IF YOU'RE A PARENT, you know that kids music can sometimes feel a bit..well...much. It's not exactly tailored to the tolerance of the parent, as much as we love kids music and what it does for our kids' creativity and imagination.

That's where The Rock and Roll Playhouse comes in. This nationwide concert series, founded in 2014 by concert promoter Peter Shapiro and educator Amy Striem, brings in local musicians at local venues to play the music of a different rock or pop icon; re-worked and edited to be appropriate for kids, but still honoring the music in a way that parents can also enjoy.

"Peter Shapiro is one of the last true, great concert promoters in the country. He had children 15 years ago and then quickly realized that children's programming was not that enjoyable for the parent," Stephen Grybowski, VP of Marketing & Family Programming for The Rock and Roll Playhouse, tells The Savannahian with a laugh.

"We started off doing The Grateful Dead for Kids at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York, and he realized that he wasn't the only parent who felt that way."

From there, The Rock and Roll Playhouse was born. On Sunday, May 4th at 1pm, it comes to Broughton Bowl and Brew for a David Bowie For Kids performance. Tickets are just $10.

"We hire local musicians who come together to play the music true to form, but we have a certain magic of training the artists on how to play it for children. We swap out lyrics for profane language and play to a decibel level that's suitable for kids' ears," Grybowski says.

Grybowski adds that the company ends up doing anywhere from 4-12 shows a year with the venues they work with, attributing that to the feedback they get from parents who bring their kids.

"We're able to turn kids on to great music, some of the greatest ever made. And we're also able training kids on how to be good concert goers and be excited about live music at a young age."

It is, in many ways, a vehicle for the continuation and prosperity of the live music industry—getting kids in a room listening to and appreciating music, and hopefully starting off a lifelong love of the art form.

Grybowski says he's been to many of the shows, which he says is a great excuse to travel around the country, interface with the venues he works with, and see for himself the impact that Rock and Roll Playhouse has on kids and parents alike.

The inevitable question is, of course, what artist does Grybowski himself dream of seeing presented in a Playhouse context in the future? It turns out, it's already happened.

"I was really happy that we just did our first-ever Billy Strings for Kids concert in Denver last year," he says.

"I'm a huge Billy Strings fan and I think he's moving mountains for the genre of bluegrass. And to be able to turn people on to the biggest name in bluegrass at a world-class venue in Denver was really special for me."

Dog Days x The Rock and Roll Playhouse presents.. DAVID BOWIE FOR KIDS

Sunday, May 4 @Broughton Bowl and Brew
1pm | $10
Tickets available here