Dan Zanes, the former lead singer and songwriter for the legendary rock and roll band The Del Fuegos, and his band perform exuberant, handmade music for enthusiastic crowds of kids and kid sympathizers. Filled with irresistible grooves drawn from a wealth of musical traditions, Zanes, his Brooklyn-based band, and his surprising and eclectic special guests, create a rollicking "Woodstock for Kids," including exuberant American traditional songs, dance classics, and smart, inventive originals. The audience is invited to "sing along with gusto" before things heat up and ultimately dissolve into an all-ages dance party.

"The band's frequent live shows create the happiest concert vibe since Woodstock. With a lot less drugs and mud."
- New York Magazine

On the five critically acclaimed Dan Zanes and Friends' family albums, Rocket Ship Beach, Family Dance, House Party, and the Grammy Award winning CATCH THAT TRAIN! and ¡Nueva York!. Special guests Lou Reed, Aimee Mann, Natalie Merchant, Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass, Bob Weir, Deborah Harry, Suzanne Vega, Blind Boys of Alabama, Sheryl Crow, Nick Cave, Sandra Bernhard, Dar Williams, Loudon Wainright III, and Rosanne Cash among others. According to Zanes, "I'm excited by a sound that has the raw spontaneity of early rock and roll, the handmade traditions of American folk and the breezy soulfulness of certain West Indian music."

"It was one of those rare children's concerts where the grownups clearly had as much fun as their toddlers."
- The Boston Herald

Pomegranate Arts launched the first national tour of Dan Zanes and Friends in September 2002 in major performing arts centers and music festivals. Pomegranate is thrilled to support Dan's mission of bringing music that families can enjoy together into communities across America.