In a troubled world, the perfect drugs is music and peace.
Held yearly on June 21 to coincide with the Summer time Solstice, Make Music Day is a part of the worldwide Fête de la Musique going down in additional than 2,000 cities around the globe. The day-long, musical free-for-all celebrates music in all its varieties, encouraging folks to band collectively and play in free public live shows.
Make Music Day is open to any metropolis, anyplace on this planet, and to any band that loves music, organized globally by The NAMM Basis. NAMM is a nonprofit supported partially by the Nationwide Affiliation of Music.
Karaoke Singers, Brass Gamers, Pianists, Drummers, Guitarists, and You Are Invited to Be a part of Within the Music-Making
Need to play? There’s at all times room within the band.
Musicians, rappers, and instrumentalists of all types are invited to collaborate on making June 21 a musical masterpiece. Singers, church choirs, jazz combos, rock bands, glee golf equipment, MCs, marching bands, mariachis, and each different form of musician, of any age group or ability degree, are all welcome – anyplace.
How did it begin?

Make Music Day | Worldwide Celebration of Music | June twenty first, 2025
Be a part of the worldwide celebration of music! Make Music Day is a free celebration of music around the globe on June twenty first in additional than 1,000 cities in 120 nations.
It began 43 years in the past in France.
In 1982, Jack Lang and his employees on the Ministry of Tradition dreamed up an concept for a brand new form of musical vacation. They imagined a day when free music could be in every single place, throughout every metropolis: road corners, parks, rooftops, gardens, and storefronts.
And, in contrast to a typical music pageant, anybody and everybody could be invited to hitch and play music or host performances. The occasion would happen on the summer season solstice, June 21, and could be referred to as Fête De La Musique. (In French, the title means each “pageant of music” and “make music.)
Amazingly sufficient, this dream has come true. The Fête has developed right into a nationwide vacation: the nation shuts down on the summer season solstice, and musicians take over. Virtually 11% of French folks (7 million folks) have performed an instrument or sung in public for the Fête de la Musique, and 64% of the nation (43 million folks) come out every year to pay attention.
4 many years later, the vacation has unfold worldwide and is now celebrated in additional than 2,000 cities throughout dozens of nations.
How did it come to the U.S.?
Eighteen years in the past, the Fête de la Musique crossed the Atlantic with the debut of Make Music New York.
Beginning as a grassroots initiative by a crew of volunteers, the occasion rapidly grew to become a essential and standard success. At this time, hundreds of New York musicians – amateurs and professionals, of all ages and musical persuasions – carry out in a whole bunch of free, outside live shows every June 21, incomes reward for his or her “inspiring” (New York Occasions) and “thrilling” (New Yorker) performances.
In recent times, cities throughout the nation have launched their very own Make Music celebrations on June 21, making this musical vacation a really nationwide phenomenon.
On June 21, 2024, 141 U.S. cities organized 5,304 free live shows, with over 100 every in Aberdeen, WA, Chattanooga, TN, Fairfield, CT, Fullerton, CA, Kansas Metropolis, MO, Madison, WI, New York, NY, Salem, OR, and Southeastern, CT…all on a single day.
- Alabama: Florence, Gulf Shores, Huntsville, Cell;
- Arizona: Phoenix, West Valley;
- California: Anaheim, Auburn, Massive Bear, Claremont, Coachella Valley, Costa Mesa, Fullerton,
- Lengthy Seashore, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Jose;
- Colorado: Denver;
- Connecticut: Bethel, Danbury, Fairfield, Georgetown, Hartford, Hebron, Middletown, New Haven, New London, Northwest CT, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Rocky Hill, Southbury, Southeast CT, Waterbury, Windsor;
- Florida: Nassau County, Orange County, Palm Seashore, Tallahassee;
- Georgia: Macon;
- Hawai’i: statewide;
- Illinois: Chicago, Marion, Wheaton;
- Indiana: Indianapolis;
- Iowa: Cedar Falls;
- Massachusetts: Boston;
- Michigan: Ann Arbor, Escanaba;
- Minnesota: Hastings;
- Missouri: Columbia, Kansas Metropolis, Liberty, Neosho, St. Louis;
- North Carolina: Bertie County, Brunswick County, Catawba County, Kinston, Raleigh, Stanly County, Statesville, Vance County, Wilmington;
- New Jersey: Truthful Garden, Glassboro, Hackensack, Montclair, Newark;
- New York: Albany, New York Metropolis, Ossining, Troy, Woodstock, Wyoming County, Yonkers;
- Ohio: Cincinnati;
- Oklahoma: Muskogee, Tulsa;
- Oregon: Clatsop County, Eugene, McMinnville, Salem;
- Pennsylvania: Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, York County;
- Tennessee: Chattanooga, Germantown, Knoxville, Nashville;
- Texas: Alpine, Buda, School Station, Dallas, Denison, Fort Price, Frisco, Galveston, Henderson County, Houston, Hutto, Laredo, Marble Falls, McKinney, Mexia, New Braunfels, Odessa, Port Aransas, Salado, San Antonio, San Marcos, South Padre Island, Sugar Land, Tyler, Waco, Waxahachie, Wimberley;
- Vermont: statewide;
- Washington: Aberdeen, Gig Harbor, Issaquah;
- Wisconsin: Amery, Appleton, Ashland, Baraboo, Beloit, Cable, Cambridge, Cross Plains, DeForest, Dodgeville, Inexperienced Bay, Hayward, Kenosha, Land O’Lakes, Madeline Island, Madison, Marshfield, Middleton, Milwaukee, Monona, Oshkosh, Platteville, Shell Lake-Spooner, Stevens Level, Solar Prairie, Superior, Verona.
In 2014, to coordinate and broaden their efforts, organizers from throughout North America who have been concerned with Make Music based the Make Music Alliance.
Brazil
Make Music Day was celebrated in additional than 100 Brazilian cities in 2023 with performances, workshops, and jam periods, sponsored by the Brazilian music business group Anafima. Mestre Robson Miguel carried out with a 200-member orchestra in his citadel, Patrícia Shaki paid tribute to Rita Lee and Tina Turner, Sandro Haick hosted a Musical Enjoying Playing cards Workshop, and Selma Teixeira showcased her “Os Incríveis 60 Years Band” mission. Ten Água Doce shops in Paraná had open phases, whereas the Municipal Authorities of Maringá and its Departments of Schooling and Tradition programmed Make Music Day occasions in each one of many metropolis’s 116 public colleges.

China
Led by the China Musical Devices Affiliation, Make Music China grew to fifteen,000 occasions in 200 cities in 2023. Highlights included a grand opening ceremony in Huangqiao with an ensemble of hundreds of musicians, a “Lang Lang Music Bus” on Shenzhen’s principal bus traces in honor of the well-known pianist, and 27 provinces function performances with a whole bunch taking part in the Digital Wind Instrument.

Cyprus
Based mostly within the historic metropolis of Nicosia, and in collaboration with Artio, Make Music Cyprus proudly celebrated its fifth 12 months in 2023, with 17 areas that includes over 350 gifted contributors from throughout the nation.

Germany
Germany’s Fête de la Musique is organized by native teams in 102 cities across the nation, coordinated by a crew on the MusikZentrum in Hannover. The nation’s first Fête de la Musique, and nonetheless the most important, is the celebration in Berlin the place 621 occasions happened in 2023. In a particular unifying mission final 12 months, 19 German cities collaborated on a joint sing-along of Beethoven’s “Ode to Pleasure” and the lullaby “Der Mond ist aufgegangen” at 7pm.

Ghana
Led by Phasers Acoustics, Make Music Ghana entered its second 12 months in 2023. This 12 months’s version featured band performances all through the Accra and Marina Malls, a enterprise convention for up-and-coming musicians, acoustic open mics on the Alliance Française, and way more.

Italy
Italy’s Festa della Musica started in 1985, shortly after the founding of France’s Fête de la Musique, and have become a nationwide occasion in 1994. In the previous few years it has grown enormously, encompassing 832 cities and 25,645 musical teams throughout the nation in 2023.

Kenya
Led by Showbiz Data Ltd, Make Music Kenya’s second 12 months included musical partnerships with eating places, bars, Strathmore College, and cultural facilities in Nairobi and different cities.

Mexico
Make Music Mexico thrived in 2023, with over 104 occasions throughout 10 states and 16 cities, in venues starting from cafes to museums and even a baseball stadium in Torreón. Collaborating states embrace Mexico Metropolis, State of Mexico, Coahuila, Querétaro, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Tabasco, and Zacatecas.

New Zealand

Nigeria
Music retailer Showgear organizes dozens of occasions round Lagos for Make Music Day every year, together with a music enterprise convention, pop-up worship music, “study to DJ” lessons, play-along drumming occasions, and a “Shutdown” live performance finale with Nigerian superstars. In the meantime, they’ve led the enlargement of Make Music Day to 5 different cities across the nation (Abuja, Ibadan, Ife, Owerri, and Uyo).

South Africa
The primary Make Music South Africa in 2023 included a 12-hour music marathon in Johannesburg, a “kazoo-off”, musical playgrounds, sound partitions and different participatory tasks across the nation.

Türkiye
The second Make Music Türkiye in 2023 featured particular packages on the Gazhane Museum in Istanbul, together with physique percussion, sound and vocal portray, a collective songwriting workshop, and musical actions for youngsters.
