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.
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
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
Colin Edwin: Covers and Others
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.)
ARCHIVED
March 15: Noxroy Live Set
March 17: Nicole Gruter’s “Virtual Saloon”
March 17: Ellie Erickson and Hannah Edlen
March 17: Chris Ruppenthal
March 18: We Should Have Been DJs
March 19: Mal O Dua Live Set
March 20: In Conversation with Gender Confetti
March 21: Noxroy Live Set
March 21: Leo Albertoni and the Convictions (starts at 27:00 mark)
March 21: Giant Jones Brewing Company Virtual Happy Hour
March 23: Boo Mullarky Kids Show
March 23: The Geoff And Kia Children’s Variety Show (Benefits Madison Children’s Museum)
March 25: Make Music Madison Noon Concert: Angela Puerta
March 25: Zoom Meeting: Livestreaming Instructional
March 26: Free Virtual Guitar Lesson
March 26: Red Pants Live Set
March 27: One Human Band
March 27: Kat and Alex (of Kat and the Hurricane) Acoustic
March 27: Giant Jones Brewing Company Virtual Happy Hour Vol. 2
March 29: Virtual Guitar Lesson #2 + Live Set
March 29: Let’s make a giant feedback loop on the internet (ft. Jeremy Nealis of Double Ewes and aertime)
March 30: Just Another Myshkin Monday: Yuri (of Optometri) Live
March 30: Educational Davis: Dark Monday Edition
March 31: One Human Band
April 2: Sockrates Sock Puppet Carnival of Morals and Logic
April 3: One Human Band (Bill Withers Tribute)
April 3: Gender Confetti Live Set
April 4: Celebrate Poetry Online Reading
April 4: DJ Vilas Park Sniper
April 4: Live From Cafe Coda: Alyssa Smith, Rick Flowers
April 4: The Mode Theater: Live Performances
April 5: Virtual Open Mic
April 5: Nick Nice Balcony Set
April 6: The Geoff & Kia Show II: Electric Boogaloo (Benefits Goodman Community Center)
April 7: One Human Band Backyard Set
April 8: TS Foss: Live at Communication
April 9: Downtown Madison: Spring Watch Party
April 10: Pat McCurdy: Shelter In Place 4
April 10: Chazen Museum of Art Virtual Q&A
April 10: The Dan Potacke Show: Social Distancing Special
April 11: Virtual Brass Orchestra Plays Duke Ellington’s “Azure”
April 13: Overture Center’s 2020-21 Programming Announcement
April 15: Erik Kjelland (of The Mascot Theory)
April 15: Red Pants – Live at the Green Monster (Video and Record)
April 15: Body To Body: Boredom Never Die Tonight
April 15: Dimensions In Sound & The Studio Orchestra: A Virtual Fundraiser
April 16: Virtual Venue Home Sessions: Paul Otteson
April 17: Happy Hour Live with Jo Marie
April 17: Sean Michael Dargan
April 17: Of Water, Land & Sky (feat. Asumaya)
April 17: Alej Perez (Centro Hispano Fundraiser)
April 18: Cafe CODA Presents: Hanah Jon Taylor Trio
April 20: Kate Elizabeth Russell Presents: My Dark Vanessa (Wisconsin Book Festival Selection)
April 20: Funky Monday: Clyde Stubblefield B-Day Celebration
April 21: WheelHouse: Pizza Night
April 23: A Bassett House Livestream
April 24: Cafe CODA Presents: Anthony Cao (Solo Piano)
April 24: Sean Michael Dargan’s Rock N’ Roll Reprieve
April 24: Guitar League Show with Richard Hildner Armacanqui
April 24: Cafe CODA Presents: Ari Smith and Timothy Russell Duo
April 24: Sinking Suns “Live” on WORT
April 24: Ravenook.com Multimedia Launch Party
April 25: Virtual Noise Show Episode II: Virtual Reality
April 25: Fire Ball 2020: Stay Home (Fire Ball Masquerade)
April 29: Live From The Living Room: High & Rising
April 30: Meet the Directors: A Conversation with The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin and Sustain Dane
April 30: Frank Martin Busch: Livestream for Domestic Abuse Intervention Services
May 1.: Cafe CODA Presents: Josh Harty (Solo Guitar)
May 1.: Lo Marie & Kenny Leiser
May 1: MMoCA Presents: Virtual Gallery Night
May 1: Cargo Coffee East Presents: 7ucky Vita
May 2: Cafe CODA Presents: Johannes Wallman (Solo Piano)
May 8.: Arts + Literature Laboratory Presents: Richard Hildner
May 8: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Abby Sher)
May 8: Cafe CODA Presents: Jim Erickson (Solo Piano)
May 8: Ravenook Presents: part(y) 2
May 9: Cafe CODA Presents: Tani Diakite Trio
May 10: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Kelly Barnhill)
May 12: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (B.J. Hollars)
May 12: Communication Presents: Fierce Females Online
May 14: Virtual Madison Night Market (May Edition)
May 14: Mary Wehner: Fiction & Poetry winners’ live reading
May 15: Cafe CODA Presents: Natty Nation (Duo)
May 15: Streamin’ at the Haven: Sam Olson + Kelsey Wallner
May 15: The Voices Theatre Project Presents: Persist. The Pussy Grabber Plays: A Virtual Reading
May 16: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai)
May 16: Live From The Spaceship: J. Marsden
May 18: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Juliet Grames)
May 20: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Heather Demetrios)
May 22, 12 p.m.: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Jasmine Warga)
May 22, 7 p.m.: Harmonious Wail Quartini Concerts
May 22, 8 p.m.: Brennan Connors and Geoff Brady Duo
May 22, 8 p.m.: Lo Marie & Luke Hrovat-Steadter
May 23, 8 p.m.: Cafe CODA Presents: Matthew Endres & Darren Sterud Duo
May 25, 7 p.m.: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Erin Entrada Kelly)
May 27, 7 p.m.: Reading Group Choices Presents: Book A Day Live Chat (Deni Ellis Béchard)