Our annual spring songwriting showcase is a unique opportunity for our students to perform in public, plugged-in like pros. Each year, students ages 3+ perform their original songs at City Winery NYC for a sold out audience of families and musicians. Em’ceed by Blue Balloon students themselves, this is not your average music recital, and it’s often listed in the New York Times (no big deal!). It’s the highlight of our year!

What THE NEW YORK TIMES has to say about our past showcases:

"The Knitting Factory has been host to many boundary-pushing musicians. That will still be true [on Sunday], but these artists will be younger than usual, and they’ll be redefining the limits of what children can do. All are students at Blue Balloon Songwriting for Small People, a school that the songwriter, performer and former teacher Rachel Lipson founded with the goal of letting children master instruments by writing their own songs.”

- THE NEW YORK TIMES