About Tricycle Music Fest West

The San Francisco Public Library and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library present the first ever Tricycle Music Fest West, the biggest little music fest in San Francisco, combining seven libraries, five entertainers and a month of shaking, rattling and rolling for kids around the City.

Taking place this October, Tricycle Music Fest West features free entertainment at six branch libraries from the coolest kindie rock bands in the Bay Area, and a rollicking block party and music fest on the Fulton Street side of the Main Library on October 10.

The lineup of top performers on Oct. 10 includes: Frances England, The Hipwaders, The Time Outs, Charity and the JAMband, and The Devil-Ettes with Pip Squeak A Go Go. In addition, six branch libraries—Glen Park, Ingleside, Marina, Portola, Richmond and Western Addition—will hold mini concerts throughout the month, providing even more ways to rock out at the library.

“We know that early literacy skills for children are greatly enhanced by the addition of music, so we are thrilled to bring these fantastic artists to our libraries to engage our youngest patrons with the written word along with rocking music,’’ said Christy Estrovitz, early literacy specialist for San Francisco Public Library.

Families are among the Library’s most active users and Tricycle Music Fest West is an opportunity to acknowledge their support as well as to highlight the value of the Library as a source for entertainment, information and inspiration.

The Tricycle Music Fest was created by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in 2007 and has since become a popular annual concert series celebrating families, community and libraries. San Francisco’s Tricycle Music Fest West brings the concert series to the West Coast for the first time and features the best kindie rock bands of the Bay Area.

Tricycle Music Fest West is free and open to the public.