Smith’s Playground is Celebrating its 123rd Birthday with Cake and Games at Kidchella
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse welcomes back its popular Kidchella Music Festival featuring Grammy-nominated, Emmy-winning, and nationally acclaimed children’s music artists alongside local youth performers and community partners. This year’s remaining Kidchella dates are July 22, and August 19, with themes for Smith’s Birthday and Back to School. We’re looking forward to welcoming back hundreds of Philly kids and parents for games, activity stations, unstructured play, food trucks, and family-friendly jams. The Youth Arts Zone opens at 4pm, with pre-show acts starting at 5pm and the main bands taking the stage from 6-730pm.
Kidchella 2022 July and August
Friday, July 22: Ants on a Log + City Love (Smith’s Birthday)
Friday, August 19: Lucy Kalantari and 123 Andrés (Back to School)
Kidchella is a rain or shine event. Tickets are $12 per person (adults and children of walking age) or $6 for Smith members and ACCESS cardholders. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
Support for Kidchella provided in part by Bimbo, Brown’s Family ShopRite, and Herr’s.
Ants on a Log makes music for kids and kids at heart, songfully advocating for positivity, social justice, and silliness.
City Love is a West Philly-based social justice music and education group that spreads love, hope, dialogue, and healing.
Lucy Kalantari is a two-time GRAMMY winner whose music inspires community and highlights the power of resilience.
123 Andrés is a Latin GRAMMY award-winning duo that performs catchy songs to get the whole family dancing and learning in Spanish and English.
