Performatist

    Pierce Freelon

    Illustration for Pierce Freelon

    Saturday, June 27, 2026

    12:00 PM

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Pierce Freelon, a Grammy‑nominated family music artist, educator and former Durham city council member, performs at Lincoln Center Kids. His work bridges music, education and media—he founded the Afrofuturist makerspace Blackspace, co-created the Emmy‑winning PBS web series Beat Making Lab and composed for the PBS animated series The History of White People in America—elements that inform his live family presentations.

    About the Artist

    Pierce Freelon

    Pierce Freelon

    children's music

    Pierce Freelon is a family music artist, educator, and former Durham city council member whose work sits at the intersection of performance and public learning. Grammy-nominated recordings and classroom-minded songwriting inform sets that treat children as active listeners, not an audience to be managed.