Upcoming live-streams: Joining living rooms across the globe

Artery
An organization similar to Sofar Sounds, based in Toronto. Artery go beyond music hosting comedy, spoken word and other cultural events and are also showcasing some of those up-and-coming artists from their homes during COIVD-19.

When: Check their Instagram for upcoming showcases
How to watch: Instagram live

Boiler Room TV: Streaming from isolation
Boiler Room are also taking their streaming showcases to performer’s homes and have a great lineup of electronic artists coming up in this weekend and beyond. Last night we all got to dance in Helena Hauff’s home studio and it was pretty awesome.

When: all times in GMT, you can see your time zone equivalent under each performance here March 27, 7pm Archive rebroadcast of DJ Mitsu, Omar Souleyman, Micachu, and Yaeji
March 28, 11am: Joe Arnon-Jones & Fatima
March 28, 12pm: Gigi Masin
April 3, 12am: Boiler Room Tbilisi: HARD DANCE X KHIDI
April 9, 12am: Boiler Room Tbilisi: HARD DANCE
How to watch: Instagram live and Facebook live

Fader Fort 9-hour digital stream
Fader brings their famous Fader Dort to a digital audience for an exclusive 9-hour broadcast which will remind on the website for the following 24 hours only. The showcase is will bring together over 40 (!) emerging and established artists including Kesha, Guapdad 4000, and Ashnikko. The event is a fundraiser for a variety of charities Fader supports.

When: March 31, 10am to 7pm EST; Full line up to be announced on March 30th.
How to watch: Check their website for updates

Manifesto live
In addressing the global pandemic’s effects on the creative industry and the artists Manifesto launched a donation page and are hosting a series of live performances from the musician’s homes. Last night’s Haviah Mighty performance was fire!

When: all times are in EDT
March 27, 9pm: Bambi
March 28, 7:30pm: Clairmont The Second
March 30, 6pm: Desiire
March 31, 9pm: Wild Black
April 1, 6pm: Tika
April 2, 6pm: Just John
April 3, 8pm: Dre Ngozi
How to watch: Instagram live

Sofar Sounds
Sofar sounds is a not for profit organization that hosts music events at uncommon spaces, like living rooms, factory floors, and coffee shops, to name a few. One of the coolest things about Sofar is that they promote up-and-coming artists and create a very safe, respectful environment in which both audiences and artist can thrive. For the time being these artists performances are streaming live from their homes.

When: Daily, various time, check their Instagram stories
How to watch: Listening room

Unity Charity IG Live jam session
Unity is a non-profit organization focusing on hip hop culture and working with at-risk youth and up-and-coming artists. A few years back we spent some time with Unity’s founder Michael Prosserman talking about the cause, check it out here.

When: March 27, 7pm EDT, awd2chan
How to watch: Instagram live