From Thursday 18 June, the makers of the Greenpeace Field at Glastonbury bring you Action All Areas – a 3-day virtual festival filled with music, art and story-telling. Artists featured include Arlo Parks, Beans on Toast, Tim Burgess, Beardy Man and Billy Bragg amongst many others. The aim of the event being to bring us together online as a group as we battle the current crisis and look forward to creating a fairer, safer, cleaner and more resilient world. Set times are yet to be announced but if you head to the event’s website you’ll find the full line up, plus you can sign up to get your invitation to the festival. Keep an eye on their socials too for further announcements including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
As a part of their Time In series, Time Out London brings us an exclusive live streamed DJ set by Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay this Friday evening. From 7pm, you can tune in via their Instagram live to join the party as Tom plays all the group’s hits such as I See You Baby and Superstylin’.
Local lad Jake Fletcher continues his Live Stream Saturdays with Visit Saddleworth this weekend. COVID-19 and a few technical difficulties haven’t stopped the weekly gigs as they’ve drawn in big audiences and raised vital funds for the NHS. Get yourself over to the Visit Saddleworth Facebook page at 8pm on Saturday 20 June to tune in and throw some song requests Jake’s way.
Scottish Mental Health charity Tiny Changes brings us a special fundraiser this weekend. Across Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June, you can catch performances from a range of artists including Matt Maltese, Bill Ryder-Jones, Frank Turner and many more. The charity was set up in memory of Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, who passed away back in 2018. Hoping to raise money for mental health with a focus on children and young people – there is a ‘pay what you can’ approach and any donation via their Just Giving page is appreciated. Things will kick off at 1pm each day over on the Tiny Changes Fundraiser Facebook page and will run through out the day. See the event page for more information and schedules TBA.
If it was a normal year, The Big Issue North would be gearing up for The Big Busk – their touring mini-festival that has featured acts like Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly. Unfortunately 2020 is no normal year – however that hasn’t stopped the Big Issue North from bringing us a little live music. From noon – 10pm on Saturday 20 June, viewers can tune into the magazine’s Instagram account to catch the likes of Everything Everything, Ren Harvieu, Self Esteem and Blackpool’s own Karima Francis, who has taken on curation duties for this year’s at-home event. Topping the night off will be DJ Clint Boon who will host an evening set from 9pm. The entire evening’s entertainment is free to watch – but donations are available. Explore the full line-up by picking up a copy of this week’s issue.
- Words:
- Cat Allan
- Published on:
- Mon 15 Jun 2020
Parisian platform La Blogotheque continue their selection of ‘Stay Away Shows’ as they enter their 13th week of the series. Every evening at 6pm, you can catch a different artist performing a set streamed live from their home to yours. This week features Brazilian musician Ana Frango Elétrico (Wednesday 17 June) and Brooklyn-based Fusilier (Friday 19 June). You can view these sets by heading to the La Blogotheque instagram page. See below for the full week’s lineup:
Mon 15 – Bowerbirds
Tues 16 – Madison McFerrin
Weds 17 – Ana Frango Elétrico
Thurs 18 – Brendan Benson
Fri 19 – Fusilier
Sat 20 – Marissa Nadler
Sun 21 – A.O. Gerber