Groovy Nate

Groovy Nate is a Grammy nominated children’s entertainer, Teaching Artist, and producer. He is also a GRAMMY NOMINATED ARTIST WITH THE ONE TRIBE COLLECTIVE.

Groovy Nate® is a children’s entertainer who creates fun and educational shows using funky grooves, exotic musical instruments, and comedy— a la Sesame Street meets Parliament/Funkadelic. Groovy Nate's shows encourage children and adults to move, sing, and play creatively with one another.

06/02/2026

Props to Pickleberry Pie and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thank you for a groovy time yesterday afternoon.

05/23/2026

Peace to City of Rockville. Thank you for having me at your Hometown Holidays event today!

Hometown Holidays is still going on and it will continue tomorrow rain or shine. Go to the link provided here for more details:

https://www.rockvillemd.gov/services/hometown-holidays/

05/20/2026

Hey Groovy People! Coming on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24, from noon to 6pm is Hometown Holidays in Rockville, MD. Dig the events schedule on this here flyer! Plenty to do, plenty to see, including me. Groovy Nate will perform on the Town Square Stage on May 23 from 1:30-2pm.

Go to the link provided here for more details:

https://www.rockvillemd.gov/services/hometown-holidays/

05/18/2026

What it is Groovy People. I’m involved with a nonprofit called Pickleberry Pie. We perform live concerts for seriously ill kids in hospitals — including broadcasting shows to kids who can’t even leave their rooms. We close a fundraiser Monday night. If you can give anything before midnight, go to the link provided here:

givebutter.com/musical-moments-that-matter

Thank you for supporting the arts and live performances for the world community.

05/15/2026

Hey Groovy People. Hometown Holidays is coming soon, round’ the weekly corner, and upon us on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24, from Noon to 6pm. Dig the events schedule on this here flyer! Plenty to do, plenty to see, including me. Groovy Nate will perform on the Town Square Stage on May 23 from 1:30-2pm.

Go to the link provided here for more details:

https://www.rockvillemd.gov/services/hometown-holidays/

05/12/2026

I AM, A TEACHING ARTIST!
Hey Groovy People, this is National Teaching Artist Month! Teaching Artists are small businesses embedded in our communities, and now more than ever do we need Teaching Artists in a multitude of educational capacities. We Teaching Artists come with varied or specific disciplines, and roll with top professionalism.

Interested in connecting and building a long-lasting business relationship with Teaching Artists in or around your community? I’m honored to be a part of Teaching Artists of the Mid-Atlantic (TAMA). Check out these top-tier creatives from in and out of the DMV here: https://teachingartists.org/

In addition to individual work, I’ve also collaborated with skilled Teaching Artists at Educational Theatre Company. Learn more about ETC here: https://www.educationaltheatrecompany.org/
.and I’m a on the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) Teaching Artist Roster: https://vca.virginia.gov/directory_type/teaching-artist/
Check out these wonderful DMV Teaching Artists, and learn more about VCA!

Whether working individually or occasionally with an arts organization, we Teaching Artists are available to offer another approach, style, and perspective to a classroom, PD workshop, and corporate setting. Let’s celebrate Teaching Artistry not just in May, but all the time. Check us out, dig us, and let’s work!

Peace to United Community Early Learning Center and Mount Eagle Elementary School for these photos.

05/11/2026

Hey Groovy People. Whenever I bring the funky grooves and comedy to Johns Hopkins Hospital, young faces light up like the awakening of the morning’s brightness. As staff and parents walk down the hall, passing the room where I’m doing my thang, they pause for a moment to take in the positive vibes experienced by me and those within the performance space. When Pickleberry Pie brings Groovy Nate shows to Johns Hopkins Hospital, it is the light shining to all those experiencing the moment, and they see the good works.

This is why Pickleberry Pie has been showing up to hospitals since 1998. And this week, we’re raising $10,000 to keep it going:

https://givebutter.com/musical-moments-that-matter

Thank you for supporting the arts and live performances for the world community.

05/06/2026

Props to Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School. Thank you for a groovy time this morning.

https://www.groovynate.com/

05/05/2026

What it is Groovy People! Some of you may know that the owner of Groovy Nate LLC, Elnathan Starnes, is also a writer of poetry. Two of Elnathan’s pieces are included in the anthology published by Washington Writer’s Publishing House entitled, AMERICA’S FUTURE: poetry & prose in response to tomorrow. Elnathan’s pieces are now part of a new WWPH Educator Resource site on their website! Check it out by accessing the link here:

https://washingtonwriters.org/educatorresources/

Browse the WWPH website for more information and upcoming events.

05/04/2026

Hey Groovy People. Hometown Holidays is going down again at Rockville Town Center, on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24, from Noon to 6pm. Groovy Nate will perform on the Town Square Stage on May 23 from 1:30-2pm.

Go to the link provided here for more details:

https://www.rockvillemd.gov/services/hometown-holidays/

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Arlington, VA

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http://www.groovynate.com/

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