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KPBX Kids' Concerts

0000017b-f971-ddf0-a17b-fd73f3be0000For 25 years, KPBX Kids' Concerts have brought different genres of music and performances to generations of children. These family concerts are at the heart of the station's mission to provide music awareness and entertainment to our listening region, which compliments our on-air programming.Eight free one-hour concerts are held throughout the year at rotating venues. At each concert, attendees may be treated to a mix of music and historical information. Each KPBX Kids' Concert highlights a musical style. Past concerts have featured classical, jazz, big band, folk, bluegrass, latin, calypso, reggae, klezmer, rockabilly, and lots more.ALL KPBX KIDS' CONCERTS ARE FREE.

KPBX Kids' Concert Thank You! An American Celebration

Spokane Public Radio

Published December 21, 2020 at 3:33 PM PST

Spokane Public Radio would like to thank everyone involved in our latest KPBX Kids’ Concert.

Thanks to:

The Spokane Piston & Rotary Club and host Verne Windham.
SPARC members: John Church, Kit Cutler, Jerry Olson and Leonard Byrne.
Event donors Harvard Park Children's Learning Center North, Sayre, Sayre & Fossum, Attorneys at Law and Rocket Bakeries – with a grant from the Johnston-Fix Foundation.
Helen Byrne and Manito Presbyterian Church.
Spokane Public Radio members like you.

Rearrange the furniture and practice your moves for our upcoming annual KPBX Kids’ Concert Celtic dance party with Floating Crowbar, Saturday, March 6, 1 p.m. on 91.1, stream online, on your devices, or smart speakers.

The Spokane Piston & Rotary Club kicked off the 2021 season of KPBX Kids' Concerts with a celebration of American music Saturday, January 16th at 1 p.m. on KPBX 91.1.

SPARC is a 4 piece low brass ensemble. Performers include John Church, Leonard Byrne, Jerry Olson, and Kit Cutler. They’ve been performing in the Inland Northwest for many years on tubas and euphoniums at a variety of events and venues including previous KPBX Kids’ Concerts.

This celebration of American music will include pieces by John Philip Sousa, George M. Cohen, Julia Ward Howe, Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, WC Handy, Woody Guthrie, Henry Mancini, and more.