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Kindiefest 2010: Brooklyn's Family Music Festival

4/29/10 - By charlotte

There's no reason kids should get left out of the all-day music festival scene. Kindiefest is a three day festival of kids music. The first two days are industry only (talks, panels, and showcases around today's family music market), but the third day is a huge public family music festival with tickets just $15 for all six shows.

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This Sunday, May 2, from Noon-4pm, six great family music talents will perform. The lineup for Sunday is: Ralph Covert, Clementown, Bill Harley, Recess Monkey, Royal Order of Chords and Keys, and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo.

Click through to their webpages, so you can check out the tunes before you go. Some of my personal favorites are "I'm Not Tired" by Ralph Covert and "Cookies and Milk" by one of the winners, Royal Order of Chords and Keys.

Kindiefest
Sunday, May 2
Littlefield NYC
622 Degraw St, Brooklyn
Tickets are $15 (infants are free) --Be sure to get your tickets ahead of time
Doors open at 11:30am, Festival from Noon-4pm
For more information, visit kindiefest.com



About the Author

Charlotte Cusumano - Editorial Assistant

Charlotte was born in Staten Island, attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts, then Hunter College, and currently lives in her home borough. Although her heart is in New York, Charlotte and her husband-to-be are on a quest to visit all 50 states (we'll have set foot in at least 33 of them by the end of 2011!). When she's not working on Mommy Poppins, she's writing on her tumblr.

More About Charlotte

What do you read when you aren't reading Mommy Poppins?   
I'm one of the few twenty-somethings that still reads magazines. I'm talking print. New York is my favorite by far. I do go online, of course. I frequently visit Serious Eats, Slate, Gawker and various tumblrs.

What do you want to do when you grow up?   
Be an editor! A chef! A travel writer! I'm still pretty undecided.

What's your favorite thing about raising kids in NYC?
I'm not a mom—yet. But I was raised here, so I can say with confidence that families can do anything and expose their kids to everything in this amazing city.
 

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