Everything You Need to Know About Tonight’s “Hand in Hand” Benefit Concert for Hurricane Relief

Everything You Need to Know About Tonight’s “Hand in Hand” Benefit Concert for Hurricane Relief

ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will team up for a multi-network telethon to benefit those affected by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma tonight (Sept. 12).

The hour-long telethon—Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief—will be staged live from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, Times Square in New York and the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles.

Here’s everything you need to know about the event, including time, channels, country performers, celebrities, how to donate and more.

Time

  • 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT (Live)
  • 8 p.m. PT (Re-Air)

TV Channels

  • ABC
  • BET
  • Bravo
  • CBS
  • CMT
  • E!
  • FOX
  • HBO
  • HBO Latino
  • MTV
  • MTV2
  • MTV Live
  • MTV Classic
  • NBC
  • Oxygen

Live Stream

Radio

  • Cumulus/Westwood One will feature a partial simulcast of Hand in Hand on NASH Nights Live and the Zach Sang Show from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. in all time zones. Additionally, Westwood One Affiliates will have access to the two-hour live broadcast of George Strait’s Hurricane Harvey benefit concert live from The Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, TX.
  • iHeartMedia will broadcast the Hand in Hand across more than 150 radio stations.
  • SiriusXM will be carrying the audio of Hand in Hand on channels 96, 102 and 108.

Hosts

  • Blake Shelton and Reese Witherspoon (Nashville)
  • Michael Strahan (New York)
  • Jamie Foxx (Los Angeles)

Country Stars Performing or Appearing

  • Trace Adkins
  • Dierks Bentley
  • Connie Britton
  • Luke Bryan
  • Old Dominion
  • Brett Eldredge
  • Charles Esten
  • Sara Evans
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Faith Hill
  • Tim McGraw
  • Kip Moore
  • Brothers Osborne
  • Brad Paisley
  • Jon Pardi
  • Dan + Shay
  • Blake Shelton
  • George Strait
  • Cole Swindell
  • Chris Young

George Strait Concert

George Strait will conclude the telethon by performing live from his Hurricane Harvey benefit concert at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen will join George onstage for the concert benefiting the Rebuild Texas Fund.

How to Donate

  • Call 1-800-258-6000 to donate by credit card (toll free in the US and Canada)
  • Make a $25 donation by texting “GIVE” to 80077 on mobile phones
  • Donate via the web HERE

100 Percent of the Proceeds Benefit

  • Rebuild Texas Fund
  • Direct Relief
  • Feeding Texas
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • The Mayor’s Fund for Hurricane Harvey Relief (administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation)
  • Save the Children
  • United Way of Greater Houston
  • More will be announced to help those affected by Hurricane Irma

Additional Celebrities Performing or Appearing

  • Malin Ackerman
  • Jason Alexander
  • Lily Aldridge
  • Anthony Anderson
  • Beyoncé
  • The Black Eyed Peas
  • Bun B
  • J Balvin
  • Justin Bieber
  • Bobby Bones
  • Julie Bowen
  • Wayne Brady
  • Sterling K. Brown
  • Steve Buscemi
  • George Clooney
  • Andy Cohen
  • Stephen Colbert
  • Sean “Diddy” Combs
  • David Copperfield
  • Chace Crawford
  • Terry Crews
  • Billy Crystal
  • Ellen DeGeneres
  • Robert De Niro
  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Drake
  • Hilary Duff
  • Jourdan Dunn
  • Jimmy Fallon
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Luis Fonsi
  • Jamie Foxx
  • Richard Gere
  • Josh Gad
  • Eddie George
  • Selena Gomez
  • Amy Grant
  • Pastor John Gray
  • Josh Groban
  • Savannah Guthrie
  • Tom Hanks
  • Marcia Gay Harden
  • Angie Harmon
  • Taraji P. Henson
  • Kate Hudson
  • Dwayne Johnson
  • Joe Jonas
  • Catherine Zeta -Jones
  • Tori Kelly
  • DJ Khaled
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Gayle King
  • Karlie Kloss
  • Karolina Kurkova
  • Matt Lauer
  • Jay Leno
  • Zion & Lennox
  • Kings of Leon
  • Jared Leto
  • Eva Longoria
  • Matthew McConaughey
  • Eric McCormack
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Tracy Morgan
  • Lupita Nyong’o
  • Norah O’Donnell
  • Gerardo Ortiz
  • Chris Paul
  • Tyler Perry
  • Dennis Quaid
  • Questlove
  • Jeremy Renner
  • Julia Roberts
  • Robin Roberts
  • Ray Romano
  • Kelly Rowland
  • Adam Sandler
  • Travis Scott
  • Ryan Seacrest
  • Maria Shriver
  • Michael W. Smith
  • Will Smith
  • David Spade
  • Gwen Stefani
  • Michael Strahan
  • Barbra Streisand
  • PK Subban
  • Wanda Sykes
  • Miles Teller
  • T.I.
  • Timbaland
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Chris Tomlin
  • Sofia Vergara
  • Kerry Washington
  • Marlon Wayans
  • Bruce Willis
  • Chandra Wilson
  • Charlie Wilson
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Cece Winans
  • Rita Wilson
  • Reese Witherspoon

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