MTC Kids Jam – Joanie Leeds
11 a.m. Saturday, September 26, 2026 | Polsky Theatre
Free; reservations recommended.
The MTC Kids Jam concert series is specially designed with families in mind! Join us in the MTC lobby at 10 a.m. for art activities, followed by an hour-long concert with an acclaimed children’s musician.
Over the past decade, Joanie Leeds has won first place in the USA Songwriting Competition, an Independent Music Award, a GOLD Parents’ Choice Award, NAPPA GOLD Award, Family Choice Award, and is a John Lennon Songwriting Competition Finalist and International Songwriting Competition Finalist.
She has performed at venues nationwide, including Lollapalooza, Clearwater Festival, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Wolftrap, and Levitt Pavilion. Her music has been featured in the New York Times, People Magazine, Parents Magazine, Billboard, and The Washington Post, and played on radio stations and risen to #1 on Sirius XM’s Kids Place Live.
Leeds released her ninth children’s album, Grammy Award-winning “All the Ladies” in April 2020, and in 2023, Joanie’s newest album, “FREADOM: Songs Inspired by Banned Children’s Picture Books” was released. Her favorite job is mama to her daughter.