
A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown
BY LARS GOTRICH
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.

The Seattle Symphony’s 2017 production of Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortileges.” CREDIT: Brandon Patoc
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!
April 8
CLASSICAL
Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s Falstaff (Oropesa, Meade)
Time: 7:30 p. m. ET
Link: Met Opera
The Violin Channel Presents (all times ET)
11 a.m. Violinist Dmytro Udovychenko
1 p.m. Cellist Raphaela Gromes
4 p.m. Cellist Jeffrey Zeigler
Link: The Violin Channel
MULTI-GENRE
UnCancelled Music Festival: CVBZ, Shane Alexander, Show-Fuku Hallelujha and more.
Time: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. ET
Link: UnCancelled Music Festival
For a full lineup, check the schedule on the festival’s website
Audio Assemble Plugged In Online Music Festival
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Link: Audio Assemble
For more details and a full lineup, check Audio Assemble’s website.
Pickathon Presents A Concert A Day: Drive By Truckers
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Twitch / YouTube
FOLK
M. Ward, Living Room Live
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Live Sessions
William Tyler
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram / Facebook
COUNTRY / AMERICANA
Lukas Nelson
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
Matt Stell with Lindsay Ell, Jameson Rodgers and Jimmie Allen
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Americana Highways: Susan Gibson, Mark Oblinger, Siobhan O’Brien and Tommy Womack
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
Tucker Beathard
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
Brent Cobb
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
American Aquarium
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Caitlyn Smith
Time: 10 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
INDIE
Julian Koster (The Music Tapes, Orbiting Human Circus, Neutral Milk Hotel)
Time: 10:30 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
The Frights
Time: 10 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Mara Connor
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch
ROCK
moe.
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Fans
Melissa Etheridge
Time: 5:45 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
Jon Freeman of Switchfoot
Switchfoot lead singer Jon Freeman is uploading live acoustic performances to the band’s YouTube page daily.
R&B / SOUL
Chicano Batman
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
CHILDREN’S MUSIC
Lincoln Center from Home #ConcertsForKids: Zeshan B
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Lincoln Center / YouTube / Facebook
POP
Cavetown
Time: 11 a.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Cobi
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch
SG Lewis
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Avi Kaplan
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
Katelyn Tarver + CYN
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
HIP-HOP
Chika
Time: 8:01 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Verftet Online Music Festival: Kjartan Lauritzen
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube / Twitch
EXPERIMENTAL
Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts: Asha Rowland and Lykanthea
Time: 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. ET
Link: Experimental Sound Studio
April 9
CLASSICAL
Metropolitan Opera: Wagner’s Parsifal (Kaufmann, Mattei, Pape)
Time: 7:30 p. m. ET
Link: Met Opera
The Violin Channel Presents (all times ET)
2 p.m. Violinist David Castro-Balbi
Link: The Violin Channel
MULTI-GENRE
UnCancelled Music Festival: Rett Madison, Tayor Ashton, Conscious Pilot and more
Time: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. ET
Link: UnCancelled Music Festival
For a full lineup, check the schedule on the festival’s website
Audio Assemble Plugged In Online Music Festival
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Link: Audio Assemble
For more details and a full lineup, check Audio Assemble’s website.
ROCK
Pickathon Presents A Concert A Day: Ex Hex
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Twitch / YouTube
Smartpunk Records: Mover Shaker, Absinthe Father, Taking Meds and The Color Fred
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Mikel Jollet of The Airborne Toxic Event
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
X Ambassadors
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch
Dirty Heads
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch
Melissa Etheridge
Time: 5:45 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
INDIE
Colin Meloy of the Decemberists
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Link: KEXP / YouTube / Facebook
Margaret Glaspy
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
HIP-HOP
Doja Cat
Time: 8:01 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Coyote
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: Twitch
COUNTRY / AMERICANA
Jaime Wyatt
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Live Sessions
Craig Morgan
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
Sarah Evans
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
Americana Highways: Ordinary Elephant, Reckless Saints, Albert Cummings and Jon Latham
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
FOLK
Fruition
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
FUNK
Turkuaz
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
ELECTRONIC
Bob Moses
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube•
April 10
CLASSICAL
Metropolitan Opera: Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette (Damrau, Grigolo)
Time: 7:30 p. m. ET
Link: Met Opera
The Violin Channel Presents (all times ET)
1 p.m. Violinist Violinist Kirill Troussov
3 p.m. Violinist Pavel Sporcl
6 p.m. Cellist Sophia Bacelar
Link: The Violin Channel
MULTI-GENRE
Hamilton Leithauser
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Live Sessions
Audio Assemble Plugged In Online Music Festival
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Link: Audio Assemble
For more details and a full lineup, check Audio Assemble’s website.
COUNTRY / AMERICANA
Aubrie Sellers
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: Live Sessions
Pickathon Presents A Concert A Day: Tyler Childers
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Twitch / YouTube
Lukas Nelson
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
Americana Highways: Jana Pochop and Shawnee Kilgore, Mike Frazier, Ted Russell Kamp and Jerry Castle
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
METAL
Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: East Coast Events
INDIE
Frankie Cosmos
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
ROCK
Melissa Etheridge
Time: 5:45 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
POP
Overcoats
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Link: Instagram
Hayleau
Time: 8:01 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram•
April 11
ROCK
Nether Meant Festival: American Football, Anamanaguchi, Skylar Spence, Baths, more
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Link: Minecraft
JAZZ
Fred Hersch
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
AMERICANA / COUNTRY
Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Grammy Museum
Michael McDermott
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It
CLASSICAL
7 Deaths of Maria Callas
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Link: Bavariand Staatsoper
International Contemporary Ensemble: Pauline Oliveros – The World Wide Tuning Meditation (audience participation)
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: ICE
Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (Netrebko, Polenzani)
Time: 7:30 p. m. ET
Link: Met Opera
The Violin Channel Presents (all times ET)
10 a.m. Pianist Mishka Momen
12 p.m. Pianist Ching-yun Hu
4 p.m. Violinist Kevin Zhu
Link: The Violin Channel
MULTI-GENRE
Audio Assemble Plugged In Online Music Festival
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Link: Audio Assemble
For more details and a full lineup, check Audio Assemble’s website.
R&B / SOUL
Pickathon Presents A Concert A Day: Charles Bradley
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Twitch / YouTube
HIP-HOP
Jaden Smith
Time: 8:01 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
POP
Harry Hudson
Time: 7:40 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram•
April 12
CLASSICAL
Metropolitan Opera: Mozart’s Cosi ‘s fan tutte (Majeski, Malfi)
Time: 7:30 p. m. ET
Link: Met Opera
The Violin Channel Presents (all times ET)
10 a.m. Cellist Fulvia Mancini
12 p.m. Cellist Benedict Kloeckner
4 p.m. Pianist Lara Downes
6 p.m. Singer Matthias Kadar
Link: The Violin Channel
Andrea Bocelli: Music For Hope – Live From Duomo di Milano
Time: 10 a.m ET
Link: YouTube
FOLK
Nadia Reid
Time: 6 a.m. ET
Link: Zoom
CHILDREN’S MUSIC
Lincoln Center from Home #ConcertsForKids: Elena Moon Park
Time: 11 a.m. ET
Link: Lincoln Center / YouTube / Facebook
R&B / SOUL
Pickathon Presents A Concert A Day: Tank And The Bangas
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Twitch / YouTube
POP
Avi Kaplan
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
April 13
COUNTRY / AMERICANA
Lukas Nelson
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
FOLK
Pickathon Presents A Concert A Day: Damien Jurado
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Twitch / YouTube
April 14
HIP-HOP
Pickathon Presents A Concert A Day: People Under The Stairs
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Twitch / YouTube
April 15
WORLD
Pickathon Presents A Concert A Day: DakhaBrakha
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook / Twitch / YouTube
April 16
MULTI-GENRE
Sound Mind: A Covid-19 Mental Health Benefit Concert: Chad Urmston of Dispatch, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, Foy Vance, Langhorne Slim, Jade Bird, Ballroom Thieves and more
Time: 8 – 11 p.m. ET
Link: YouTube
April 18
MULTI-GENRE
One World: Together At Home: Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish, Kacey Musgraves, Lizzo and more
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: ABC, NBC, CBS, iHeartMedia
For more details, check Global Citizen’s website.