Every year on June 21, music of all kinds resonates in the streets of European cities.
Amateurs, professionals, groups, soloists, classical, rock, jazz, rap... the music festival invites amateurs and professionals all over the world to perform for free on the day of the summer solstice, in front of a large audience. Innovative, “old-fashioned” or even “strange” genres: all are accepted during this evening which lasts until the early morning of June 22…
🔎 Did you know??
🎉 This festive event was launched in France in 1982 by Maurice Fleuret, director of music and dance, on a brilliant idea from Jack Lang, then Minister of Culture. The desire for a major popular festival around music 🎶 was born from the observation that paid concerts are often reserved for an elite 💰.
The celebration quickly spread across Europe 🌍, starting in Belgium in 1984, then marking a European Year of Music in 1985 🎼 with Athens, the first European Capital of Culture that year, being chosen to kick off the Europeanization of the event.
