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A list of live virtual concerts to watch during the COVID-19 shutdown

Updated March 17, 3:07 p.m. ET.

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.

Some artists are planning daily streams — like Ben Gibbard and Christine and the Queens — and will be noted below as information becomes available.

This is a living document, updated every day until it's no longer needed. An archive of concerts that are available on demand can be found at the bottom of the page.

If you would like a live concert to be considered for this list, please fill out this Google Form. Thanks!


March 17

R&B/soulJohn Legend
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

RockDropkick Murphys
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Links: YouTube / Facebook / Instagram / Twitch

Ben Gibbard: Live from Home
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Links: YouTube / Facebook

Frank Turner
Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Fruit Bats
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

Lydia Loveless
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

J Mascis
Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

Erica Freas, Kathryn + Myles from Fresh, Witching Waves, Immy, Garden Centre, Harry + Callum of Dog Eyed + Toodles & THP
Time: 3:55 p.m. ET
Link: Quarantunes

ClassicalMetropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Bohème
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera

Vienna State Opera: Tri Sestri
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

AmericanaAmericana Highways: Bruce Sudano, Pi Jacobs, Sarah Peacock, Sarah Morris
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

Cory Branan
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram

March 18

AmericanaAmericana Highways: Jeremiah Johnson, Jeff Crosby, Libby Koch
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook

JazzCecile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Instagram

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Die Walküre
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

92nd St. Y: Fleur Barron & Myra Huang in recital
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: 92Y

RockLandon Elliott
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

March 19

ClassicalMetropolitan Opera: Verdi's Il Trovatore
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera

Vienna State Opera: Falstaff
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

AmericanaShut In & Sing: Natalia Zukerman, Kirby Brown, Edie Carey, & Grant-Lee Phillips
Time: 8 p.m.
Link: Stage It

Americana Highways: Janiva Magness, Aloud, Nathan Kalish, Nathan Bell
Time: 8 p.m.
Link: Facebook

March 20

ElectronicUltra Virtual Audio Festival: Major Lazer, Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Above & Beyond, and more
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: SiriusXM

ClassicalMetropolitan Opera: Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera

Beethoven Evening with German National Youth Orchestra
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Digital Concert Hall

Jacksonville Symphony performs Give My Regards to Broadway
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Jacksonville Symphony's website

Vienna State Opera: Tosca
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

Jeremy Denk: Bach in the Greene Space
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: The Greene Space

RockBen Gibbard: Live from Home
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Links: YouTube / Facebook

AmericanaShut In & Sing: Anne Heaton, Mary Bragg, Becky Warren, & Mark Erelli
Time: 8 p.m.
Link: Stage It

Americana Highways: D.B. Rouse, Zach Aaron, Chris Moyse
Time: 8 p.m.
Link: Facebook

Pop#YoMeQuedoEnCasa
Follow the festival on Instagram for more information

March 21

ClassicalMetropolitan Opera: Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Link: Bavarian Staatsoper

Vienna State Opera: La cenerentola
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

AmericanaShut In & Sing: Emily Scott Robinson, Anthony D'Amato, Jill Sobule, & Chance McCoy
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It

Pop#YoMeQuedoEnCasa
Follow the festival on Instagram for more information

March 22

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Siegfried
Time: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

Pop#YoMeQuedoEnCasa
Follow the festival on Instagram for more information

March 23

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Tosca
Time: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

March 24

ClassicalVienna State Opera: L'elisir d'amore
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

March 25

ClassicalVienna State Opera: La cenerentola
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

March 26

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Tosca
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

March 27

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Le nozze di Figaro
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

March 28

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Götterdämmerung
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

March 29

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Roméo et Juliette
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

March 30

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Le nozze di Figaro
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

March 31

ClassicalVienna State Opera: L'elisir d'amore
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Links: Wiener Staatsoper

April 1

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

April 2

ClassicalVienna State Opera: Peer Gynt
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper

April 3

IndieRick Maguire from Pile
Times: 8:30 p.m. ET
Links: Instagram / Facebook

April 11

Classical7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Link: Bavariand Staatsoper


Archives

MetalCode Orange
Link: Twitch (originally streamed March 14)

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