No Contact Concert Series: weekly full-band shows broadcast from Hickory

Midwood Entertainment and Codex Sound recently launched No Contact Concert Series, which features weekly performances broadcast live from a 14,000 square foot warehouse in Hickory.

As full time music industry professionals whose heaviest work season was decimated by the pandemic, Micah Davidson and John Crawford, frequent collaborators and cofounders of the annual NC Brewers & Music Festival saw an opportunity to utilize their newfound free time and resources to serve the WNC music community by creating a platform for artists to play in a safe environment with the highest quality audio and video possible.

Designed as a solution to the limits that traditional at-home live streams present, No Contact Concert Series has traded iPhones and dining room tables for a professional grade stage and lighting rig, venue-quality audio inputs, and 12 camera angles, though the team’s shared DIY spirit is still at the forefront of everything they do.

And while most digital festivals are confined to solo performers, NCCS has the space and resources to safely host full musical outfits. With a rigorous day of show sanitation procedure and restrictions regarding on-site personnel numbers, NCCS has dialed in a prudent manifesto that puts well-being at the forefront of their efforts.

The concerts are free to watch, with donations encouraged to help support the artists and the people behind the music. 

You can watch No Contact Concerts’ Facebook page or YouTube Channel.

The concerts are broadcast on Saturday (mostly) nights at 8 p.m.

Here’s the upcoming shows:

• July 11th: 49 Winchester
• July 18th: Tall Tall Trees
• July 24th: The Fritz
• Aug 1st: Cicada Rhythm
• Aug 8th: Fireside Collective
• Aug 15th: Chatham County Line
• Aug 22nd: Amythyst Kiah
• Sunday, August 30th: Cicada Rhythm
• September 5th: The Fitz
• September 12th TBA

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