Kid Band Week

Kid Band Week at Austin Bergstrom Int’l Airport

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Austin calls itself the Live Music Capital of the World and that claim extends to Austin Bergstrom International Airport, where there are more than 20 live music shows a week.

This week is Kid Band Week (July 17 – 21, 2017; Monday – Friday) featuring local musicians and bands ranging in age from 10 to 18 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.at the Asleep at the Wheel Stage, located near Gate 10.

Here’s the line-up:

Kid Band Week at AUS Airport

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AUS KIDS WEEKS 2016

Annie, from Annie & Kate, performing on piano for Kid Band Week, 2015.

Each week, the Augstin Bergstrom International Airport  presents 21 live music performances in 5 venues throughout the airport. But next week there’s something even more special:

Kid Band Week!

This is the 10th annual Kid Band week. It runs July 18 – 22, 2016 (Monday – Friday) and features performers ranging in age from 14 to 18.

These aren’t thrown-together kiddie bands; these are top notch performers (it’s Austin, after all) who just happen to be young.

Here’s the line up:

All performances run from  3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Asleep at the Wheel Stage, located near Gate 10.

Monday, July 18 – Grace London (Singer, songwriter, guitar player, foot stomper. Age 16): .
Tuesday, July 19 – Annie & Kate (Classic tunes, ages 17):
Wednesday, July 20 – Joe Camp All Stars (Jazz combo group, ages 16 – 18);
Thursday, July 21 – Tiarra Girls (All-sister girl band, ages 14 – 17):
Friday, July 22 – Dillon Havins Band (Americana, Alternative Rock band, ages 16 – 18).

If you’re heading to Austin, be sure to check these bands out. Next time through, you may have to pay a lot more than nothing to see them.

Kid Band Week at Austin Bergstrom Int’l Airport

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In Austin – the Live Music Capital of the World – you can’t spit without hitting a Grammy winner.

And you can hear great music just about everywhere you go. Including at the airport.

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport offers 23 live music events each week, but next week that number spikes to 28 thanks to the addition of five special performances taking placing during the 8th Annual Kid Band Week.

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Credit: Sandy L. Stevens, Austin-Bergstrom Peterson Brothers Band performing during 2013’s Kid Band Week at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

 

From Monday – Friday, July 21-25, Austin-area musicians, all ranging in age from 12 to 17, will be performing from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., at Asleep at the Wheel Stage, located across from Gate 10.

Here’s the line-up:

Monday, July 21 – Annie & Kate (Classic Tunes; ages 14)
Tuesday, July 22 – Grace London (Singer Songwriter; age 15)
Wednesday, July 23 – Charlie Belle (Pop ‘til you drop; ages 13-16)
Thursday, July 24 – Peterson Brothers (Deep Blues; ages 15-17)
Friday, July 25 – Tiarra Girls (all sister girl band; ages 12-16)

This aren’t “kiddie” bands – they’re real bands made up of great musicians who just happen to be kids.

 

Kid Band Week coming to Austin-Bergstrom Int’l Airport

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Austin KID BAND WEEK

The Peterson Brothers Band performed during 2010 Kid Band Week at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Courtesy: Sandy L. Stevens

Like the city, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport(AUS) is filled with music: the Music in the Air program presents 23 live performances each week.

Once each year the airport hosts Kid Band Week, with bands made up of performers ranging in age from 12 to 16 and playing music ranging from blues and pop to classic tunes. All performances are located past the security checkpoints and are available to ticketed passengers only. So if you’re heading that way, be sure to check out the shows.

Here’s the line-up for the 2013 Kid Band Week at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport:

Grace London (Singer Songwriter)
Monday, July 22 – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Age 13, from Austin, TX

Annie and Kate (Classic Tunes)
Tuesday, July 23 – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Age 13, from Round Rock, TX

Peterson Brothers Band (Big Time Blues)
Wednesday, July 24 – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Ages 14, 16, from Bastrop, TX

Tiarra Girls (All Sister Girl Band)
Thursday, July 25 – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Ages 11, 13, and 15, from Austin, TX

Charlie Belle (Pop til you Drop)
Friday, July 26 – 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Ages 12, 13, and 15, from Austin, TX

Kid Band Week at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

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Each week, travelers passing through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport have 15 chances to enjoy live music..

Next week there’s an extra special treat: the Austin airport is hosting the sixth annual “Kid Band Week.”

From Monday, July 16 to Friday, July 20, 2012, young bands will play on the Asleep at the Wheel stage at Ray Benson’s Roadhouse (post-security) near Gate 10.

There will be five performances, one each day, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Here’s the 2012 Kid Band Week line:

Monday: Mikah Young (Singer Songwriter)

Tuesday: Broch Evans and Greyson Weedman from the band Taco and the Enchiladas (Tunes You Know)

Wednesday: Charlie Belle (So Pop)

Thursday: The Aviators (Rock and Roll)

Friday: The Peterson Brothers (Down Home Blues)