Fête de la Musique – Faites de la Musique
“Make Music” is a music celebration on June 21st that began in 1982 by Jack Lang who was the Minister of Culture in France at the time. The idea behind this day, which falls on the first day of summer, and the longest day of the year, was for anyone and everyone to make music.
The goal was to get amateurs and professionals alike to take to the streets in a free for all festival of music. The first year that it began, I was living in the 17th arrond. in a little passageway that seemed more like living in a …read more
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