An ongoing resource dedicated to tracking livestreams from local musicians and artists.

Photo: Devin Drobka.

As public events continue to get canceled due to the ongoing safety concerns and restrictions brought about by COVID-19, expect to see a lot of people embarking on a grand experiment in livestreaming. Creativity is finding alternate ways to flourish as everyone settles into their new circumstances. Logistically, livestreaming offers the safest possible way to deliver and consume various forms of art for artists and audiences alike. Social distancing is essentially guaranteed with a strictly online means of delivery and those who are sick won’t risk endangering anyone’s health by participating.

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While there have been national platforms afforded to high-profile acts engaging in scheduled livestreaming (Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie currently being one of the most visible), the Madison arts community has rallied around the practice as well. Over the past week artists in Madison have been scrambling to experiment with livestreams, we’ve been collecting various events so that we can keep our readers informed of what’s happening around town.

In that spirit, we’ll be using this page as a listing resource for notable upcoming livestreams. We will also be providing this page with frequent updates due to the fleeting nature surrounding the announcements for some of these events. Please send us an email if you have something coming up. It helps if you can provide advanced notice (at least a few days) and an easily shareable link.

There’s a wide array of events to select from and several are connected to worthy causes. For some clarification, the selections have been split into three distinct categories: upcoming, ongoing, and archived. Take a look below, catch up on what you missed, and check back soon for more updates. And remember to take the opportunity to send money to people when you’re watching their streams—look out for donation info, or seek out places where you can buy their work, to help them make up for lost income from live events.

UPCOMING

May 28, 3 p.m.: Artist’s Talk With Jenie Gao

May 29, 12 p.m.: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Cynthia Leitich Smith & Cynthia Salaysay)

May 29, 7 p.m.: The JB3’s Friday Night Special

May 29, 7 p.m.: Streamin’ at the Haven: Chris Rottmayer

May 29, 7 p.m.: The Social Distance Cyber Cypher

May 30, 7 p.m.: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Shannon Hale)

May 30, 8 p.m.: Ryan Meisel and Susan Hofer Duo

May 31, 8 p.m.: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Graeme Simsion)

June 2, 6 p.m.: Arts + Literature Laboratory Community Poetry Workshop

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June 3, 7 p.m.: Communication Presents: Recording Class No. 1 (Setup)

June 5, 7 p.m.: Tony Barba, Devin Drobka, Michael Rossetto, Johannes Wallmann, John Christensen, and Joshua Catania

June 6, 8 p.m.: Mother Fool’s 25th Birthday Variety Show Party

June 9, 7 p.m.: Fierce Females Online June Edition

June 10, 7 p.m.: Communication Presents: Recording Class No. 2 (Recording)

June 17, 7 p.m.: Communication Presents: Recording Class No. 3 (Editing)

June 24, 7 p.m.: Communication Presents: Recording Class No. 4 (Playback, Review, Mastering)

ONGOING

CONDUIT: A collaborative series between Tone Madison, Communication, and Underbelly (Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.)

UnderBelly Movie Night (Fridays)

Wild Hog In The Woods: Phillup’s Virtual Performance Series (Fridays)

Bradley Fish (Fridays, 8 p.m.)

Online Concerts To Free Them All (Saturdays, 7 p.m.)

Crucible Presents Transmuted Transmissions (Saturdays, 9 p.m.)

MC Audio Presents: Cuttin’ Class With EMC, A Record-Scratching Class (Wednesdays, 4 p.m.)

Cafe Coda Presents: Funky Mondays (Mondays)

LunART Festival: Get To Know Us (Mondays)

Henry Vilas Zoo: Keeper Chats and Activities

Gravitate Sessions (DJs at JiggyJamz)

BUBBLER: Library- and art-centric live streams; various contributors

Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live

Samantha Skar: Children’s Stories Series

Ti S. Banks Writing Lessons

Colin Edwin: Covers and Others

Tony Barba Daily Sax Loop

Tarek Sabbar Modular Streams

Liz Sexe Dance Class (Sundays, 5:30 p.m., intermediate to advanced dancers, $10 donation)

La Follette High School Band (Daily lessons from trombonist Darren Sterud, featuring “Listening examples of classic jazz or wind band literature, daily practice routines and the occasional live performance by myself and hopefully other students.”)

Storytime Live With Wisconsin Historical Society Press (Wednesdays at 10 a.m.)