NYC Parks are Filled with the Sounds of Free Kids Music and More

6/27/07 - By Anna Fader
In addition to the free concerts and performances for kids in Madison Square Park, there is free programming at several other parks around Manhattan this summer. Union Square Park, Bryant Park and Washington Market Park all have free music and more to enjoy with the kids.

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Union Square Park's Summer in the Square Festival has live music, dance, kids programming, yoga and more every Wednesday, all summer long. The Festival kicks off today at 12:30 with Rebecca Frezza and Big Truck, kid rockers you might have already seen on Noggin. The free kids concert is followed by OM yoga classes and the day ends with Honky Tonk Band, The Nashville Attitude. Check out the full schedule to find more free kid shows, including AudraRox on July 18th. The Bryant Park Film Film Festival is pretty well known, but did you know that Bryant Park hosts events every day of the week in the summertime and most of it is very kid friendly? Monday night is films,then on Tuesday mornings there's Storytime readings followed by Classic Kids, performances of classical music by NYC kids. (want the real scoop on Private vs. Public compare Horace Mann's Harmannics with Marine Park Junior High.) On Saturdays children enjoy their favorite books and activities inspired by them in the Word for Word series. And, though not strictly for kids, at Thursday's Broadway in Bryant Park children will enjoy watching the biggest hits from Broadways biggest shows. Check out the full schedule. Washington Market Park's 2007 Summer Family Concert Series is not to be missed. Every Thursday NYC's hottest kid rockers play before a gaggle of happy picnicking families. So head over to Tribeca's beautiful little park for an evening of rockin' kid music. Tomorrow will be Hot Peas n' Butter with more great shows to follow every week this summer. How's that for free family fun for every night of the week?

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Anna Fader

Founder of Mommy Poppins

A fourth-generation Brooklynite, Anna started Mommy Poppins in 2007 to help families find the best things to do with kids in NYC, with a particular emphasis on sharing activities that are free, affordable, and enriching. The site, used by millions of families, has grown to become the ultimate resource for parents in the major US cities, plus travel guides for 100s of destinations.

Anna is a believer in the magic of summer camps, traveling with kids, and that you can raise kids on a budget and still have a rich life full of amazing memories. Anna's first Mommy Poppins book, The Young Traveler's Journal and Activity Book, published in 2025 and co-written with her daughter, Amelia Eigerman, brings that ethos to life, in addition to this website.