It's the 21st of June which means today is the Fête de la Musique, a holiday dedicated to music.It all began in France and it has extended to other countries via the French diaspora.
What does that mean?
In Paris, for instance - Musicians play all around town, all genres and musics of the world, no matter where you walk you'll hear musicians playing in the street, in forums in bars and in all kinds of venues.
Normally people plan their "Fête de la Musique" day by looking at programs and deciding where to go and to sum it up and put it in very simple words it goes like this:
"there's a concert of this band here and then we'll go to this museum there to see this orchestra and then there's this guitarrist guy I like playing in this square and in the night we'll dance to this DJs' tunes..."
Let me tell you... it's MASSIVE, musicians get to ask permission to their bosses to make a pause at work to play, heck some companies even host their own Fête de la Musique, I remember even performing with one of my bosses my first company years ago.
So happy Fête de la Musique and I sincerily wish it may it be adopted in all countries as "labor day" has.
See the official posters from around the world:
Brisbane - Australia / Pasadena CA / Yverdon-les-Bains -Switzerland
New York - NY / Torun Poland / Luxembourg
Hanover - Germany / Rome - Italy / Katmandu - Nepal
See them all here
Here's the official site of the FDM (French): http://fetedelamusique.culture.fr
