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 wishes 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 Schedule Saturday September 26, 2015 Arrival at Philadelphia International Airport — 09:30 – 10:00 First appearance of flight, landing, taxi, disembark, greetings, departure for downtown Arrival at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul — 10:00 – 10:15 Arrival, greetings and spontaneous interaction, entrance and initial procession, interaction with attendees Mass at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul — 10:30 – 12:30 Full processional, mass, recessional to chapel Independence Mall Pre-Show — 12:30 – 16:00 Local cultural performances, readings and remarks Independence Mall Main Program — 16:00 – 17:00 Papal parade, blessing of cross, Philly Pops Ensemble, Remarks by the Holy Father, motorcade departure Festival of Families Pre-Show — 17:00 – 19:00 Remarks and performances, including Jim Gaffigan, Sister Sledge, Matt Maher and Jackie Evancho Festival of Families Main Program — 19:00 – 21:30 Parade on Parkway, Remarks by the Holy Father & Families, Appearances and performances including: Andrea Bocelli, Aretha Franklin, Juanes, The Fray, Marie Miller, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pennsylvania Ballet, Mark Wahlberg, Jim Caviezel + Finale Festival of Families Main Program Streaming Replay — 21:30 – 00:00 Sunday September 27, 2015 Performances, Papal Parade & Mass at Eakins Oval — 16:00 – 18:00 Choral and spiritual performances (incl.
Philadelphia Orchestra), Papal parade on Parkway, Open-air Mass by the Holy Father Departure From Philadelphia International Airport — 19:30 – 20:00 Arrival onto tarmac, Red carpet farewells, taxi & departure
