We’re now in our third week of the Weekly Stream, OffBeat’s online livestream concert calendar. More and more musicians are taking to social media and websites to share their music with global audiences in an effort to offset the revenue loss they face due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With music venues and festivals shut down and postponed or canceled, many musicians are relying primarily on tips and donations collected via apps like Venmo and PayPal.
Below, you’ll find a collection of performances from Louisiana talent.
To add your online performance to the Weekly Stream, please send an email to [email protected] and cc: [email protected] with the following info:
Date of show
Artist name
Genre
Time of show
Fee
Stream link
Wednesday, April 1
André Bohren Piano Break
Classical Piano
1 p.m. CDT
Donations accepted (Venmo, PayPal)
Facebook
Note: This is a daily event.
Handmade Moments
Folk/Soul
4 p.m. CDT
Free
Facebook
Note: This is a weekly event for the immediate future
Ben Herrington (of Minos the Saint)
Songs of Fools / Live Looping
7 p.m. CDT
Tips accepted
Facebook
Thursday, April 2
Jamie Lynn Vessels
Roots Rock
5 p.m. CDT
Donations only
Facebook | Instagram
You Gots to Chill: Throwback Thursday with Raj Smoove
Hip-hop
12 – 2 p.m. CDT
Donations encouraged (Venmo/CashApp)
Facebook / Instagram
Note: This is a weekly event for the immediate future
Sierra Green
R&B, Soul
6 p.m. CDT
Venmo donations appreciated
Facebook
Note: This is a weekly event for the immediate future
Chicken on the Bone
Variety
7 p.m. CDT
Free
Facebook
Ted Hefko
Nolamericana
7-7:30 p.m. CDT
Tips accepted via PayPal (tedhefko) and Venmo (ted-hefko)
Facebook
Friday, April 3
Samantha Fish
Blues/Rock/Soul
12 p.m. CDT
Free
Facebook
Note: This is a weekly event for the immediate future
Fridays From the Funky Uncle Presents Indian Water Feat. Big Chief Gerald Paige
Mardi Gras Indian Funk
7 p.m. CDT
Donations to the Funk Fund to benefit those in the music industry who are being affected by the COVID-19
Facebook
Khris Royal
Funk
8-10 p.m. CDT
Donations encouraged (Venmo/CashApp)
Facebook Live
Note: This is a weekly event for the immediate future
Raj Smoove’s In Your House Party
Various/DJ
7 p.m. CDT til
Donations encouraged (Venmo/CashApp)
Facebook / Instagram
Note: This is a weekly event for the immediate future broadcast from the House of Blues
Big Freedia
Bounce
9 p.m. CDT
Donations towards Freedia’s touring crew accepted via PayPal
Facebook | Instagram
Amy Trail’s “Stuck-Home Syndrome”: A Piano Bar Experience
Genre: Piano bar-style requests
9 p.m. CDT
Free
Facebook
Note: This is a weekly event for the immediate future
Saturday, April 4
French Quarter Fest presents Live From the Porch
Various
4 p.m. CDT
Click here for lineup
Anaïs St John and Harry Mayronne
Jazz/Variety
4 p.m. CDT
Donations accepted
Facebook
Real Rob’s Swanky Live Interactive Cocktail Hour from the 9th Ward Salon
Jazz/Blues/Banter
5-6 p.m. CDT
Free
Facebook
Note: This is a weekly event for the immediate future
Dash Rip Rock
Rock/Rockabilly/Punk
6 – 7 p.m. CDT
Free (promoting donations to New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic)
Facebook
Cole Williams Band
African Rock
8 p.m. CDT
$10
Facebook
Sunday, April 5
André Bohren
Classical Piano
3-3:30 p.m. CDT
Donations encouraged (Venmo, PayPal)
Via Bayou Boogaloo
Chicken on the Bone
Variety
7:00 pm CDT
Free
Facebook
Joe Krown
New Orleans piano
8 p.m. CDT
Tips accepted
Facebook
Monday, April 6
Shawan Rice live from the House of Blues
Soul
6pm-7pm CST
Free
Facebook | Instagram
Wednesday, April 8
André Bohren
Classical Piano
6-7 p.m. CDT
Donations encouraged (Venmo, PayPal)
Facebook
Note: This is a weekly event
