Lenny Pearce Turns Kids’ Songs Into a Toddler Rave at Foxwoods

Lenny Pearce Turns Kids’ Songs Into a Toddler Rave at Foxwoods Oct. 3, bringing one of the stranger — and smarter — ideas in family entertainment to the Premier Theater: take the songs little kids already know, give them thumping electronic beats, lights, characters, and the energy of a dance festival, then invite the parents to the party too.

If the name Lenny Pearce doesn’t immediately mean anything to you, there’s a good chance someone under 6 would understand the concept.

The Australian DJ and entertainer is one of the people behind the rapidly growing world of “Toddler Techno” and family raves, transforming songs such as “Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes” and “The Wheels on the Bus” into electronic dance tracks designed to get very small feet moving.

And this isn’t a DJ playing children’s music in the corner of a community room.

Pearce has turned the idea into an international touring production, moving more than 200,000 tickets across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Asia, the Middle East and the United Kingdom. His social following has climbed into the millions, while his music has led to collaborations with some of the biggest names in children’s entertainment, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Blippi, PAW Patrol and The Wiggles.

From Australia’s Got Talent to Dad Life

Pearce had already spent years performing before toddlers became his audience.

He and his identical twin brother John were members of Justice Crew, the Australian dance group that won Australia’s Got Talent in 2010 and subsequently became a successful pop act. Pearce eventually left the group and moved into DJing and music production.

Then he became a father.

After his daughter was born in 2022, Pearce began experimenting with a problem familiar to generations of parents: children want to hear the same children’s songs over and over again, while adults may be considerably less enthusiastic about the 400th trip around “The Wheels on the Bus.”

His solution was to make children’s music that he wanted to hear too.

Pearce began putting electronic beats behind familiar songs and posting videos of himself and his daughter dancing to them. Other parents started playing the tracks for their children and sharing their own videos. His 2023 techno version of “Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes” helped push the idea well beyond his own household.

Eventually, the living-room dance party became a real one.

This Is a Rave Where Bedtime Still Wins

Pearce’s Toddler Rave World Tour borrows the spectacle and excitement of an electronic dance show without asking parents to bring their preschoolers into an adult nightclub.

There are big beats, lighting, dancing, props and colorful recurring characters, including Kuma the Monkey, Bubbles the DJ Duck and Mr. Glow. Pearce works the stage rather than simply standing behind a DJ console, interacting with children and turning familiar songs into opportunities to jump, dance and play.

The audience is deliberately multigenerational.

Little kids get songs they recognize and a show built around their attention spans. Older siblings can join the dance floor. Parents get actual electronic dance music rather than spending an afternoon pretending they’re thrilled to hear another conventional children’s singalong. Grandparents, aunts and uncles are welcome too.

That crossover may explain why the concept has traveled so well.

Pearce sold out dates during his earlier American tour, and his family raves have expanded into a worldwide touring operation. His music has also crossed directly into one of children’s entertainment’s biggest institutions: The Wiggles, where his twin brother John is now known to millions of children as the Purple Wiggle.

For families who already have Pearce, The Wiggles or his remixes in regular rotation, Foxwoods is a chance to step inside the screen and experience the music as a full-scale live show.

For everyone else, think of it this way:

It’s baby’s first rave — except it’s at 12:30 in the afternoon, the songs are familiar, the grown-ups are invited and everybody can still be home before bedtime.

Lenny Pearce’s Toddler Rave World Tour comes to the Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Saturday, Oct. 3.

More information is available at the Event Website link below. To purchase tickets, click the Event Ticketing link below.

Details

NOTE: At publication time, ticket availability was down to singles.
Event: Lenny Pearce — Toddler Rave World Tour
Date: Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino
Address: 39 Norwich-Westerly Road, Mashantucket, CT 06339
Audience: Designed as an all-ages family show, including babies, toddlers, older siblings, parents and other family members
Children Under 1: May attend without a ticket when seated on a parent or guardian’s lap
Children 1 and Older: Require their own ticket
Under 18: Must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
Adults: Parents and accompanying adults require tickets
Parking: Fox Tower is the recommended parking location
Bags: Shopping bags and backpacks are not permitted; permitted bags are subject to search

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