KindieFest 2012 will take place from April 27 to 29, 2012, at Littlefield in Brooklyn. It’s the place for everyone involved in music for kids and families.
KindieFest is the world’s first-ever family music conference that fully embraces today’s market in all its diversity. Focusing exclusively on music for kids and families, KindieFest is back this spring for a packed weekend centered around the fastest growing aspect of the music business: family entertainment.
KindieFest offers a unique opportunity for industry members, musicians, kids’ promotion and media professionals and talent buyers to learn, grow and play together. Get on the inside track of this growing corner of the music industry.
KindieFest attendees will benefit from an exciting, broad agenda, including: panel discussions, small group conversations, networking opportunities, an industry-only showcase and a public music festival.
KindieFest changed my life. I’ve been playing kids’ music on the radio for almost 30 years, and attending KindieFest excited me about the next 30 years of this musical genre that grows better every year. The camaraderie of artists and others, the sharing of information and ideas, and the panels bringing experts and newbies together combine to create an inspiring and valuable experience. It’s more than a networking event. KindieFest is an inspirational weekend dedicated to the artists creating tomorrow’s music today. It’s the showcases that changed my life, though. I returned to WXPN from KindieFest with renewed enthusiasm for my mission to share great music with my family audience. KindieFest is networking heaven for artists, presenters, and people like me who share the music. Attending could change your life.
- Kathy O’Connell, WXPN Kids Corner
KindieFest was a great experience for us. Kindie bands working together and playing together was inspiring. All for the benefit of our future rockstars!
- Brian Vander Ark, The Verve Pipe
I look forward to KindieFest every year. We’ve discovered some of our core artists through the showcases, we’ve learned [and laughed] a ton during the honest and insightful panel discussions that focus on issues unique to the world of family music, and we’ve met some amazing people who have become colleagues that I can’t even imagine not working with on a regular basis. Did I mention that it’s also like going to a Class Reunion Summer Camp with all of the people you wish you had gone to high school with? The whole atmosphere is so welcoming, casual, and fun, that I recommend it to anyone even thinking about getting involved in this nutty business.
- Mindy Thomas, Program Director, SIRIUS/XM’s Kids Place Live
KindieFest 2011 will take place from April 27 to 29, 2012, at Littlefield NYC in Brooklyn, New York. Littlefield is located at 622 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue in the Gowanus (Park Slope) neighborhood.
Friday night, April 27: We’ll have an opening networking reception and a keynote address.
Saturday, April 28: We’ll have panels throughout the day. Subjects will vary and cover a wide spectrum of topics related to the kindie industry, including how to make your own scene, the intersection of children’s literature and family music, building a two-tiered career, empowering your fans, collaboration, and much more. That night, we’ll have an industry-only showcase and party — with pizza! — another great chance to network and discuss what you saw throughout the day!
Sunday, April 29: We’ll have a separately ticketed public family music festival with some of the best in the family music world!
Panels, panelists, and performers will be announced soon. If you want to learn how to apply to perform in the showcase or festival, click here.
For $95 you’ll be able to attend our Friday evening reception and keynote, the panels at the conference on Saturday and the Saturday evening industry-only showcase. (We’ll also serve pizza during the showcase; that’s included in your registration.) This fee does not include the Sunday festival, which will be separately ticketed.
