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Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival 2024

Oct 5, 2024
10:00 AM
4:00 PM
Pay what you can / FREE.

The 2024 Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival will be a community celebration of family and youth focused performances that is sure to entertain and delight all who are in attendance. This year is our 19th annual celebration and we are expanding with more than 30 performances and opportunities to explore theatre, music, art, dance and MORE!

The founding mission of the festival, created by Voices of the South in the mid 1990’s, was to create a safe, educational, affordable, and exciting atmosphere in which children and families can attend innovative theatre and participate in arts-oriented activities that foster imagination.

The children’s festival introduces and fosters relationships and experiences with the entire arts community in Shelby county and beyond. MCTF2024 will represent more than 200 individual artists from the Mid South. MCTF2024 will represent individual artists, arts organizations, local schools and children’s performing arts groups all while promoting arts awareness as a step in helping to build a stronger, more invigorated community by sharing the beauty of art with children and families. 

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Admission:

Pay what you can / FREE.
When
Oct 5, 2024
10:00 AM
4:00 PM
Where
Theatre Memphis
630 Perkins Extd
Memphis, TN 38117 / Overflow parking is encouraged in the Cancer Survivor Park parking lot opposite our Perkins Road entrance.

Schedule

Events Subject to Change
10:10 AM
Atrium
Kids on the Block
Puppet show
10:30 AM
Rehearsal Hall
WKNO Teacher Teacher
10:35 AM
Next Stage
New Spark Performing Arts Group
10:45 AM
Lohrey Theatre
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Tunes and Tales
11:00 AM
TM Library
Indie Memphis Youth Film
"The Ballot" Directed by Ryleigh Deely
11:10 AM
Next Stage
Ridgeway High School Drama Department
11:25 AM
Lohrey Theatre
Stax Academy
Satellite Band
11:30 AM
Atrium
Memphis Youth Symphony Program
11:35 AM
Rehearsal Hall
Ballet Memphis
Drop-in Ballet Class ages 5 to 7
11:45 AM
Next Stage
Young Actors Guild (YAG) Performing Arts Group
12:05 PM
Lohrey Theatre
Andrew Best
Children's singer / songwriter
12:10 PM
Atrium
Lonetree Live
Interactive play
12:15 PM
Rehearsal Hall
Ballet Memphis
Drop-in Ballet Class age 8 - 11
12:20 PM
Next Stage
Kumar's School of Arts
Eastern Indian Performing Arts Group
12:20 PM
TM Library
Indie Memphis Youth Film
"Amorphous" Directed by Anaya Murray
12:45 PM
Lohrey Theatre
Mömandpöp
Music for Young People
12:50 PM
Atrium
Ekpe Abioto
Spirit of African Music
12:55 PM
Next Stage
M-Town Image Dance Crew
12:55 PM
Rehearsal Hall
Tennessee Shakespeare
Drop-in Class: Clowns and Comedy
1:00 PM
TM Library
Indie Memphis Youth Film
"Blood and Roots" Directed by Wren Brewer
1:25 PM
Lohrey Theatre
Singing with Mrs. Ellis
1:30 PM
Next Stage
High Expectations Aerial Arts
Haunted Hall Aerial Arts Showcase
1:30 PM
Atrium
Stax Instrument Petting Zoo
1:35 PM
Rehearsal Hall
Nubian Sirens
Explore the Art of Nubian Dance
2:05 PM
Lohrey Theatre
Playhouse on the Square
Excerpts from "The Wizard of Oz"
2:05 PM
Next Stage
Classical Melodies Inc.
Tanisha Ward
2:10 PM
Atrium
Ballet Memphis
Ballet performance
2:15 PM
Rehearsal Hall
The Conservatory at The J
Drop-in Drama Class
2:40 PM
Next Stage
Germantown Community Theatre
Excerpts from "Annie Jr."
2:45 PM
Lohrey Theatre
Opera Memphis
2:50 PM
Atrium
Company D Dance Group
3:15 PM
Next Stage
Rozelle Elementary Performing Arts
3:20 PM
Atrium
Patty Carreras
Charlie's Back
3:45 PM
Next Stage
Angel Street
Choral Arts
Performance Groups
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
STAX Satellite Band
Andrew Best
Mömandpöp
Singing with Mrs. Ellis
Opera Memphis
Germantown High School
New Spark Performing Arts
Ridgeway High School
YAG
Kumars School of Arts
M-town Image
High Expectations
CMI Inc - Classical Melodies, Inc.
Germantown Community Theatre
Rozelle Elementary School
Kids on the Block
MYSP - Memphis Youth Symphony Program
LoneTree Live
Ekpe Abioto
Patty Carreras
Ballet Memphis
Company D
WKNO Teacher Teacher
Nubian Sirens
Conservatory at The J
Indie Memphis Youth Film Program
MYAI - Memphis Youth Arts Initiative
Vendors
Girl Scouts Heart of the South
Sunfish Children's Theatre
Orpheum Theatre Group
Theatre Memphis
Playhouse on the Square
The Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Food Trucks
Good Groceries
The Fry Guy
Let's Be Frank
Avalanche Sneaux Company

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