With tours canceled and venues shuttered temporarily as we attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, musicians are doing their best to adapt. In addition to providing ways to buy albums and other merch (available from local record stores, too), many have also organized livestream concerts or even recurring series from their homes. Some are accepting tips to help offset lost income for themselves or their bands, and others are collecting funds for other worthy causes.
Below, we've compiled a list of livestream concerts featuring Nashville musicians — both one-time shows and recurring events — through Friday, Sept. 11. We'll update it as often as possible, but always keep an eye on your favorite musicians' and venues' social media for the latest info.
A few important links:
Billboard has assembleda running list of organizations offering assistance to musicians who are out of work. Included are national-level nonprofits like The Recording Academy's
MusiCaresand the Nashville-based
Music Health Alliance, as well as organizations listed by state, including the
American Federation of Musiciansunion local 257. If you need assistance or would like information on how to donate, click through for more details.
We've also been keeping a running list of local venues that have established community funds for displaced staffers and business expenses. If you want to tip a local service industry worker as you stream at home, the serviceindustry.tips platform has you covered with a way to tip an individual at random via their online-pay app of choice — here's the Nashville tip link.
Upcoming Single Shows:
- Lightning 100's Live on My Green FM Festival continues through Monday, Sept. 7. Tune in via 100.1-FM or online for performances from Bully, Jason Isbell, Adia Victoria, Bruce Spingsteen, Metallica and many, many more. See lightning100.com for scheduling information.
- Sept. 4, 4 p.m.: Spoken Nerd performs via Facebook in celebration of the high-fidelity re-release of Cult-a-Cola Classics Vol. 1, his collaboration with fellow MC 247.
- Sept. 4, 7 p.m.: Jake Botts performs live from Rudy's Jazz Room via Facebook.
- Sept. 4, 7 p.m.: Tyler Rich performs live from The Basement as part of Country Fuzz Presents.
- Sept. 4, 8 p.m.: East Kin performs live from Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge via Facebook.
- Sept. 4, 8 p.m.: Scotty McCreery's performance in the Live at the Ryman series will be the first to have a very limited audience in the house. See the website for ticketing information.
- Sept. 5, 2 p.m.: Dream Chambers performs via YouTube as part of The Gloves Are Off, a livestream curated for The Creative Passport and Imogen Heap.
- Sept. 5, 6 p.m.: Musical polymath Paul Burch will perform via YouTube as part of our No-Contact Shows series.
- Sept. 5, 7 p.m.: See a special birthday celebration by Loudon Wainwright III via City Winery's CWTV.
- Sept. 5, 7 p.m.: Cullen Wade and the Waters perform from Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge via Facebook.
- Sept. 6, 6 p.m.: Afton Wolfe performs from Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge via Facebook.
- Sept. 6, 8 p.m.: The Wonderful Nobodies perform live from The Basement as part of Country Fuzz Presents.
- Sept. 9, 6 p.m.: Nicole Atkins' Live From the Steel Porch series continues with a performance from Nashville's Dive Motel, streaming via Amazon Music's Twitch channel.
- Sept. 9, 7 p.m.: Margo Price and her band perform from Brooklyn Bowl Nashville via Fans. See the website for ticketing info.
- Sept. 10, 7 p.m.: Margo Price and her band perform an encore set from Brooklyn Bowl Nashville via Fans. See the website for ticketing info.
- Sept. 10, 8 p.m.: Devon Gilfillian performs via YouTube and Facebook as part of Musicians Corner's Sundown Series.
- Sept. 10, 8 p.m.: Steve Moakler peforms live from The Basement as part of Country Fuzz Presents.
- Sept. 11, 4 p.m.: Geoff Pfeifer Quartet performs live from Rudy's Jazz Room via Facebook.
- Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m.: Jeffrey Steele performs from City Winery's Music City Wine Garden via CWTV. Tickets for the in-person event have sold out.
- Sept. 11, 7 p.m.: Dave Coleman performs from Delgado Guitars' Music Makers Stage via YouTube.
- Sept. 11, 8 p.m.: Austin Jenckes performs live from The Basement as part of Country Fuzz Presents.
Ongoing Shows:
- Topflight expander of the blues Adia Victoria explores Southern Gothic literature in an occasional series on Instagram.
- Composer and guzheng master Wu Fei adds new performances routinely to her Facebook page.
- Singer-songwriter Drew Holcomb performs a series of Kitchen Covers routinely via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
- Rock band Sweet Lizzy Project, who moved to Nashville from Cuba, has launched a series called Sweet Quarantine Sessions that streams at 9 p.m. most nights on YouTube.
- Country-rockers The Cadillac Three have launched a series called Country Fuzz Presents, streaming live from The Basement and benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank. See their website for scheduling and ticketing information.
- Instrumenthead Live, a streaming series produced at photographer Michael Weintrob's East Nashville studio, offers multiple prerecorded and live streams. See the website for tickets and scheduling information.
- The Nashville Symphony hosts an array of streams on a rotating schedule. See the Symphony's website, Facebook and Twitter profiles for updates.
- Legendary bluegrass venue the Station Inn broadcasts live performances multiple times a week via its Station Inn TV platform. See the venue's website for scheduling.
- 3rd and Lindsley has announced a deal to stream shows (some free, some pay-per-view) via nugs.net. Watch the venue's website for updates.
- City Winery has reopened for limited audiences. Not all shows are streamed, but you can also see several streams each week — see the website for details.
- Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge typically streams two or three country or rock shows per week from its Facebook page.
- Lower Broadway staple Robert's Western World will stream performances most nights by musicians on its regular roster via its Facebook page.
- Layla's, another Lower Broadway stalwart, hosts multiple performances on its Facebook page throughout the week from The Risches (fka Jypsi, aka Lillie Mae and family) and other regular performers. Watch the page for schedule updates.
- The Nashville Jazz Workshop routinely offers streams of concerts from their archive as well as the Jazz From Home series with Lori Mechem and Roger Spencer. See the NJW Facebook page for scheduling information.
- The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum offers an array of online content, including Songwriter Sessions that stream most Tuesdays at 8 p.m. via Instagram. See the CMHOF calendar for the schedule of upcoming events.
- New episodes of The Milk Carton Kids' Sad Songs Comedy Hour series appear weekly (sometimes more often) via YouTube.
- Ace songwriter, singer and fiddler Amanda Shires has relaunched her I So Lounging series, set to stream at 5 p.m. on Fridays via YouTube.
- Ryman Auditorium's Live From the Ryman series streams on Fridays at 8 p.m. Scotty McCreery on Sept. 4, Brett Young on Sept. 10 and Old Crow Medicine Show on Sept. 18. See the Ryman site for more details and ticketing information.
- Rudy's Jazz Room hosts live performances to an empty house via Facebook at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
- Tim Carroll's Rock ’n' Roll Happy Hour at The 5 Spot continues as a virtual show via Facebook on most Friday nights.
- Old Crow Medicine Show premieres new episodes of their Hartland Hootenanny interview and performance show on Saturdays via YouTube.
- Songwriting legend Marshall Chapman performs at 3 p.m. on Saturdays via Facebook from the temporarily shuttered Springwater. In lieu of tips, she's asking viewers to donate to the GoFundMe campaign created for the venue's staff.
- Rocking country ace Chuck Mead's Li'l S.O.B. Jamboree streams most Saturdays at 5 p.m. from his Little Shack Out Back via YouTube and Facebook.
- Songsmith extraordinaire Ron Pope's series Live and In Sweatpants streams most Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. on Facebook.
- East Side veteran Todd Snider performs an ongoing solo series called What It Is from The Purple Building in East Nashville's Five Points at 11 a.m. each Sunday via YouTube.
- Soul and R&B ace Jason Eskridge hosts and performs in his long-running Sunday Night Soul series most Sundays at 7 p.m. to an empty house at The 5 Spot via Facebook.
- Song Suffragettes, a songwriter showcase that gives a platform to rising women who make country music, hosts a digital edition via YouTube at 6 p.m. on Mondays.
- Phenomenal songsmith and rock bandleader Liza Anne continues Emotional Health ’20, her series of livestream conversations with friends, via Instagram at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays.
- A virtual edition of Honky-Tonk Tuesdays at American Legion Post 82 streams weekly via Facebook.
- Each Tuesday, songwriter George Shingleton hosts his Tuesday Night Tunes series on Facebook.
- In lieu of the in-person $2 Tuesdays at The 5 Spot, Derek Hoke hosts Casual Tuesdays at 8 p.m. via the venue's Facebook page.
- Innovative DJ Pimpdaddysupreme hosts conversations with mashup legends in his Monsters of Mash series, streaming at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays via Twitch.
- Ace songsmith Brandy Clark hosts a guest via Instagram and YouTube for her series You Can't Come Over (But You Can Come In), streaming Wednesdays at 6 p.m.
- Phenomenal songsmith Nicole Atkins and her band perform installments of their Live From the Steel Porch series via Amazon Music's Twitch channel on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Watch Atkins' Facebook page for updates.
- Emma Swift and Robyn Hitchcock perform their Live From Sweet Home Quarantine sessions via StageIt at 8 p.m. Wednesdays and 2 p.m. Fridays (for the U.K. audience).
- Power-pop maestro Brendan Benson has launched a series called Off the Road via YouTube, streaming at 4:20 p.m. Thursdays.
- Standout songsmith Mando Saenz hosts a guest songwriter each week in his new series Live From Music Row, filmed at the soon-to-open new incarnation of Bobby's Idle Hour. New episodes premiere via Bobby's Facebook at 8 p.m. Thursdays.
- Rock band Cordovas plays at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays via their Facebook page.
- Country songsmith Caitlyn Smith hosts Lonely Together, a series with guest songwriters, 2:30 p.m. Thursdays on Instagram.

