Senior Centers

Bring More Music, Movement & Connection to Your Senior Center

Play it for SeniorsSM helps senior centers find engaging programming and resources for the older adults they serve—from live entertainment and music to fitness, wellness, education, pet therapy and other local activities.

Find local programs & providers Students & seniors together

Seniors and community members singing together during a holiday music program.

Members singing together — the joy a senior center brings to life.

You Know Your Community. We’re Here to Listen.

How can we best support your senior center?

Every senior center serves a different community. Tell us what would make the greatest difference for your participants and staff—live entertainment, enrichment programs, volunteers, professional resources, community partnerships, or something we haven’t considered.

We’ll listen first, then explore how Play it for SeniorsSM can help.

A day at the senior center

Music, movement, games, arts, learning and a lot of laughing — the programs our members look forward to all week.

Older adults clapping and dancing at an outdoor senior center summer concert

Friends laughing together over coffee at a senior center cafe

Active older adults in an outdoor tai chi class on the senior center lawn

Members painting watercolors together in a senior center art class

Senior center members playing mahjong and cards at round tables

Student musicians performing for an audience of older adults at a senior center

Older adults dancing together at a senior center social

Instructor leading a chair exercise class at a senior center

For program & activity directors

Find Local Programs & Providers

Discover entertainers, musicians, instructors, wellness professionals, therapy providers and other local resources — all in one place so you can fill your calendar quickly.

Looking for dementia-friendly music programming? Bridgetown Music Therapy offers on-demand therapeutic music sessions and seated movement activities for activity professionals and care teams.

Symphony of SmilesSM

Bring Students & Seniors Together

Our Symphony of SmilesSM initiative connects local high school and college musicians, theatre groups and other student performers with senior centers. Students gain a real audience and community service experience — members get live music, energy and connection.

See how Symphony of Smiles works

Student musicians performing for older adults at a senior center

For your members

Resources for Your Members

Many senior center members live independently in their own homes. Share these Play it for SeniorsSM resources with them — education and learning, senior-focused products and services, careers, and more as we add them over time.

Education & learning

Courses, programs, and lifelong-learning options for members and their families.

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Shopping & resources

Senior-focused products, safety and independence services, and partner offerings.

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Careers & recruiting

Job seeker and employer resources across senior services — including part-time roles.

Explore

Senior center members laughing while playing cards and bingo

Older adults attending a technology class at a community senior center

Run a senior center? We’d love to help.

Tell us what your members enjoy most and we’ll point you to the right performers, instructors and resources in your area. Play it for SeniorsSM is a nonprofit organization and always free to use.

Contact Play it for Seniors

Play It for Seniors provides these listings as a resource. Third-party organizations, providers, products, and services are independently operated and are not endorsed or guaranteed by Play It for Seniors. Users should evaluate providers and services based on their individual needs.