Franco's Pizza Children's Concert Series
The KVIS Children’s Concert Series is held on Tuesday evenings for four or five consecutive weeks each summer. The Series is a favorite and well-loved family summer event with hundreds of people attending each concert and thousands attending the Series. The free concerts, held on the lawn of Kenmore Middle School, attract families from the Kenmore Tonawanda area and from all over WNY, even as far as Lockport, Hamburg, and southern Ontario.
Our goal in starting the Concert Series was to provide free family entertainment that would be a positive learning experience for children. We hoped to create a passive learning experience that would engage the whole child and adult through music. We strive each year to create a balanced Series that highlights many varied musical styles and eras from all over the world. We do this to help parents expose their children to the wide variety of musical sounds available while providing a fun, safe, and entertaining environment for experiencing them.
2019 Franco's Pizza Children's Concert Series Line-Up
This year marks the 10th year of the Series featuring a music journey with audience favorites and even an internationally known fiddler! The music is sure to be varied and so much fun! The Concerts are held on the lawn of Kenmore Middle School. They begin at 6:15 pm and end at 7:15 pm. Affordable dinner food is available to purchase -pizza, beverage, fruit cup, Anderson's ice cream sundae. Please bring chairs or blankets for seating. The Concert restroom is across the street at Kenmore United Methodist Church. If it rains the concerts are held at the Family Life Center at Kenmore United Methodist Church, 32 Landers Rd, Kenmore. Check our main facebook page for weather updates on the dates below -we'll post there if the concerts move indoors. www.facebook.com/kenmorevillage
To help celebrate 10 years of the Franco's Pizza Children's Concert Series, we'll be packing our bags and going on a little musical tour of Germany, France, the USA, and Scotland!
July 16: The Frankfurters – (Germany) You won't want to miss the "Oom-pa" fun of this audience favorite at our Series Opener Concert! The first 100 children will receive a free gift!
July 23: French Conexion – (France) We'll be feeling like we're at a Parisian bistro overlooking La Tour Eiffel or Notre Dame Cathedral when we're enjoying the music of this band!
July 30: Erie County Wind Ensemble – (USA) We're back the the United States for this concert as we thrill to the incredibly exciting sounds of over 75 practiced musicians at this concert featuring brass, woodwinds, percussion, and more!
August 6: Mari Black & Ensemble – (Scotland) Mari is Scotland's Glenfiddich Fiddle Champion. Known internationally as one of the best fiddler players world wide, she will thrill us with foot stomping and heart warming tunes. This is also our Little Night Out Celebration featuring Kenmore Police and Fire Departments at the Concert.
Our goal in starting the Concert Series was to provide free family entertainment that would be a positive learning experience for children. We hoped to create a passive learning experience that would engage the whole child and adult through music. We strive each year to create a balanced Series that highlights many varied musical styles and eras from all over the world. We do this to help parents expose their children to the wide variety of musical sounds available while providing a fun, safe, and entertaining environment for experiencing them.
2019 Franco's Pizza Children's Concert Series Line-Up
This year marks the 10th year of the Series featuring a music journey with audience favorites and even an internationally known fiddler! The music is sure to be varied and so much fun! The Concerts are held on the lawn of Kenmore Middle School. They begin at 6:15 pm and end at 7:15 pm. Affordable dinner food is available to purchase -pizza, beverage, fruit cup, Anderson's ice cream sundae. Please bring chairs or blankets for seating. The Concert restroom is across the street at Kenmore United Methodist Church. If it rains the concerts are held at the Family Life Center at Kenmore United Methodist Church, 32 Landers Rd, Kenmore. Check our main facebook page for weather updates on the dates below -we'll post there if the concerts move indoors. www.facebook.com/kenmorevillage
To help celebrate 10 years of the Franco's Pizza Children's Concert Series, we'll be packing our bags and going on a little musical tour of Germany, France, the USA, and Scotland!
July 16: The Frankfurters – (Germany) You won't want to miss the "Oom-pa" fun of this audience favorite at our Series Opener Concert! The first 100 children will receive a free gift!
July 23: French Conexion – (France) We'll be feeling like we're at a Parisian bistro overlooking La Tour Eiffel or Notre Dame Cathedral when we're enjoying the music of this band!
July 30: Erie County Wind Ensemble – (USA) We're back the the United States for this concert as we thrill to the incredibly exciting sounds of over 75 practiced musicians at this concert featuring brass, woodwinds, percussion, and more!
August 6: Mari Black & Ensemble – (Scotland) Mari is Scotland's Glenfiddich Fiddle Champion. Known internationally as one of the best fiddler players world wide, she will thrill us with foot stomping and heart warming tunes. This is also our Little Night Out Celebration featuring Kenmore Police and Fire Departments at the Concert.
“The concert series is fabulous! Thank you for putting this awesome community event on each year!”
“The concerts are so much fun, the perfect time and length, and I recommend them to all my friends.”
“We look forward to these shows every year. My daughter always points out the school as the "place with the concerts" when we drive by and has been doing so for over a year. If you made a 3 year old remember, you must be doing something right!”
“The concerts were tremendous fun for my son and me. I think it started and ended at ideal times. We started to recognize fellow regular attendees, and even reconnected with some old friends.”
“The concerts are so much fun, the perfect time and length, and I recommend them to all my friends.”
“We look forward to these shows every year. My daughter always points out the school as the "place with the concerts" when we drive by and has been doing so for over a year. If you made a 3 year old remember, you must be doing something right!”
“The concerts were tremendous fun for my son and me. I think it started and ended at ideal times. We started to recognize fellow regular attendees, and even reconnected with some old friends.”
Franco’s Pizza Sponsorship
Franco’s Pizza has been a primary supporter of the Children’s Concert Series since the very first Series. Franco’s great generosity, vision, and dedication to giving this wonderful gift to local families is truly amazing and heart warming. For several years now Franco’s has been the naming sponsor of the concerts and we are proud to have their continued support for the Franco’s Pizza Children’s Concert Series.
Franco’s Pizza has been a primary supporter of the Children’s Concert Series since the very first Series. Franco’s great generosity, vision, and dedication to giving this wonderful gift to local families is truly amazing and heart warming. For several years now Franco’s has been the naming sponsor of the concerts and we are proud to have their continued support for the Franco’s Pizza Children’s Concert Series.
How can I perform at the Children's Concert Series?
The musicians chosen to perform the Children’s concerts must provide the materials below to be considered to be included in the Series; only those who have previous experience performing for children are considered. We strive to create a balanced Series and consider this not just in what we plan annually for each Series but what the Series previous featured as well.
The musicians chosen to perform the Children’s concerts must provide the materials below to be considered to be included in the Series; only those who have previous experience performing for children are considered. We strive to create a balanced Series and consider this not just in what we plan annually for each Series but what the Series previous featured as well.
- List of where/who you've performed for in the past including three references; please only include performances for children.
- A description of the type of music you perform.
- The number of people and instruments in your group.
- The cost of a one hour performance.
- A link to someplace online where we can see an example of your performance