

It has become such a big deal that at one point in 1998 a postage stamp was dedicated to it, right alongside stamps for the Olympic Games and the Queen of England. It started being exported out of France as early as in 1985, during the “European Year of Music.” Then, in 1997, several other European cities signed onto a charter to be ‘partners of the European Music Festival.’ In the United States, several cities also take part, calling it “Make Music Day.” Rendez-vous sur l'application Radio France pour dcouvrir tous les autres pisodes / Florence Foresti, Laetitia Dosch, Mathieu Amalric, Alex Vizorek & Jean-Pascal Zadi incarnent les instruments dans les ZINSTRUS, un podcast jeunesse de France Musique produit par Saskia de Ville. It has also gone global, and over 100 countries celebrate it. In 2019, over 10 million people took part, and depending on where you go, it does have the potential to get a bit rowdy. View dates, lineups, and buy tickets for upcoming music festivals across France in 2022 & 2023 including Les Plages Electroniques 2022, Festival Cabaret. It’s all over France…and the world – Fête de la musique is celebrated all over France, from small towns to large cities. His idea for the June festival did eventually catch on (although December 21st is not a festival day in France) and that’s how Fête de la musique as we know it was born, He came up with the idea of a day full of music to celebrate the solstices, originally proposing “ Saturnales de la Musique” which would be celebrated on both June 21st and December 21st with a special musical program broadcast all night long.
