- November 16, 2025
Kids Rock the Nation will host a free Kids Showcase 4-8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Daytona State College Flagler/Palm Coast Campus Amphitheater.
The event will feature the Buddy Taylor Middle School jazz band and three high school rock bands — Palm Coast’s SB3 and Ruju and New Smyrna Beach’s Busy Sky.
The event will include a food truck. Event sponsors include the City of Palm Coast, the Flagler County Cultural Council and Law Offices of Katz and Green, Anthony Wild, found of Kids Rock the Nation, said.
Kids Rock the Nation has donated thousands of instruments to schools and individuals locally and nationally since 2014, including all of the schools in Flagler County and over $100,000 in instruments to schools in Volusia County, Wild said.
The organization recently promoted Buddy Taylor Middle School with $4,000 worth of instruments with the Kiwanis Club sponsoring, Wild said.
Wild founded Kids Rock the Nation after surviving a long battle with cancer.
“It was payback for the gift of life I received,” he said. “We feel music is healing. To be involved in something is positive, but not every kid is a Little League kid or a soccer kid. This is a different avenue they can take.”
