Also known as ‘World Music Day’, La Fête de la Musique is a free public festival celebrating music and its arts. It takes place throughout France each year on June 21st. Coinciding with the first day of the summer, this celebration took off in 1982 with Minister of Culture Jack Lang.
The festival has continued to be popular among French people, and has spread to hundreds of other countries around the world.
‘Fête de la Musique’ is a homophone of ‘Faites de la musique’ (make some music), which is the slogan used to encourage all musicians, amateur and professional alike, to perform in the streets.
Many free concerts are organized as well, and all genres of music can thus be enjoyed by the public. The department of the Ministry of Culture promoting the ‘Fête de la Musique’ requires that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time.
This day of the year is an occasion to enjoy the summer out, with good food, drink and merrymaking. So if you are in France during that period, don’t miss the chance to mingle with the French crowds, and participate to this festive street event!