About the Event
The Kenmore Children’s Concert Series is a free music series held each summer in the Village of Kenmore, and the only children's concert series in Western New York! This year's concert series will be held each Tuesday at 6:15pm from July 12 through August 2, 2022. 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.
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.
This Year's Concert Lineup
July 12: Mama Earth's Kitchen Band: Join in the Trees & Bees Bumble! Special gift to the first 200 children.
July 19: Fredtown Stompers: Dance the evening away with the hotsy-totsy sounds of this Ragtime band!
July 26: French ConéXion: 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!
August 2: Thrill to the exciting sounds of over 50 practiced musicians at this concert featuring brass, woodwinds, percussion, and more!
July 19: Fredtown Stompers: Dance the evening away with the hotsy-totsy sounds of this Ragtime band!
July 26: French ConéXion: 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!
August 2: Thrill to the exciting sounds of over 50 practiced musicians at this concert featuring brass, woodwinds, percussion, and more!
“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.” |
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. |
Want to perform at the 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.
- 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
Become a Sponsor
We invite you to become a Children's Concert Series sponsor. By doing so, you will show that your business cares for the well being of WNY families and children. There are four different levels of sponsorship:
Really Rockin Great Sponsor!
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Jazzy Sponsor
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Classical Sponsor
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Country Sponsor
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In lieu of cash, we are also able to offer sponsorship levels for payment in kind for your product or service. Please contact Melissa Foster if you're interested in becoming an In-Kind Sponsor.
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