Little Folkies Venue Partnership

BRING LITTLE FOLKIES TO YOUR COMMUNITY

Little Folkies partners with play spaces, kids' stores, family clubs, bookstores, studios, community centers, farms, children's organizations, museums, and other family-focused venues to bring joyful music experiences to local families.

Partner with Little Folkies to host weekly family music classes or a special Pop-Up Music Circle or Family Concert at your venue.

Little Folkies Venue Partnerships are a wonderful way to bring new families through your doors, generate additional revenue, offer engaging family programming, and build community around your space—without having to develop your own music program.

Little Folkies provides the teacher or artist, music, curriculum, program support, and promotional materials. Your venue provides the space, local community, and helps spread the word.

CHOOSE HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PARTNER

HOST WEEKLY LITTLE FOLKIES CLASSES

Bring families back week after week with recurring Little Folkies family music classes.

40 minutes · Ages 0–5 + grown-ups · 6–12 week sessions

HOST A LITTLE FOLKIES live EVENT

Bring families together for a special Pop-Up Music Circle or Family Concert.

40–45 minutes · Ages 0–7 + grown-ups

HOST WEEKLY LITTLE FOLKIES CLASSES

Bring Families Back Week After Week

Our weekly family classes combine live acoustic music, singing, movement, rhythm, instruments, listening, and creative play for children ages 0–5 and their grown-ups.

Each session features a seasonal collection of songs families experience together week after week, season after season.

choose from three ways to offer weekly classes:

OPTION 1: Flat fee VENUE RENTAL

Typically $50 per class

Little Folkies rents your space and handles registration, payments, administration, teacher coordination, and primary promotion.

Your venue provides the space and helps spread the word through newsletters, social media, website listings, posters, and flyers whenever possible.

No revenue share.

OPTION 2: venue MANAGES REGISTRATION

Your Venue: 30%
Little Folkies: 70%

Your venue provides the space and manages registration, payments, customer communication, and primary promotion.

Little Folkies provides the certified teacher, curriculum, program support, and promotional materials.

8 paid full-series enrollment minimum.

Option 3: LITTLE FOLKIES MANAGES REGISTRATION

Your Venue: 20%
Little Folkies: 80%

Little Folkies manages registration, payments, and administration while both Little Folkies and your venue actively promote the class.

Your venue provides the space and helps introduce Little Folkies to its community.

8 paid full-series enrollment minimum.

HOST A LITTLE FOLKIES TICKETED EVENT

Pop-Up Music Circles & Family Concerts

Bring a special Little Folkies live music experience to your community.

Choose from an intimate 40-minute Pop-Up Music Circle or a larger 45-minute Family Concert, featuring live acoustic folk music, singing, dancing, movement, storytelling, instruments, and playful audience participation.

Events can be led by a certified Little Folkies teacher or Little Folkies creator Irena Eide.

choose from three ways to host event:

OPTION 1: flat fee performance

Flat Performance Fee · Starting at $500

Your organization sponsors the event and families attend free of charge. No ticket sales.

Pop-Up Music Circle

Certified Little Folkies Teacher — $500
Irena Eide — $750

Family Concert

Certified Little Folkies Teacher — Starting at $1,000
Irena Eide — $1,250

There is no ticket revenue share when families attend for free.

Option 2: YOUR VENUE SELLS THE TICKETS

Your Venue: 15%
Little Folkies: 85%

Your venue manages ticketing, customer communication, and primary promotion.

The applicable flat performance fee becomes the minimum performance guarantee.

Little Folkies receives the minimum performance guarantee or 85% of gross ticket revenue, whichever is greater.

The guarantee is not an additional fee—it simply establishes the minimum amount Little Folkies will receive for the event.

option 3. LITTLE FOLKIES SELLS THE TICKETS

Your Venue: 10%
Little Folkies: 90%

Little Folkies handles registration, payments, and ticketing while both organizations actively promote the event.

No upfront performance fee · 20 paid ticket minimum

If the minimum isn't reached by the agreed sales deadline, the event may be canceled or rescheduled.

PROMOTION IS A PARTNERSHIP

Great Classes Need a Local Community

Your venue already has something incredibly valuable: a relationship with local families.

That's why venue promotion is an important part of every Little Folkies partnership—even when Little Folkies manages registration.

Promotion may include:

  • Dedicated email announcements

  • Newsletter features

  • Social media posts and stories

  • Website listings

  • Event calendars

  • Posters and flyers throughout your space

  • Staff mentioning Little Folkies to families

  • Parent or member communications

  • Sharing in local community groups

  • Promoting future sessions to current participants

WHAT MAKES A GREAT LITTLE FOLKIES VENUE?

We're looking for spaces that are:

  • Safe and toddler-friendly

  • Welcoming to babies, young children, and caregivers

  • Appropriate for live acoustic music

  • Large enough for at least 8 children plus caregivers

  • Accessible to families

  • Easy to find and get to

  • Available at a consistent weekly day and time

  • Supported by a venue excited to help build the program

We'll ask you to share photos and a 360° video of the proposed class space so we can understand the layout and determine appropriate class capacity.

BECOME A LITTLE FOLKIES VENUE PARTNER

Tell us about your venue, community, capacity, and ideal class schedule.

We'll review your information and get back to you within 2–3 business days with teacher availability and to schedule a call.