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An Exhaustive List of Wizard Rock Livestreams in 2020

Susannah

Hi! I’m usually over at Your Wizard Rock Resource, so I guess this post is a crossover event. Unless you’re fairly new, you’ve probably noticed the high volume of online wizard rock shows last year. So, I’ve decided to hop over to the Wizrocklopedia and do what I love best: organise and present information about wizard rock. Namely, making an exhaustive list of wizard rock livestreams in 2020. Let’s do this!

This page contains some excellent artwork — click each image (or right click and open in a new tab) to view it in full.

Lunch Hour Live

Ashley Hamel has a series of live wizard rock shows on Facebook, which are sponsored by her Patreon supporters. She carried this tradition into 2020, blessing us every month with her delightful music. Although this series seems to be on hiatus, she delivered eight shows, which you can watch or rewatch at your leisure. (For the March show, see her performance in O.W.L. FEST below.)

  1. January
  2. February
  3. April
  4. May
  5. June
  6. July
  7. August
  8. September

O.W.L. FEST

When isolation hit in March, Darvil from Percy and the Prefects kicked us off by organising the Online Wrock Live Festival, which was an extraordinary feat of planning and ambition and paved the way for many shows that followed. This event was hosted entirely through Facebook Live and involved jumping from stream to stream. Despite the occasional technical issue, I was thoroughly impressed by how there was minimal time lost between each performance, allowing the whole event to run relatively on time. Bygonya also made a fantastic Google Doc of all the livestream and band links, which you can view here.

  1. March 28 — Percy and the Prefects, The Swedish Shortsnouts, POTTÖRHEAD, Abby Ritter, Hawthorn & Holly, Leah Hamm (Hawthorn & Holly), Karl-Johan, Pussycat Dolores, Kirstyn Hippe, Ashley Hamel, The Lovegoods, The Purebloods, Flitwick and the Charmers, Muggle Snuggle, Ludo Bagman and the Trash, The Arkadian, Kalysta Flame, Grace Kendall, Alas Earwax!, Toucan Dubh, The Blibbering Humdingers, Losing Lara, The Mudbloods, Draco and the Malfoys, Lauren Fairweather, Tonks and the Aurors

Wrock From Home — SERIES

On the heels of the success of O.W.L. FEST came the four-week Wrock From Home series by Adam Dubberly of The Mudbloods, with gorgeous promotional posters by Riley Wackernagel. Like its predecessor, this series was also hosted on Facebook, with new streams being posted for each performance. Again, Bygonya made an excellent Google Doc of all the video and band links, and you can view it here (each event is on a different sheet).

  1. April 4 — Matt Maggiacomo, Kirstyn Hippe, Lauren Fairweather, The Mudbloods, Tonks and the Aurors
  2. April 11 — Matt Maggiacomo, Hawthorn & Holly, Grace Kendall, Ashley Hamel, The Mudbloods, Gred and Forge
  3. April 18 — Matt Maggiacomo, Percy and the Prefects, Ludo Bagman and the Trash, Wizards in Space, The Mudbloods, The Lovegoods
  4. April 25 — Creevey Crisis, Thomas & Finnigan, Abby Ritter, Ginny and the Heartbreakers, The Mudbloods, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills, The Blibbering Humdingers, The Whomping Willows

Queer Wizard Rock for Trans Kids — SERIES

A short series of themed wizard rock livestreams that raised donations for Camp Lilac.

  1. April 24 — Totally Knuts, Grace Kendall, Ludo Bagman and the Trash, Abby Ritter, Kirstyn Hippe, Lauren Fairweather (video link)
  2. May 29 — Totally Knuts, KwikSpell, Wizards in Space, Kirstyn Hippe, Abby Ritter, Losing Lara, Lauren Fairweather (video link)

Wizard Rock Wednesday — SERIES

As part of their Mischief From Home series, LeakyCon hosted free wizard rock livestreams every Wednesday, first on Twitch and then on their Facebook page. (Unfortunately, the three Twitch shows are not available for rewatch.)

  1. April 15 — Abby Ritter
  2. April 22 — Tonks and the Aurors
  3. April 29 — Grace Kendall
  4. May 13 — Hawthorn & Holly
  5. May 20 — Kirstyn Hippe
  6. May 27 — The Mudbloods
  7. May 27 — Lauren Fairweather
  8. June 17 — The Blibbering Humdingers
  9. June 24 — Percy and the Prefects
  10. July 1 — Brian Ross (Draco and the Malfoys)
  11. July 22 — Ludo Bagman and the Trash
  12. August 26 — The Lovegoods
  13. September 9 — How Airplanes Fly
  14. October 7 — Totally Knuts

Trapped in the House Show — SERIES

This long-running series was hosted by geekbeatradio and Brian Ross on Sunday fortnights and featured a wide range of wizard rockers. Unfortunately, most shows have expired and are no longer rewatchable on Twitch. If you missed either of the last two, watch them while you can!

  1. May 31 — Brian Ross (Draco and the Malfoys), Abby Ritter, Lena Gabrielle (The Butterbeer Experience), Tonks and the Aurors
  2. June 14 — Brad Mehlenbacher (Draco and the Malfoys), Grace Kendall, Kirstyn Hippe, Hawthorn & Holly
  3. June 28 — Adam Dubberly (The Mudbloods), The Blibbering Humdingers, Totally Knuts, Shauna Carrick
  4. July 12 — Tianna and the Cliffhangers, Ludo Bagman and the Trash, Avery Marshall (How Airplanes Fly), Amy Snow (Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons)
  5. July 26 — Siriusly Hazza P, Roonil Wazlib, Percy and the Prefects, Hawthorn & Holly
  6. August 9 — Losing Lara, Kalysta Flame, Grace Kendall, Alas Earwax!
  7. August 24: A Nerd Vigil for Victims of Police Brutality — Solitary Snape, The Swedish Shortsnouts, Pussycat Dolores, Lauren Fairweather
  8. September 6 — Muggle Snuggle, Ariel Factor Birdoff (Madam Pince and the Librarians), Ludo Bagman and the Trash
  9. September 18-20: geekbeatradio’s 20-Year Celebration — How Airplanes Fly, Ashley Hamel, The Blibbering Humdingers, The Lovegoods, Matt Maggiacomo (The Whomping Willows), The Arkadian, Tonks and the Aurors
  10. October 4 — Brian Ross (Draco and the Malfoys), Hawthorn & Holly, Totally Knuts
  11. October 18 — Brad Mehlenbacher (Draco and the Malfoys), Neville’s Diary, Abby Ritter
  12. November 1 — Tonks and the Aurors, Tianna and the Cliffhangers
  13. November 15 — Creevey Crisis, Ludo Bagman and the Trash (watch on Twitch)
  14. December 6 — Hawthorn & Holly, Brian Ross (Draco and the Malfoys) (watch on Twitch)

Miscellaneous Shows

There were also many shows throughout the year. Most, but not all, were recorded and are available for rewatch.

Lastly, both Totally Knuts and Tonks and the Aurors host monthly livestreams for their Patreon supporters, and Tonks also streams frequently on Instagram Live.

Exhaustive list? More like exhausting. Well, no matter what happens in 2021, as someone who lives as far from North America and Europe as it is possible to get, I have definitely appreciated being able to watch wizard rock live through the magic of the internet, and I hope this new tradition will continue into the future. In fact, just this week, Darvil from Percy and the Prefects announced the return of O.W.L. FEST, which is scheduled for March 26-27, 2021! I’m sure it’s going to be AMAZING!

To make sure you always know about upcoming wizard rock livestreams, make sure you join the Wizard Rock Revival Facebook group, give the ‘Pedia a follow on Twitter, keep up with the WZRD Radio Podcast and come hang out in the Wizard Rock Discord (created by yours truly).

What shows did YOU see live? Which was your favourite? Are there any I missed? Let me know in the comments!

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Susannah

Although my connection to wizard rock is purely online (one of the side effects of being Australian), I’m a lifelong collector of song lyrics, which inspired the creation of my wizard rock site Your Wizard Rock Resource. When I’m not organising things here or updating my own site, I’m hanging out on Discord, transcribing lyrics and searching for rare wizard rock. Outside of Harry Potter, I like Anne of Green Gables, Batman, fanfiction, writing, linguistics and trying new foods.

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