5:30PM    Festival begins

5:45PM – 6:45PM KidsZone and Interactive Children’s Workshops

7:00PM – 8:15PM Main Stage

** KidZone features child and family focused interactive fun and games! Activities vary by day. Children can have their face painted, grab a balloon, make chalk drawings, make instruments, and color to their hearts content.

June 29, BOB BAKER MARIONETTES

Puppet magic for all ages, and one of the favorite children’s artists at Levitt Pavilion. Bob Baker Marionettes have entertained thousands of children and adults around the world. Come see the work of master puppeteers on the Levitt stage.

July 6, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

More Fraggles than Wiggles, more Soul Train than Thomas the Train, 23 Skidoo is equal parts Dr. Suess and Dr. Dre!

His albums and shows are a cornucopia of creativity, mixing a wide spectrum of genres into multi instrumental, musically sophisticated, lyrically intelligent house party classics. With an authentic feel that resonates from packed park jams in the South Bronx to sold out shows at The Smithsonian, 23 Skidoo is the pioneer of positive family Hip Hop music.

July 13, Rhythm Child

Rhythm Child’s brand of upbeat & honest music is a direct result of those early years and our positive global values have been shared across the country with performances ranging from center stage at LA’s Nokia Theatre to the south lawn of The White House.

July 20, Steve Songs

Also known as “Mr. Steve,” co-host of the PBS KIDS preschool destination that features the popular shows Curious George, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Super Why, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That and Peg + Cat, Steve Roslonek of SteveSongs has been writing and performing his award-winning music for kids and families for the past fifteen years. Steve blends participatory songs, clever stories and great melodies to create what the Boston Globe called “not just a musical journey but an entertaining, interactive and educational one.”

July 27, The Party Animals

Where else can you see a fox, a bear, a kangaroo, and a lion perform rock music for free? The Party Animals Live is an interactive Rock n Roll concert for kids. It’s four lovable characters: Kaiya the Kangaroo, Walter the Fox, Bandon the Bear and Lance the Lion invite the whole audience to come along on a musical journey as they prepare for Brandon the Bear’s surprise birthday party. Their witty banter and clever songs from their top selling album “Never Too Young To Rock n Roll” keeps the party rockin’ for both parent and child alike. 

August 3, Justin Roberts

Two-time GRAMMY Nominated, eight-time Parents’ Choice GOLD Award Winner Justin Roberts is truly one of the “all-stars” of the indie family music scene. For nearly 20 years, Roberts has been creating the soundtrack to families’ lives, helping kids navigate the joys and sorrows of growing up and parents remember their own childhoods. Along with his band, The Not Ready for Naptime Players, they have travelled the globe, from Hong Kong to New York, and Miami to Seattle.

August 10, Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band

Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band are the very first Americans to ever win a Latin GRAMMY in the children’s album category. This bilingual husband and wife duo have been named, “The face of kindie music” by the Washington Post, ‘SUPERSTARS’ by Red Tricycle, ‘The Rolling Stones of Kids Music’ by the Style Network, and PEOPLE Magazine called their album the #1 in COOLEST kids music! They create indie music sounds that are rooted in their whimsical child-friendly imaginations. Get ready to dance to their hip-shaking, head bopping music!

August 17, Lythgoe Family Panto

Lythgoe Family Panto are the exclusive producers of American Panto®. It is essentially Musical theatre which incorporates audience participation and pop songs. American Pantos® are based on fairytales that kids know and love but the humor within them is directed to the adults with topical jokes and local references. It’s a little like a pixar movie on stage! Panto is spreading accross America with 4 cities in 2017 and 6 planned for 2018.