Bangers & Smash

Here at Bangers & Smash, we guarantee a fun musical time for little smashers from 0 to 100 – with pride of place reserved for under-5s!

With hands-on percussion, singing and dancing, junk instrument-making and more, our emphasis is on active music-making and interactive learning. Songs and rhymes – old and new – form the basis for dynamic yet sensitive sessions and, while we never forget the joy of having a smashing time, our aim is to make music rather than noise!

Bangers & Smash provide regular and bespoke sessions in nurseries, schools, children's centres, arts centres and libraries across London as well as online sessions. We also provide the entertainment at children's parties.

Find out the latest on our news and events pages or contact us to book an online session for you and your family!

Led by singer, guitarist and Early Years music specialist, Kitty Pidduck, Bangers & Smash is all about live music played on acoustic instruments. While Kitty provides the bulk of Bangers & Smash sessions, co-founder, Sarah Allen, is occasionally to be found on flute and accordion.

Other special guests have included drummers, conga players, guitarists, mandolin players, cellists, saxophonists and trumpeters. If you have a favourite instrument, let us know and we'll invite someone along to play it for you!

Find out more about the Bangers & Smash team.

Music is about making and listening to sounds. We use our voices and bodies to make sounds. We use our ears to listen to sounds. Music introduces us to a world of sound.

Music at EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) allows little smashers up to the age of five to explore the sounds they can make with their voices and bodies as well as with simple percussion instruments. Through singing, playing, listening and moving to music, they can express themselves creatively while learning about such basics as:

Pulse (beat)
Rhythm (pattern)
Tempo (fast/slow)
Dynamics (loud/quiet)
Pitch (high/low)
Melody (tune)
Timbre (what different voices/instruments sound like)

Find out more about the benefits of music at EYFS.