Tim Kubart. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets bring their new show, Really Real You, to Guild Hall. This full-band, highly interactive concert blends live music, sing-alongs, tap dancing, and playful audience participation into a shared experience that fills the room with energy and connection.
Known for creating performances that are both exuberant and sincere, Tim invites children and families into a space where feelings are welcomed and expressed openly. Without ever feeling like a lesson, the show offers young audiences a way to engage with their emotional lives through music, movement, and collective joy.
A GRAMMY Award-winning artist for his album HOME, Tim has become one of the most celebrated voices in children’s music. He is also Emmy-nominated as the longtime host of Sprout’s Sunny Side Up, where he spent years connecting with young audiences each morning through music and play. His work has been featured on major stages including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits, and he has written music for Sesame Street.
Really Real You is the newest chapter in his work with families, bringing together high-level musicianship, humor, and heart.
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Tim Kubart
Tim Kubart is a Grammy Award–winning musician and creator whose work spans concerts, television, books, and songwriting. His latest stage show, Really Real You, combines pop music, tap dancing, and storytelling in a joyful full-band experience for families. Blending music and movement with social–emotional themes, the show encourages audiences to embrace their feelings, and celebrate the freedom to be themselves.
Tim discovered his passion for making music with young people while volunteering in an NYC shelter nursery. Over the past 20 years, he has grown from leading preschool sing-alongs to performing on some of the country’s most celebrated stages, including Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits. Called “Kindie’s breakout star” by New York Family and “the best of the best” by Parents’ Choice, Tim won the Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album in 2016 for HOME and was nominated again in 2018 for BUILDING BLOCKS. His songs are favorites on SiriusXM’s Kids Place Live, and he has traveled internationally with the U.S. State Department, performing and teaching on (almost) every continent.
On screen, Tim was Emmy-nominated as the host of Sprout’s live preschool program Sunny Side Up, where he welcomed guests including Julie Andrews, Astronaut Chris Hadfield, and Michelle Obama, always alongside the beloved Chica the Chicken. He and Chica also performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for four consecutive years.
Tim writes songs for Sesame Street (including Elmo’s duet with Ellie Goulding), has published picture books with HarperCollins, created a show for The Wiggles, and hosted the Highlights! Magazine podcast. He has also toured the world as the exuberant “Tambourine Guy,” an original member of the viral collective Postmodern Jukebox.
Today, Tim continues to tour his original music on a never-ending tour, collaborates with artists to bring fresh voices to children’s media, and teaches elementary music at The Speyer School in Manhattan.
Sponsors
KidFEST Media Partner: East Hampton Star
Performing Arts programs are supported by 2026 season sponsors Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, with additional lead support from Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, Monica and Peter Tessler, and Vital Projects Fund.
Guild Hall’s Performing Arts programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Bonnie and Joel Bergstein, Gene Bernstein and Kathy Walsh, Amy Cooney and Marty Feinman, John and Joan D’Addario, Suzanne and John Golden, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Steve Pesner, in memory of his wife, Michèle Pesner, whose entire life was devoted to all aspects of culture, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, and Susi and Peter Wunsch.
