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
Lucky Diaz is a bilingual, songwriting, taco-eating,multi–Latin Grammy Award–winning and six-time Emmy–nominated musician, children’s television personality and author. As a first generation Mexican-American and self-proclaimed Pocho, Lucky is honored to be a representative for diversity and inclusion in children’s media.His work has been praised by NPR, Billboard magazine,People Magazine and the New YorkTimes.He is a Parent’s Choice Gold Award and NAPPA Award winner. In 2020,his album Buenos Diaz was named an official selection of notable works for children by the American Library Association.Lucky’s debut picture book, Paletero Man, has been celebrated with a Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, Publisher’s Weekly Star and Book List Star. His next picture book, La Guitarrista, released to wide acclaim in May2023 on Harper Collins.He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Alisha, daughter, Indiana Maven and their dog, Django.
