diff --git a/app/controllers/venue.js b/app/controllers/venue.js
index 4648832..9c11ac5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/venue.js
+++ b/app/controllers/venue.js
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ class VenueController extends SiteController {
     const welcomeLimiter = limiterService.createMiddleware(limiterService.config.welcome);
 
     const router = express.Router();
+
+    router.use(this.dtp.services.venue.channelMiddleware());
+
     this.dtp.app.use('/venue', welcomeLimiter, async (req, res, next) => {
       res.locals.currentView = 'venue';
       return next();
diff --git a/app/services/venue.js b/app/services/venue.js
index 66bc3ba..681402c 100644
--- a/app/services/venue.js
+++ b/app/services/venue.js
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class VenueService extends SiteService {
           return next();
         }
         res.locals.shingChannelFeed = await this.getChannelFeed(res.locals.site.shingChannelSlug, { allowCache: true });
+        res.locals.shingChannelStatus = await this.getChannelStatus(res.locals.site.shingChannelSlug, { allowCache: true });
+        this.log.debug('channel status', { status: res.locals.shingChannelStatus });
         return next();
       } catch (error) {
         this.log.error('failed to populate Shing.tv channel feed', { error });
@@ -34,29 +36,50 @@ class VenueService extends SiteService {
   async getChannelFeed (channelSlug, options) {
     const { cache: cacheService } = this.dtp.services;
     const cacheKey = `venue:ch:${channelSlug}`;
-
-    options = Object.assign({
-      allowCache: true,
-    }, options);
+    options = Object.assign({ allowCache: true }, options);
 
     let json;
     if (options.allowCache) {
       json = await cacheService.getObject(cacheKey);
-      if (json) {
-        return json;
-      }
+      if (json) { return json; }
     }
 
+    this.log.info('fetching Shing channel feed', { channelSlug });
     const response = await fetch(`https://shing.tv/channel/${channelSlug}/feed/json`);
     if (!response.ok) {
       throw new SiteError(500, 'Failed to fetch Shing channel feed');
     }
-    json = await response.json();
 
+    json = await response.json();
     await cacheService.setObjectEx(cacheKey, CACHE_DURATION, json);
 
     return json;
   }
+
+  async getChannelStatus (channelSlug, options) {
+    const { cache: cacheService } = this.dtp.services;
+    const cacheKey = `venue:ch:${channelSlug}:status`;
+    options = Object.assign({ allowCache: true }, options);
+
+    let json;
+    if (options.allowCache) {
+      json = await cacheService.getObject(cacheKey);
+      if (json) { return json; }
+    }
+
+    this.log.info('fetching Shing channel status', { channelSlug });
+    const response = await fetch(`https://shing.tv/channel/${channelSlug}/status`);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new SiteError(500, 'Failed to fetch Shing channel status');
+    }
+
+    json = await response.json();
+
+    const { channel } = json;
+    await cacheService.setObjectEx(cacheKey, 10, channel);
+
+    return channel;
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/app/views/components/navbar.pug b/app/views/components/navbar.pug
index ca5e25d..8f8bba1 100644
--- a/app/views/components/navbar.pug
+++ b/app/views/components/navbar.pug
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 include ../user/components/profile-icon
 
+- var isLive = shingChannelStatus && shingChannelStatus.isLive;
+
 nav(uk-navbar).uk-navbar-container.uk-position-fixed.uk-position-top
   .uk-navbar-left
     .uk-navbar-item
@@ -25,9 +27,12 @@ nav(uk-navbar).uk-navbar-container.uk-position-fixed.uk-position-top
       if site.shingWidgetKey && site.shingChannelSlug
         li(class={ 'uk-active': currentView === 'venue' })
           a(href="/venue", title= "Live")
-            span
-              i.fas.fa-tv
-            span(class="uk-visible@m").uk-margin-small-left Live
+            if isLive
+              span 🔴
+            else
+              span
+                i.fas.fa-tv
+            span(class="uk-visible@m").uk-margin-small-left= isLive ? 'Live Now' : 'Live'
 
       each menuItem in mainMenu
         li(class={ 'uk-active': (pageSlug === menuItem.slug) })
diff --git a/app/views/components/page-sidebar.pug b/app/views/components/page-sidebar.pug
index d0916c8..04c0a3a 100644
--- a/app/views/components/page-sidebar.pug
+++ b/app/views/components/page-sidebar.pug
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 include ../announcement/components/announcement
 
+- var isLive = !!shingChannelStatus && shingChannelStatus.isLive && !!shingChannelStatus.liveEpisode;
+
 mixin renderSidebarEpisode(episode)
   .uk-card.uk-card-default.uk-card-small.uk-card-hover
 
@@ -25,6 +27,33 @@ mixin renderPageSidebar ( )
   //-
   //- Shing.tv Channel Integration
   //-
+  if isLive
+    .uk-margin
+      +renderSectionTitle('Live Now!', {
+        label: 'Tune In',
+        title: shingChannelStatus.name,
+        url: '/venue',
+      })
+
+      .uk-card.uk-card-default.uk-card-small.uk-card-hover.uk-margin
+        if shingChannelStatus.liveThumbnail
+          .uk-card-media-top
+            a(href="/venue")
+              img(
+                src= shingChannelStatus.liveThumbnail.url,
+                onerror=`this.src = '${shingChannelStatus.thumbnailUrl}';`,
+                title="Tune in now",
+              )
+        if shingChannelStatus.liveEpisode && shingChannelStatus.liveEpisode.title
+          .uk-card-body
+            .uk-card-title.uk-margin-remove.uk-text-truncate
+              a(href="/venue", uk-tooltip= `Watch "${shingChannelStatus.liveEpisode.title}" now!`)= shingChannelStatus.liveEpisode.title
+            .uk-text-small
+              div(uk-grid).uk-grid-small.uk-flex-between
+                .uk-width-auto
+                  div Started: #{moment(shingChannelStatus.liveEpisode.created).fromNow()}
+                .uk-width-auto #[i.fas.fa-eye] #{formatCount(shingChannelStatus.liveEpisode.stats.currentViewerCount)}
+
   if shingChannelFeed && Array.isArray(shingChannelFeed.items) && (shingChannelFeed.items.length > 0)
     .uk-margin
       +renderSectionTitle(shingChannelFeed.title, {