Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights to Perform Family Concert at Jewish Museum, 12/20

Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights will perform a kids' rock concert at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, December 20 at 2pm. The Brooklyn-based kindie rocker Joanie Leeds and her band bring families to their feet with interactive, high energy performances incorporating a unique and playful sound ranging from pop-rock to gospel to country. They will perform hits from her latest releases, Good Egg and Meshugana.

Tickets are $18 per adult; $13 per child; $15 adult Jewish Museum family level member; and $11 child Jewish Museum family level member; and can be purchased at TheJewishMuseum.org/programs/families#concerts. This lively concert is for children ages 3 to 8. For further information regarding family programs, the public may call 212.423.3337. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, Manhattan. Adults are asked to accompany their children.

Meshugana is Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights' seventh studio album. Inspired by a decade of teaching in Jewish nursery schools and summer camps, Joanie has filled the 13 new songs with stories set in a Jewish context, embracing each holiday throughout the calendar year along with themes such as love, family, and the world around us. Previous albums include City Kid, Challah, Challah, I'm A Rock Star, What A Zoo, Bandwagon, and Good Egg. The Washington Post named I'm a Rock Star one of the best kids' CDs of the year. Her City Kid Live! DVD, released in 2010, won three Telly Awards.

The Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Education's school and family programs are supported by endowed funds established by the Bronfman Family, the Muriel and William Rand Fund, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Rosalie Klein Adolf, the Kekst Family, and Mrs. Ida C. Schwartz in memory of Mr. Bernard S. Schwartz. Family programming is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and Councilmember Daniel R. Garodnick.