“We play the happiest music there is,” claims the Peninsula Banjo Band. For over 40 years the group has pursued its mission of preserving the 4-string banjo and the music associated with it. Charlie Tagawa, leader, is a member of the National Four-string Banjo Hall of Fame.
The group is open to new members, and offers scholarships to people of any age who want to learn the four string banjo or the gutbucket (wash tub bass.) The public is invited to attend practices: see www.peninsulabanjoband.com for info.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Former member of the popular 60’s rock group, “The Sons of Champlin,” Tim is now creating and performing acoustic music especially for children ages 3-8. Tim also offers himself as an example for kids: paralyzed with polio at age 7, he believes children benefit from seeing him as “just a regular person whose legs don’t work” who loves music as much as they do!
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Bring your healthy lunch and join us in the outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for the danceable, joyful rhythms of Zimbabwe. This upbeat band features a blend of soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass marimbas, drums, gourd shakers, and vocals…and appeals to people of all ages.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Enormously silly, creative, interactive, and educational, Doctor Noize sings and plays his award winning interactive songz on his Big Collection of Instrumentz & Whatchama Gadgetz, interactively recording and arranging songz live with his audience of Misunderstood Geniuses. And you’ll be the first to hear songs from the newest soon-to-be-released Dr. Noize album, “Phineas McBoof Crashes the Symphony!”
Doctor Noize has earned rave reviews nationwide (“Imaginative!” says Grammy.com). His song “Banana” was a number 1 hit, and his children’s single “Welcome to Grammaropolis” rose to number 6 on XM Kids Radio’s top ten chart. Doctor Noize is also the author of children’s book “The Ballad of Phineas McBoof.” His newest album, featured today, will be released at a free record release party at 3pm this Saturday at the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer! Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter.
The Stanford Savoyards have proudly been presenting the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan on the Stanford University campus since 1973. The company is student-run and cast and crew opportunities are open to the public. Join us and find out why this music has delighted people since 1871!
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Popular children’s songs, fun traditional songs, and creative original tunes add up to one lively interactive show that instantly engages the audience!
Named “Best of the Best” by Bay Area Parent Magazine in 2008, Jump for Joy Music won the 2007 Children’s Web Music Award for their CD “Singing! Singing!”
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer! Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter.
Party with David Sharpe, Wonder the Kangaroo, Robbie the Robot, Scary Bug, and the PapaHugs crew as they play heart-warming songs infused with rock, blues, andcountry. Their 2012 CD Are We There Yet was nominated for a Grammy for Best Children’s Album.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer! Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter.
Andy Z delights kids and kids-at-heart with his musical adventures. Audiences are captivated by his easy-going, fun and infectious musical style which combines his passion for music with his love of storytelling, character voices, and performance. Andy is a Santa Choice Award winner.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Using a combination of humor, fantasy, and reality, singer/songwriters Sandi and Stevie help teach kids about the habits of our creature friends while encouraging us to live in harmony with them.
Awards include Diablo Magazine: Best Performance For Kids, KIDiddles Hall of Fame: Best in Children’s Music, Bay Area Parent Family Favorite Gold Medal Winners, Diablo Editor’s Pick: Best Children’s Entertainment-Best of the East Bay.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Using a combination of humor, fantasy, and reality, singer/songwriters Sandi and Stevie help teach kids about the habits of our creature friends while encouraging us to live in harmony with them.
Awards include Diablo Magazine: Best Performance For Kids, KIDiddles Hall of Fame: Best in Children’s Music, Bay Area Parent Family Favorite Gold Medal Winners, Diablo Editor’s Pick: Best Children’s Entertainment-Best of the East Bay.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Participants in Summer of Service, the Museum’s award-winning community service-based summer camp, have created some fun activities for you. Look for them in the outdoor Amphitheatre.
Celebrate the Fourth with us. Learn a little about what our founding fathers might have been like as children in the fanciful film “John, Paul, George, and Ben,” make “sparklers” for your evening festivities, stomp up a storm at our annual “Faux Fireworks” Bubble Wrap Stomp, and stay for the free concert and world-class fireworks right here in Discovery Meadow!
San Jose Rotary Fireworks
Once again the Rotary Club of San Jose will be hosting world-class fireworks in Discovery Meadow on July 4th. Park once to visit the Museum, and stay Downtown for the festivities! Find out about the schedule and street closures by visiting the Rotary Fireworks website.
Celebrate the Fourth with us! Make “sparklers” for your evening festivities, and stomp up a storm at our annual “Faux Fireworks” Bubble Wrap Stomp!
San Jose Rotary Fireworks
Once again the Rotary Club of San Jose will be hosting world-class fireworks in Discovery Meadow on July 4th. Park once to visit the Museum, and stay Downtown for the festivities! Find out about the schedule and street closures by visiting the Rotary Fireworks website.
Multiple performances today at 12:15, 1:30, and 3:00.
Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water. Did you ever wonder why Potter feels so strongly about drinking water? This original, live, interactive play tells that story! Join us and find out more about the lovable Potter and his adventures.
Made possible through the generosity of
Alison Faith Levy, formerly “Sippy Alison” of the Sippy Cups and writer of Magic Toast, The Jellyfish, and other popular songs, returns to children’s music after a period of grown-up success with the Americana band, McCabe & Mrs. Miller. With “World of Wonder,” her children’s album which is being adapted into a full-length stage musical, and her newest release, “The Start of Things,” Levy has been enthusiastically welcomed back by young music lovers!
