Warren Haynes will be among the honorees at the upcoming Little Kids Rock benefit show at New York City’s Playstation Theatre on Thursday, October 10th. Fellow guitarist (and past Little Kids Rock honoree) Steve Miller will be on hand to introduce Haynes at the event.
Little Kids Rock is a non-profit organization which provides free music education and musical instruments to public schools across the country. Since 2002, Little Kids Rock has helped more than 850,000 kids jumpstart their music education.
As Haynes tells Billboard, “Music education is something extremely important to me since being able to play and make music has allowed me to achieve many of my dreams. Knowing that many children are denied that opportunity due to the scarcity of music programs and teachers due to lack of funding is heartbreaking. Little Kids Rocks helps remove the barriers standing between many students and their dreams of being able to learn about and play music.”
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Other artists set to be honored at the Little Kids Rock benefit on October 10th include Usher and Wiz Khalifa. Additional special guests include New York Yankees legend/guitarist Bernie Williams and Trombone Shorty. For more information on how to see Warren Haynes at the Little Kids Rock benefit, head here.
Below, you can watch Warren Haynes discuss his own music education and more with Live For Live Music backstage at The Peach Music Festival 2019:
Warren Haynes – Backstage at The Peach 2019
Warren Haynes is currently on the road with Gov’t Mule as they continue their 2019 fall tour. For a full list of upcoming Gov’t Mule tour dates, head here.
[H/TÂ Billboard]