2026 Super Saturday Performers
|
Pierce Freelon
Time and Location: TBD Pierce Freelon is a GRAMMY nominated artist, picture book author and podcaster. His GRAMMY nominated children’s music albums AnceStars (2023) and Black to the Future (2021) have been featured on Today Show, NPR, and Billboard. He has written songs for the PBS Kids animated series’ Alma's Way and Work it Out Wombats! Pierce is a former Durham City Councilman, who has traveled the world educating youth about Hip Hop, beat making and Black culture. |
|
Bailey Mountain Cloggers
Time and Location TBD The Bailey Mountain Cloggers are comprised of 22 students from over 7 different states. BMC is an American Folk Dance Ensemble as well as a performance and competition team. The Cloggers love traveling and performing for audiences of all ages! |
|
|
Bright Star Theatre Presents: Jack's Adventure in American History
Time and Location: TBD JJoin Jack as he crams for his upcoming test. When his history book magically bursts, Jack meets some of the most exciting people in our nation’s history! George Washington, Ben Franklin, Henry Ford and Neil Armstrong are just some of the 22 characters who show up in this high-energy adventure. Audience volunteers help write the Constitution, work on Ford’s assembly line and even demand the right to vote. |
|
Kevin Spencer
Time and Location: TBD Kevin Spencer is an award-winning performing artist, educator, and researcher whose career seamlessly blends artistry with academia. For over 25 years, Spencer has captivated audiences worldwide with one of the largest and most acclaimed theatrical illusion productions in the United States. At the height of his success, Dr. Spencer transitioned from the big stage to classrooms and hospitals globally, becoming the leading authority on the educational and therapeutic applications of simple magic tricks. |
|
|
The Wrights of Passage
Time and Location: TBD Embark on a journey with the Wright Brothers across a century of powered flight in The Wrights of Passage, a story of the passion and focus of two brothers who want to prove it is possible for man to fly. The brothers make the first powered flights in 1903 in a machine of their own invention and construction. The Wrights’ discoveries provide the foundation and technology still used today in modern aviation and space exploration. |
|
The Abells Folk Music
Time and Location: TBD Timmy Abell is a nationally recognized children’s recording and touring artist who has spent 30 years presenting concerts of music and storytelling for young people and families. Together with his wife, Susana, The Abells captivate audiences with their traditional and original songs while playing music using several unique instruments. |
|
|
Matt Sandbank's Shadow Factory Storytelling
Time and Location: TBD Matt Sandbank is a nationally-touring shadow puppeteer based in Durham, NC. His performances have awakened a sense of wit and wonder at schools, libraries, museums, and festivals for the past ten years. |
|
Children's Theatre of Charlotte Presents: New Kid
Time and Location: TBD Nick and his family are leaving their native country of Homeland and moving to America. But upon arrival in the “land of opportunity,” they discover a wildly different culture and are struck by challenges they didn’t expect. In Dennis Foon’s clever play, Nick and his Homelander family speak English while the Americans speak a gibberish language, allowing the audience to experience what it is like to be an outsider overwhelmed by a new place. |
|
