The orphanage grows talented Evan Taylor, who, and how every lonely person wants to find parents and believes that she will be able to find them through the music he hears from his childhood. The boy's parents in fact musicians, but his mother does not know that his son is alive: Evan was a sought-after child in an orphanage, on a whim of his grandfather.
Taylor evokes sympathy from a social worker, when States that did not wish to be adopted. In an effort to quickly find parents Evan escapes from the orphanage and begins to play on the street, believing that his parents will hear it and immediately recognize. On the street he gets custody of "Sorcerer", which gives the boy a new name-August Rush. In the meantime, Evan's mother learns the truth and begins to search for his son. August is much to survive, but everywhere it helps out natural talent, which he for some time attending music school. As time goes by, the desire to find parents from Evan does not disappear, but will they be able to learn it, even if the meeting happen?