Paris et Ile-de-France | Celebration

Fête de la musique in Paris and the surrounding towns

June 2019

Paris et Île-de-France - 75 Paris

Fête de la musique - En vert et jaune © Lea Marzloff

Description

For the last 35 years in France, the 21st June is not just the longest day of the year but also the day of the fête de la musique. This "festival of music" is no ordinary festival. Created in France in 1982, it has been taken up by neighbouring countries where it has been just as successful. Music takes over the city's streets, with live bands, singers, amateur musicians, drummers, DJs and so on scattered throughout the city, expressing themselves through music and inviting the crowd to enjoy themselves.

In Paris, stages spring up all over the city, in particular on the capital's major squares and in its parks. The biggest and best-known are generally in the Jardin des Tuileries, the Petit Palais, the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Louvre, Jardin du Luxembourg, on Place Denfert Rochereau and along the banks of the Seine. But amateur bands playing all different kinds of music offer surprises around every corner. For this special night, public transport offers discounted travel and some lines run all night.

Website of the event

Audience

All public

Prices and times

Free

Place

Paris et Ile-de-France

Paris and the Ile-de-France region welcomes many international events every year: the Fête de la Musique to celebrate the start of summer, Heritage Days in September, Paris Summer Quarter which starts on 14th July, Museum Night in May, the Autumn Festival and the balls in the firemen barracks on the nights of the 13th and 14th July...

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