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
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies has been brewing hand-crafted progressive funk with sweet, caramelized ear-candy and subtle, nutty reggae overtones, filling a void on the children’s music scene since 2014.
With colorful hair and wacky costumes, bandleader Josh Friedman has brought new energy to the Bay Area children’s music scene with 2017’s My Purple Fox featured in Afternoon Snack, the band’s original children’s TV show, which took home that year’s national Hometown Media Award for Best Community TV Show by an Independent Producer. Their sophomore album, The Something of Love, in 2018, earned a Tillywig Top Fun Award and National Parenting Product (NAPPA) Award. The group’s 2019 release, Something’s Brewing… It’s Halloween!, a Latin rock and free jazz adventure; setting a new standard for sounds to lift spirits during spooky season.
The band’s live shows range from interactive musical performances at festivals or school assemblies to intimate acoustic accompaniment at benefits and other private events. While starting out primarily as a progressive funk-rock outfit with as many as twelve band members, Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies most often features Josh Friedman (vocals, ukulele), Kristen Cardiasmenos (guitar), Brett Warren (bass), and Justin Markovits (drums). Over the years, the quartet has evolved the band’s sound into a unique blend of progressive funk, playful dance-pop, and cheerful reggae with complex, percussive instrumentation and wholesome lyrics that center around themes such as kindness and respect.
