The Hoboken Music Festival

There is a going to be a serious kids’ music jam on Saturday. Six great groups are being squeezed into three hours to save the music program at PS 154. The performers include: Lloyd Miller of The Deedle Deedle Dees, Fati & Charles, Pete Sinjin, Neon White, Moona Luna, and a free for all Jam with the amazing percussionist Neil Ochoa. Plus there will be an Amazon obstacle course, an inflatable bouncy castle, and lots of yummy food.  Head over to Hoboken on Sunday for the Hoboken Arts and Music Festival where there will be more than 200 artists, local vendors and kids performances, including concerts by Erin Lee and the Up Past Bedtime Band and a magic show from Oakie Dokie Clown. Seeing Laurie Berkner live is something everyone should do at least once. She’s back in NY at Town Hall to perform songs from her newer CD Rocketship Run. If more low key is your speed this weekend, take a stroll to the The 5th Avenue Park Slope Farmers Market and hear Rolie Polie Guacamole jam. They were great at Atlantic Antic- and surprised a lot of festival goers with their funny lyrics and catchy tunes.

Friday October 1st

11:00 am:Weekly Sing-along with Lloyd Miller
Lloyd is back from the summer break to entertain and educate children and adults at his weekly sing-along.
Details: Knitting Factory 361 Metropolitan Ave (at Havemeyer St) Cost: $3

4:00 pm: Miss Nina Sing-a-long
Sing classic children’s songs and books with the effervescent Miss Nina.
Details: Birch 7 E. 27th Street (Inside the Gershwin Hotel) Cost: $5/child

8:00 pm: Juan-Carlos Formell and Johnny’s Dream Club
Grammy nominated Juan-Carlos Formell brings his own vision of Cuban music with his group Johnny’s Dream Club. I like his brief description of his journey, “from REBEL to REFUGEE to GRAMMY NOMINEE.” Part of Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood Concert series.
Details: Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th St)  Cost: Free

Saturday October 2nd

10:00 am: Junior Jam Benefit
This event features face painting, a bake sale and a Junior Jam concert. Proceeds benefit The Emre Fund, which supports local institutions as well as international causes.
Details: The Grosvenor Neighborhood House 176 West 105th St (at Amsterdam Ave)  Cost: $12 per person, $30 per family

11:00 am: Meet the Artist: Astrograss
Hey, this is classy. Brooklyn-based Astrograss performs at Lincoln Center. They will fit in with all the great musicians except they will be rocking bluegrass not classical.
Details: Lincoln Center at the David Rubenstein Atrium (Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets) Cost: Free

1:00 pm: Jon Samson Presents CoCreative Music
Come sing, dance and create with Jon Samson and his immediately catchy, immediately interactive music.
Details: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch  Grand Army Plaza (at Flatbush Ave) Cost: Free

1:00 pm: PS 154 School Yard Jam
There is a going to be a serious kids music jam on Saturday. Six great groups squeezed into three hours including Lloyd Miller of The Deedle Deedle Dees, Fati & Charles, Pete Sinjin, Neon White, Moona Luna, and a free for all Jam with the amazing percussionist Neil Ochoa. Plus there will be an Amazon obstacle course, an inflatable bouncy castle, and lots of yummy food. PLUS, it’s all for a great cause which is saving the music program at PS 154. I’ll really looking forward to it!
Details: PS 154 1625 11th Ave (between Windsor St and Sherman St) Cost: $5 suggested donation. Jam until 4:00 pm

2:00 pm: Music from Argentina
Enjoy romantic music from Argentina featuring guitarist, composer, and vocalist Horacio Laguna with percussionist Brandon Passarelli.
Details: Toddler Learning Center – Queens Library: Steinway Branch  21-45 31st Street

3:00 pm: NY Chamber Soloists: The Chess Game
The NY Chamber Soloists perform a family concert based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and her adventures on the Red Queen’s chess board, with a little taste of Aesop’s Fables tossed in for good “measure.”
Details: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue Cost: $30 Order tickets in advance.

Sunday October 3rd

11:00 am: Laurie Berkner Band Birthday Party Concert
Seeing Laurie live is something everyone should do at least once. She’s back in NY to perform songs from her newer CD Rocketship Run.
Details: Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street   Cost: $25-$35; Babies (under age 1) seated in adult’s lap, free

11:00 am: Outside Voices: The Pop Ups CD Release Party
The Pop Ups Jacob Stein and Jason Rabinowitz have put together a puppet show, great hip and kid friendly songs, that must add up to a great time. Check out their new CD, Outside Voices.
Details: 92YTribeca 200 Hudson Street  Cost: $15; Children under 2, free

11:00 am: Hoboken Arts and Music Festival
Check out more than 200 artists, local vendors and kids performances, including concerts by Erin Lee and the Up Past Bedtime Band and a magic show from Oakie Dokie Clown. Rain or shine. All ages.
Details: Washington St (between Observer Hwy and 7th St) Cost: Free Until 6:00 pm

12:00 pm: Bowery Kids: Ernie and Neal
Philly duo Ernie and Neal rock the Bowery Kids stage with dance tunes that nod to diverse sounds and genres from Aerosmith to Lynyrd Skynyrd to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Details: Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery Cost: $10

1:00 pm: The Americana Family Jamboree
Boo and Elena from the Demolition String Band give folk and country classics new acoustic life. Kids can practice hoedown steps while hearing the duo’s takes on hits by Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, the Carter Family and Johnny Cash. Ages 1 to 10.
Details: Rodeo Bar 375 Third Ave (at 27th St)  Cost: Free

2:00 pm: A Family Concert with Tom Chapin
I never really got Tom Chapin but he’s still doing his thing and now he’s writing for families. We love the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts and this Target sponsored series.
Details: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts 2900 Campus Road  Cost: $6 in advance; $7 at the door

3:00 pm: Rolie Polie Guacamole Sing a Long!
What a perfect marriage! Rolie Polie Guacamole at a greenmarket. The perfect kid jam band starts a weekly stand at the Farmer’s Market.
Details: The 5th Avenue Park Slope Farmers Market 5th Avenue and 4th St. Cost: Free

3:00 pm: Sunday Concerts @ Central: Najib Bahri & El Amal
Folkloric music and dance of Tunisia take center stage with master percussionist Najib Bahri, and guest artists Hanna Madbek with dancer Tipshuda.
Details: Queens Library: Central Library branch 89-11 Merrick Boulevard

4:00 pm: Niko’s Kids Concert
Niko’s Kids, a band led by Brooklyn-based artist, musician, and Music Together teacher Nikolai Moderbacher, performs tunes from its children’s CD, Tabula Rasa.
Details: City Treehouse 129A W 20th Street Ground Floor  Cost: $20/Child in advance; $20 at the door

(Many thanks to Go City Kids.com, TONY Kids, NY Metro Parents, and Mommy Poppins for listing info!)

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Our music reviewer and listings editor, Charles Mister is part of the dynamic duo Fati & Charles, called Abbasubi. They perform songs for children in Spanish from their original CD, El Baile del Sombrero. Fati, originally from Argentina & Charles, a native of Brooklyn, live in Midwood, Brooklyn with their two children who they are raising bilingually and who were the inspiration for the CD.

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