Fête de la Musique - wikipedia Fête de la Musique Fête de la Musique Genre World music Dates 21 June Location ( s ) France, International Years active 1981 -- present Founded by Jack Lang, Maurice Fleuret Website Official website The Fête de la Musique, also known as Music Day, Make Music Day or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration that takes place on 21 June. On Music Day the citizens of a city or country are allowed and urged to play music outside in their neighborhoods or in public spaces and parks. Free concerts are also organized, where musicians play for fun and not for payment. The first all - day musical celebration on the day of the solstice was originated by the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, and by Maurice Fleuret, and was first celebrated in Paris in 1982. Music Day later became celebrated in 120 countries around the world. Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links History In October 1981, Maurice Fleuret became Director of Music and Dance at Minister of Culture Jack Lang 's request, and applied his reflections to the musical practice and its evolution : `` the music everywhere and the concert nowhere ''. When he discovered, in a 1982 study on the cultural habits of the French, that five million people, one child out of two, played a musical instrument, he began to dream of a way to bring people out on the streets. It first took place in 1982 in Paris as the Fête de la Musique. Ever since, the festival has become an international phenomenon, celebrated on the same day in more than 700 cities in 120 countries, including China, India, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Canada, the United States,, the UK and Japan. Fête de la Musique 's purpose is to promote music in two ways : Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets, under the slogan `` Faites de la musique '' ( `` Make music '' ), a homophone of Fête de la Musique. Many free concerts are organized, making all genres of music accessible to the public. Two of the caveats to being sanctioned by the official Fête de la Musique organization in Paris are that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time for free. This is true of most participating cities, now, as well. Despite there being a large tolerance about the performance of music by the general public of amateurs in public areas after usual hours, the noise restrictions still apply, and can cause some establishments to be forbidden to open and broadcast music out of their doors without prior authorization. So the prefectures of police in France can still forbid them to install any audio hardware in the street. See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fête de la musique. Music Day UK List of reggae festivals World music References Jump up ^ `` Music Day ''. Music Day UK. Retrieved 19 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` Free ' Make Music Day ' festival coming in June ''. Associated Press. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Make Music Day ''. Make Music -- June 21. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` The World Music Day : How it came into being ''. India Today. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` LA FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE : UNE FÊTE NATIONALE DEVENUE UN GRAND ÉVÉNEMENT MUSICAL MONDIAL ''. Le Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication : Fête de la Musique. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Historique de la Fête de la Musique ''. fetedelamusique.culturecommunication.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 03. Jump up ^ http://beijingmusicday.com/ Jump up ^ http://makemusicla.org/ Jump up ^ `` Around The World ''. Make Music -- June 21. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Jump up ^ France ( 24 January 2013 ). `` Paris, France. Marais : les gays privés de Fête de la Musique ?, Tetu.com, 21 june 2008 ) ''. Tetu.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2014. External links The French Culture Ministry 's website on the Fête de la Musique ( in French, international section also available in English ) Tourism in Paris Landmarks Arc de Triomphe Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel Arènes de Lutèce Bourse Catacombs Conciergerie Eiffel Tower Flame of Liberty Grand Palais and Petit Palais Institut de France Jeanne d'Arc Les Invalides Louvre Pyramid Luxor Obelisk Odéon Opéra Bastille Opéra Garnier Panthéon Philharmonie de Paris Porte Saint - Denis Porte Saint - Martin Sorbonne Tour Montparnasse Museums Bibliothèque nationale Carnavalet Centre Pompidou / Beaubourg Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie Jeu de Paume Louis Vuitton Foundation Musée des Arts Décoratifs Musée des Arts et Métiers Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Musée Cognacq - Jay Musée Grévin Musée Guimet Maison de Victor Hugo Musée Jacquemart - André Musée du Louvre Musée Marmottan Monet Musée de Montmartre Musée National d'Art Moderne Musée national Eugène Delacroix Musée national Gustave Moreau Musée national des Monuments Français Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Musée national du Moyen Âge Musée de l'Orangerie Musée d'Orsay Musée Pasteur Musée Picasso Musée du quai Branly Musée Rodin Palais de la Légion d'Honneur Musée de la Légion d'honneur Musée de la Vie Romantique Religious buildings Alexander Nevsky Cathedral American Cathedral American Church Chapelle expiatoire Grand Mosque Grand Synagogue La Madeleine Notre - Dame de Paris Notre - Dame - de-Bonne - Nouvelle Notre - Dame - de-Lorette Notre - Dame - des - Victoires Sacré - Cœur Saint Ambroise Saint - Augustin Saint - Étienne - du - Mont Saint - Eustache Saint - François - Xavier Saint - Germain - des - Prés Saint - Germain l'Auxerrois Saint - Gervais - Saint - Protais Saint - Jacques Tower Saint - Jean - de-Montmartre Saint - Paul - Saint - Louis Saint - Pierre de Montmartre Saint - Roch Saint - Sulpice Saint - Vincent - de-Paul Sainte - Chapelle Sainte - Clotilde Sainte - Trinité Temple du Marais Val - de-Grâce Hôtels particuliers and palaces Élysée Palace Hôtel de Beauvais Hôtel de Charost Hôtel de Crillon Hôtel d'Estrées Hôtel de la Païva Hôtel de Pontalba Hôtel de Sens Hôtel de Soubise Hôtel de Sully Hôtel de Ville Hôtel Lambert Hôtel Matignon Luxembourg Palace ( Petit Luxembourg ) Palais Bourbon Palais de Justice Palais - Royal Areas, bridges, streets and squares Avenue Foch Avenue George V Champ de Mars Champs - Élysées Covered passages Galerie Véro - Dodat Choiseul Panoramas Galerie Vivienne Havre Jouffroy Brady Latin Quarter Le Marais Montmartre Montparnasse Place Dauphine Place de la Bastille Place de la Concorde Place de la Nation Place de la République Place Denfert - Rochereau Place des États - Unis Place des Pyramides Place des Victoires Place des Vosges Place du Carrousel Place du Châtelet Place du Tertre Place Saint - Michel Place Vendôme Pont Alexandre III Pont d'Iéna Pont de Bir - Hakeim Pont des Arts Pont Neuf Rive Gauche Rue de Rivoli Rue du Faubourg Saint - Honoré Saint - Germain - des - Prés Trocadéro Parks and gardens Bois de Boulogne Bois de Vincennes Jardin d'Acclimatation Jardin du Luxembourg Parc des Buttes Chaumont Parc Montsouris Tuileries Garden Cemeteries Montmartre Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery Passy Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery Picpus Cemetery Région parisienne Chantilly La Défense Grande Arche Disneyland Paris Écouen Fontainebleau France Miniature Malmaison Musée de l'air et de l'espace Musée Fragonard d'Alfort Parc Astérix Provins Rambouillet La Roche - Guyon Basilica of St Denis Saint - Germain - en - Laye Sceaux Stade de France U Arena Vaux - le - Vicomte Palace and Gardens of Versailles Vincennes Events and traditions Bastille Day military parade Fête de la Musique Nuit Blanche Paris Air Show Paris - Plages Republican Guard Other Le Bateau - Lavoir La Ruche Café des 2 Moulins Café Procope Les Deux Magots Maxim 's Moulin de la Galette Moulin Rouge Related Paris Musées Axe historique Paris Métro Bateaux Mouches GND : 7844991 - 1 VIAF : 171836528 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Fête_de_la_Musique&oldid = 839173336 '' Categories : French culture June observances Music festivals in France Music festivals established in 1981 Music festivals Hidden categories : Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu বাংলা Català Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Euskara فارسی Français 한국어 Hrvatski Italiano עברית Lëtzebuergesch മലയാളം Nederlands Norsk Polski Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska తెలుగు Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 18 more Edit links This page was last edited on 1 May 2018, at 19 : 06. 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Question: when is the world day of music celebrated
Answer: on 21 June