off Broadway & touring shows for kids & schools

FunikiJam's family friendly Off-Broadway shows are a consistent NY TIMES "best event" pick. FunikiJam shows blend education and fun with globe-spanning musical adventures that celebrate world culture; engaging little ones - and their grown up friends - with live music, singing, dancing, spectacle, and audience participation in a fully produced theatrical setting. Each season offers a different show with its own "Special Mission" so audiences can come back again and again to continue the learning and fun. Each show is designed to use music and movement as modalities to build global community by learning more about ourselves and others.W​ARNING: May cause laughing, clapping, dancing, and singing in multiple languages!FunikiJam was founded byBrian Barrentinein 1999 to meet a growing demand for quality education and entertainment programs for young children and families. Starting with a weekly audience of just six families, the program quickly became so popular that Barrentine began training teachers, opening new locations, recording the music, and touring live shows to schools, music festivals and lofty venues like the Historic Ryman Auditorium and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Now based in NYC, FunikiJam has evolved into a landmark early childhood education and entertainment organization with an annual reach of over 70,000 patrons. Uniquely blending Barrentine's original rhymes, chants, songs and stories with indigenous music from around the world, FunikiJam's mission is to empower global citizens to reach their highest potential through its trademark "music exploration for the next generation" classes, live shows, musical recordings, film production, and off broadway musicals.