Another groundhog day in quarantine is upon us New Orleans, but maybe today can be a day full of live music and guest appearances. Today, April 11, from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM CDT, an amazingly diverse community of musicians, entertainers, and figureheads will perform and speak for the online live stream benefit entitled 504LIFE.
The event will feature live and pre-recorded appearances by Mayor Latoya Cantrell, Walter Isaacson, Nicole Kidman, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Andrew Yang, DJ Mannie Fresh, Big Freedia, Harry Shearer, Judith Owens, Ivan Neville, Irma Thomas, Preservation Hall’s Ben Jaffe, Tank from Tank and Bangas, Jon Cleary, Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra, George Porter Jr. of The Meters, Maggie Koerner, Mark Normand, Katey Red, Sean Patton, Mackie Shilstone, Louis Michot of Lost Bayou Ramblers, Cowboy Mouth’s Fred LeBlanc, Zach Feinberg of The Revivalists, Pete Murano of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave, Shannon McNally, Paul Sanchez, David Silverman of The Simpsons, Tiff Lamson & Taylor Guarisco of GIVERS, The Boudin Man from WWOZ and many, many other surprise guests.
You can tune into the live event on various channels.
504LIFE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/504LIFEstream
504LIFE on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/504LIFEstream
504LIFE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/504LIFEstream
504LIFE on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/sofakingfest
About 504LIFE
504LIFE was created to assist doctors, nurses, and other essential workers in New Orleans on the front line of the COVID-19 epidemic by raising money to purchase and deliver lifesaving Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for area hospitals and clinics. The Foundation for Louisiana will serve as the benefit’s non-profit fiscal sponsor.
504LIFE producers include the New Orleans natives behind NOISE.World which hosted into Sofa King Fest last month, the co-founder & founding team members of Twitch, and a group of New Orleans most active festival producers, artists and talent managers. Sofa King Fest raised $150,000 directly for musicians in its first 2 weeks and StreamAid raised over $2.7 Million on March 28, 2020, for the WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Fund powered by the United Nations Foundation.