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Music Day
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fête de la Musique, Make Music Day, World Music Day
annual music celebration
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Within Vinony's link graph, Music Day is referenced by 437 other articles, and connects out to Paris, Ministry of Culture of France and Turkey.
It sits within the topics 1982 establishments in France, June observances and Music festivals established in 1982.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Genre
- World music
- Dates
- June, yearly
- Locations
- France (originally) World (today)
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Founders
- Jack Lang Maurice Fleuret
- Website
- fetedelamusique .culture .gouv .fr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- party
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Paris
- Genre
- world music
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Official website
- fetedelamusique.culture.gouv.fr
- Image
- Raga du soir au Collège des Bernardins (4730079050).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- June 21
- start time
- 1982-06-21
- Commons category
- Fête de la musique
- hashtag
- FetedelaMusique2018
- social media followers
- 21802
- inception
- 1982-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fête de la Musique ( French pronunciation: [fɛt d(ə) la myzik]), also known in English as Music Day, Make Music Day, or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration which usually takes place in mid-June. On Music Day, citizens and residents are urged to play music outside, in their neighborhoods or in public spaces and parks. Free concerts are also organized, where musicians play for fun; no fees are involved.
The idea for the first all-day musical celebration on the day of the summer solstice came from Jack Lang, then Minister of Culture of France, and Maurice Fleuret; it was celebrated in Paris in 1982. Music Day later became celebrated in 120 countries around the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Music Day” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.