SUMMARY

Over 1,000 cities worldwide throw citywide music celebrations each year on June 21. It all started 41 years ago in France. In 1982, France’s Ministry of Culture dreamed up an idea for a new kind of musical holiday. They imagined a day where free, live music would be everywhere: street corners and parks, rooftops and gardens, store fronts and mountaintops. And, unlike a typical music festival, anyone and everyone would be invited to join and play music or host performances. It is called Fête De La Musique. Four decades later, the holiday has spread throughout the world and is now celebrated in more than 120 countries. In the same way that the French Fête de la Musique celebrates the start of the summer season, Make Music Day extends an invitation to celebrate across the United States and promotes hundreds of artists of all genres and backgrounds in the process. GUEST ARTISTS : Choir of the French Embassy and French Choir of Washington Levine Music Students Crawdad Christian Benning The Caroline Park Quartet Magnolia Hungarian Folk Band Baltimore Swing Drop Embassy of Japan Band Lexeme / Sid Trover Euroblend Duke Ellington School of the Arts Students Smooth City DJ Escandaleux