ESM Productions today announced the global music and entertainment platform, TIDAL, as the official, exclusive, livestreaming partner for the World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015 events, including the Festival of Families hosted by Mark Wahlberg and featuring performances from Aretha Franklin, Andrea Bocelli, Juanes, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and many more. The livestream will be available for viewing for TIDAL members and non-members alike pre-paywall on tidal.com/wmof, and the feed will be sharable and embeddable for anyone who wis to share it.”We are delighted to partner with such an innovative and quality-driven company,” said Scott Mirkin, President of ESM Productions and Executive Producer of the Festival of Families. “With TIDAL’s high fidelity streaming and integration capabilities, which far surpasses all other livestreaming platforms, ESM Productions is very excited to have TIDAL bring the spectacular events of The World Meeting of Families, Festival of Families and the Papal Masses to the world.”Livestream embedding instructions can be found here.Streaming Event ScheduleSaturday September 26, 2015Arrival at Philadelphia International Airport — 09:30 – 10:00First appearance of flight, landing, taxi, disembark, greetings,departure for downtownArrival at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul — 10:00 – 10:15Arrival, greetings and spontaneous interaction,entrance and initial procession, interaction with attendeesMass at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul — 10:30 – 12:30Full processional, mass, recessional to chapelIndependence Mall Pre-Show — 12:30 – 16:00Local cultural performances, readings and remarksIndependence Mall Main Program — 16:00 – 17:00Papal parade, blessing of cross, Philly Pops Ensemble,Remarks by the Holy Father, motorcade departureFestival of Families Pre-Show — 17:00 – 19:00Remarks and performances, including Jim Gaffigan, SisterSledge, Matt Maher and Jackie EvanchoFestival of Families Main Program — 19:00 – 21:30Parade on Parkway, Remarks by the Holy Father & Families,Appearances and performances including: Andrea Bocelli, ArethaFranklin, Juanes, The Fray, Marie Miller, Philadelphia Orchestra,Pennsylvania Ballet, Mark Wahlberg, Jim Caviezel + FinaleFestival of Families Main Program Streaming Replay — 21:30 – 00:00Sunday September 27, 2015Performances, Papal Parade & Mass at Eakins Oval — 16:00 – 18:00Choral and spiritual performances (incl. Philadelphia Orchestra),Papal parade on Parkway, Open-air Mass by the Holy FatherDeparture From Philadelphia International Airport — 19:30 – 20:00Arrival onto tarmac, Red carpet farewells, taxi & departure
