Paisley and Mac McAnally
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Jazz

Live at the Village Vanguard: Joe Martin Quartet Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Village Vanguard

Electronic

Electric Blockaloo: JAUZ, Diplo, A-Trak, Anjunabeats and more
Time: TBA
Link: Electric Blockaloo
Note: The festival will take place in the video game Minecraft.

June 28

Classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Adam's Le Corsaire
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Folk

Bluegrass Pride: Amythyst Kiah, Kimber Ludiker and Avril Smith, Sam Gleaves, Noa Laniakea and more
Time: 4 - 10:30 p.m. ET
Link: Bluegrass Pride

Jazz

Live at the Village Vanguard: Joe Martin Quartet Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Village Vanguard

Electronic

Electric Blockaloo: JAUZ, Diplo, A-Trak, Anjunabeats and more
Time: TBA
Link: Electric Blockaloo
Note: The festival will take place in the video game Minecraft.

June 29

Classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Verdi's Rigoletto
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Rock

The National
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Waxahatchee plays Out In The Storm
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Noon Chorus

Grace Potter
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Country / Americana

Rhett Miller
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

Metal

Metallica
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube / Facebook

June 30

Classical

Vienna Staatsoper: Verdi's Falstaff
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Staatsoper Live

Rock

Phish
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Link:Live Phish/ Facebook

Country / Americana

Caylee Hammack
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Steve Wariner
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram / Facebook

Trixie Mattel
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link:Twitch

Folk

David Wax Museum
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

SONiA disappear fear
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Electronic

Live@National Sawdust: Drum & Lace
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

Dim Mak Records
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link:Twitch

July 1

Classical

The Kanneh-Mason Family
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Jazz

Ivan Neville
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Rock

David Bazan of Pedro the Lion
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: David Bazan

Dave Matthews Band
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Dave Matthews Band

Bob Weir
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Country / Americana

Brandy Clark
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

American Aquarium
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Rhett Miller
Time: 11 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

July 2

R&B / Soul

H.E.R.
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Experimental

Fridman Gallery Solos: Lea Bertucci
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Fridman Gallery

July 3

Classical

Lang Lang Foundation Play It Forward: Sophia Suwiryo
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Rock

Grateful Dead
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube

Experimental

Live@National Sawdust: Robert Wilson
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

July 4

Jazz

Live at the Village Vanguard: Joe Lovano Trio Fascination Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Village Vanguard

July 5

Jazz

Live at the Village Vanguard: Joe Lovano Trio Fascination Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Village Vanguard

July 6

Rock

Waxahatchee plays Saint Cloud
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Noon Chorus

July 7

Classical

Live@National Sawdust: Andrew Yee, cello
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

Mimir Chamber Music Festival
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Link: Mimir Festival

July 9

Classical

Mimir Chamber Music Festival
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Link: Mimir Festival

Experimental

Fridman Gallery Solos: Marina Rosenfeld / Ben Vida (solos)
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Fridman Gallery

July 10

Classical

Live@National Sawdust: Lara St. John
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

Mimir Chamber Music Festival Emerging Artists Concert
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Link: Mimir Festival

July 11

Classical

Mimir Chamber Music Festival
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Link: Mimir Festival

Multi-Genre

Winnipeg Folk Fest at Home: Jason Isbell, Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett, Waxahatchee, Tash Sultana and more
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube / Facebook
For a full lineup, check the festival's website.

July 14

Jazz

Live@National Sawdust: Dan Tepfer
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

July 16

Classical

Live@National Sawdust: Molly Joyce
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

Experimental

Fridman Gallery Solos: Rena Anakwe
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Fridman Gallery

July 17

Classical

Live@National Sawdust: Jennifer Walshe
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

July 18

Country / Americana

Nashville Meets London: The Cadillac Three, Michael Ray, Tenille Townes and Twinnie
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Link: Royal Albert Hall

July 21

Jazz

Live@National Sawdust: Joel Ross
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

July 23

Classical

Live@National Sawdust: Brooklyn Rider
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

Experimental

Fridman Gallery Solos: Diamanda Galás
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Fridman Gallery

July 24

Classical

Live@National Sawdust: Cameron Carpenter
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

July 25

Electronic

Tomorrowland Around the World
Time: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. ET
Link: Tomorrowland

July 26

Electronic

Tomorrowland Around the World
Time: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. ET
Link: Tomorrowland

July 28

Jazz

Live@National Sawdust: Julian Lage
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

July 30

Classical

Live@National Sawdust: Sae Hashimoto
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: National Sawdust

Experimental

Fridman Gallery Solos: Janet Biggs
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Fridman Gallery

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