Rock out this fall as we kick off our twelfth annual Tricycle Music Fest! Families are invited to the Library for unique early literacy experience. We are excited to host some of the best Grammy® winning and nominated artists in the category of children’s music. Plus, after each event, one lucky concertgoer will win a shiny red tricycle to roll away in style.
This year’s lineup includes the change making music of 2023 Grammy® award winners, Alphabet Rockers, with a kickoff concert the Merced Branch Library. They will also rock the the east side at Bernal Heights. Next up is a library favorite local band, La Familia Peña-Govea, who will be performing at Excelsior during Sunday Streets. The following weekend, catch them at Richmond Branch.
Proving that music and reading go hand in hand, 2015 Latin Grammy® winner and best-selling author, Lucky Diaz, will be sharing his music and writing at the Main Library and a special park performance at Parque Ninos Unidos (23nd St and Treat Ave).
Tricycle Music Fest wraps up with the progressive funk of Bay Area’s very own, Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies. They’ll share their sweet sounds at Portal Branch and give an encore performance the same day at Park Branch Open House.
2023 Line-Up
Alphabet Rockers
Saturday, October 7 at 11am at Merced Branch
Saturday, October 7 at 3pm at Bernal Heights Branch
La Familia Peña-Govea
Sunday, October 15 at 2pm at Excelsior Branch
Sunday, October 22 at 2pm at Richmond Branch
Lucky Diaz
Saturday, October 21 at 11am at Main Library, Main Children's Center
Saturday, October 28 at 3pm at Parque Niños Unidos (23rd St and Treat Ave)
Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies
Saturday, October 28 at 11am at Portola Branch
Saturday, Ocotober 28 at 3pm at Park Branch
GRAMMY Award-winning ALPHABET ROCKERS make music and content that makes change. Led by Kaitlin McGaw (she/her) and Tommy Soulati Shepherd (he/him/they), Alphabet Rockers create brave spaces to shape a more equitable world through hip hop. Alphabet Rockers’ music inspires kids and families to stand up to hate and be their brave and beautiful selves. Their 2018 GRAMMY-nominated album, Rise Shine #Woke, has reached 300,000 children and families since its release, inspiring kids to stand up to hate and be their brave and beautiful selves. Their 2020 GRAMMY-nominated album, The Love, lifts up voices of our trans, two-spirit and gender non-conforming community. THE MOVEMENT, their 2023 GRAMMY-winning album, amplifies restorative justice and is a soundtrack for a reimagined world of belonging and justice.
