ACL special celebrates Hall of Fame’s first six years
It’s been six years since the acclaimed “Austin City Limits” live music program on PBS established its own Hall of Fame. It celebrates this weekend with “ACL Hall of Fame: The First 6 Years,” premiering Saturday, Jan. 2 (11 p.m. on WTVS-Channel 56), with streaming beginning at 10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, via pbs.org/austincitylimits.
The show features moments from the previous induction ceremonies, including team-ups featuring: Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett; Rosanne Cash with Elvis Costello and Neko Case; Buddy Guy with Jimmie Vaughan; and many more, as well as an all-star finale featuring Nelson, Guy, Johnny Lang, Lukas Nelson, Robert Randolph and more.
“Austin City Limits” has several other special salutes slated for its 46th season, including the Foo Fighters on Jan. 9, Spoon on Jan. 30, Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver on Feb. 6, and Allen Toussaint on Feb. 13.
Other Events (all subject to change):
Friday, Jan. 1
• Kiss’ “Kiss 2020 Goodbye” concert spectacle from Dubai continues to stream Friday and Saturday, Jan. 1-2. Tickets via Kiss2020Good bye.com.
• If you missed Justin Bieber’s New Year’s Eve concert it airs twice more — at 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. — on New Year’s Day. Tickets via JustinBieberNYE.com.
• Sounds of Blackness’ “The Night Before Christmas: In Concert” has been extended through Sunday, Jan.
3. Tickets via BroadwayonDe mand.com.
• The 50-hour Abracadabra Festival, a fundraiser for the #SaveOurStages campaigns, wraps up today on Twitch. The lineup includes John Legend, Major Lazer, Aloe Blacc and Kaskade, among others.
• “The Hip- Hop Nutcracker” had to scratch its annual tour this year, but it’s still slamming in virtual space with a performance filmed at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and featuring the usual opening set from Kurtis Blow. Tickets via BroadwayonDemand.com.
• Ambient specialist Tycho greets the first sunrise of 2021 live from northern California at 10 a.m. Tickets via nocapshows.com.
• German headbangers Destruction “Thrash Into 2021” at 2 p.m. Tickets via watch. mandolin.com.
• Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift greet 2021 with their weekly “Live From Sweet Home Quarantine” at 3 p.m. Tickets via stageit.com.
• The fire- breathing Cherry Bombs host three days of “Macabaret” performances at 3 and 9 p.m. through Sunday, June 3. Tickets via whitedogsaloon.com.
• Adam Lambert, Wayne Brady, Titus Burgess and others have joined forces for “Ratatouille: The Tik Tok Musical,” a ticketed (minimum $5 contribution) virtual adaptation of the 2007 Dixney-Pixar film that was inspired by Tik Tok member videos and will raise money for The Actors Fund. It starts streaming at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1, for 72 hours via todaytix.com.
• The Metropolitan Opera Theatre starts the year by wrapping up its (Luciano) Pavarotti Week with a 1988 performance of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” on Friday, Jan. 1, Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” from 1991 on Saturday, Jan. 2, and Donizett’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” also featuring Kathleen Battle, on Sunday, Jan. 3. All at 7:30 p.m. and free via metopera.org.
• Umphrey’s McGee unearths a 2010 New Year’s Eve show from Chicago to stream at 8 p.m. Tickets via fans.live.
• The rootsy Ramin Karimloo and the Broadgrass Band are back with “The Road to Find Out: The Encore” at 2 p. m. from London. Tickets via watch.mandolin.com.
• Elephant 9 and the Nils Petter Molvaer Trio play for the Norwegian Digital Jazz Festival at 7 p.m. Tickets via watch.mandolin.com.
• The Boulder, Colo., funk trio SunSquabi repeats its “Live from Knew Conscious” New Year’s Eve show at 7:45 p.m. Tickets via fans.live.
• Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman shreds from Japan with his local band at 9 p.m. Tickets via martyfriedman.zaiko.io.
• Saxophonist Chris Potter and his Quartet play jazz at 9 p.m. through Sunday, Jan. 3, via villagevanguard.com.