Or…stick to the surrounding neighborhoods: If crowds and craziness are not your bag, know that the farther away that you get from the Vieux-Nice Fete de la Bruit epicenter, the more, well, musical, the festival becomes… delightful, cultural, and full of discovery. It will be a veritable cavalcade of music, each act doing a couple of numbers, then on to the next, with previous artists including such luminaries as Sting!ĭive into the Old Town: In Vieux Nice the variety of music is vast and within this auditive free-for-all there is truly something for every musical taste, and it is kind of fun to try to find the chords through the cacophony… This is the one night of the year when all the bars have permission to pull their speakers outside, serve on the street, and stay open until 3am… The free tickets get snapped up fast, but you can still pack into the parks on either side and hear the whole thing.
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Giant free concert: (Note: the Place Massena mega-concert is on pandemic hold for the moment, but hopefully will return in 2023…) Nice has become the kind of epicenter for the Fete de la Musique on the French Riviera, with an enormous free star-studded concert held in Place Massena, and transmitted live on TV on France2. It has even become a worldwide phenomenon… and in Nice, you have three ways to experience it: Two of the caveats to being sanctioned by the official Fête de la Musique organisation in Paris are that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time for free.Every June 21st on Summer Solstice, the Fete de la Musique transforms all of France into a free music festival which not to be missed.
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Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets.Its purpose is to promote music in two ways: And so in Paris in 1982, the event began.
The idea was taken up by French Music and Dance director Maurice Fleuret and Jack Lang, the Minister of Culture. At the time, he was employed by the national French radio station, France Musique.Ĭohen proposed an all-night music celebration for the summer solstice. The idea was first broached in 1976 by American musician Joel Cohen.
Or you may be an aspiring performer looking for a chance to try out your skills. Perhaps you are a professional musician who has been playing for years. They are supported by a small army of volunteers, all in the spirit of making and celebrating music.įête de la Musique provides a performance platform for all people who love making music. The aim of the event are simple: to make music everywhere, to celebrate music and to expose as many people to music as possible.Īn International Charter is the common link for more than 110 countries that participate in this music event. The event is also organized in partnership with SM Malls, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Intramuros. Every year, on June 21st, the fun begins. The Fte de la Musique, also known in English as Music Day,1 Make Music Day23 or World Music Day,4 is an annual music celebration that takes place. Fete de la Musique in the Philippines 2022 is presented by Alliance Française de Manille, in partnership with the Embassy of France to the Philippines and B Side Productions, and co-organized by the Department of Tourism. Developed by the French Government in 1982, Fête is held in over 700 cities across the globe. Fête de la Musique is the largest international live music event in the world.
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