About Kid Carpet

Kid Carpet is a musician, video and theatre maker from Bristol who produces simple, catchy songs and disruptively charming shows, creating superheroes out of everyday people and ordinary things. Originally using toy instruments and a sampler Kid Carpet continues to use interesting sounds and instruments in his songs like laser guns, dripping water and rubber bands which he combines with a direct and charming lyrical style and his DIY aesthetic.

  • "Woke up this morning singing about golden eagles. I blame @KidCarpet."

    - Rachel Buchanan

  • "Kid Carpet is special"

    -Bristol Live Music website

  • "I said I'd go to a car boot sale with 10 and come back with a rucksack full of keyboards, drums, plastic guitars..."

    -Kid Carpet

  • "Just been to see @KidCarpet @tftheatres performing his #noisynativity. Cried with laughter from beginning to end. Genius."

    - Bettina Langlois

  • "A Fisherprice Brian Wilson...unsettling and poignant but always entirely, utterly charming"

    -Venue magazine

  • "Kid Carpet isn't like other musicians"

    -Robert Collins

  • "One week after seeing @KidCarpet Noisy Nativity I'm still singing Jesus is a Hedgehog. Genius. Like Flight of the Conchords for kids."

    - Mel Scaffold

Kid Carpet has been performing internationally since 2003 and collaborates with theatre companies, schools and social groups to co-create shows, films, music and artworks which question, celebrate joy and promote oracy.