Billie Eilish, Common, The Chicks & more performing on virtual Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention will be a virtual affair this year, running from Monday, August 17 through Thursday, August 20 from 9 PM ET until 11 PM ET each night on demconvention.com. In addition to speeches and appearances from Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Barak and Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Doug Jones, Jill Biden, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Cuomo, and, controversially, former Ohio Governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, among others, the 2020 entertainment lineup has also been unveiled. Variety reports that Billie Eilish, Leon Bridges, Common, The Chicks, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Porter, Maggie Rogers, Prince Royce, and Stephen Stills are among the artists who will be streaming performances, with more still to be announced.
“In just three days, we will kick off a Democratic National Convention that will look and feel very different than past conventions,” 2020 Democratic National Convention Program Executive Stephanie Cutter says. “It will truly be a convention across America, and these incredible artists will help us tell the story of where we are as a country today under Donald Trump’s failed leadership, and the promise of what we can and should be with Joe Biden as president. These artists are committed to engaging with, registering and mobilizing voters to get us over the finish line in November.”
The performance schedule is still to be announced, but you can see the speaker schedule so far below, via Vox. UPDATE: See the speaker and performer schedule for Monday below, via demconvention.com.
Monday 8/17:
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
Governor Andrew Cuomo
Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Representative Jim Clyburn
Convention Chairman Bennie Thompson
Representative Gwen Moore
Senator Doug Jones
Maggie Rogers
Leon Bridges
Senator Bernie Sanders
Former First Lady Michelle ObamaTuesday 8/18:
Dr. Jill Biden
Former President Bill Clinton
Former Secretary of State John Kerry
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Former US Attorney General Sally Yates
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)Wednesday:
Former President Barack Obama
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) accepts the nomination for vice president
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee for president
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, a prominent gun control advocate
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
Wisconsin Gov. Tony EversThursday:
Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination for president
Members of the Biden family
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)
