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TechnoratiFrance gears up for Fête de la Musique
Monday is France’s 29th Fête de la Musique, and towns all over France – and the world – are getting ready for 24 hours of non-stop music in houses, cars, trees, trains, boxes, boats, but mainly the streets. The minister of culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, was in charge of this year’s theme. It is la musique au féminin.
La Fête de la Musique was started in 1982 by then Minister of Culture Jack Lang. Maurice Fleuret, appointed director of music and dance in 1981, and Lang shared the view that music should be everywhere, concerts nowhere, so they launched the first Fête de la Musique on the summer solstice 1982.
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Free music in the streets took off and these days it’s spread to more than 100 countries. A postage stamp was even made in its honour in 1998. There are so many concerts lined up it's hard to know where to start. Perhaps this will help.
In Paris, for the Nuits du Jazz au féminin Lisa Cat-Berro, Julie Saury, Jacynthe Jacquet and Tullia Morand will be performing at the Sunside and Baiser Salé bars.
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At Saint-Eustache church there will be a non-stop music for 36 hours, starting at 11am on Sunday 20 June with La Manufacture Vocale. Turzi, Jonathan Fitoussi, Dr Drone, Cheval Blanc, Joseph Leon and Bad Mama Dog will also be playing.
The Palais Royal is putting on four artists Christine Salem (19h35), Madjo (20h15) the two Spanish women Amparo Sanchez (21h30) et Buika (22h45).
Under the Louvre Pyramid, Paris orchestra will play a Nuit Américaine, with classics from West Side Story and An American in Paris.
Troisième Lieu in the fourth arrondissement is holding a Girls on the rocks themed night with various rock bands and DJs such as Ariel Wizman and Manu le Malin.
Gay variety singing act Podium Paris will be singing karaoke classics in Place des Vosges and there’s Middle-Eastern music at the Parvis de l'Institut du Monde Arabe.
In the rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, the group World of Gospel is performing three sets, or you can get Byzantine et Roman choral music recitals in the crypt of Saint-Sulpice.
Various pop, rock and jazz acts will be on board the Paris Iéna boat, embarking from Port de Suffren at 6pm.
At the Musée d'Orsay, Maîtrise de Radio France and the Philharmonic orchestra of Radio France are playing.
On the steps of the Opéra Garnier, Sciences d'Orsay’s faculty orchestra will play music from films such as Batman and James Bond and other classic pieces
Or you can go to the canal, where on the quai de Jemmapes you can choose between rock, electro, jazz, hip-hop and trip-hop. Action Fall Short, Stylokids, MotionLess, Turnsteack and Time for Soul are performing.
Cannibale Café is a holding pop, soul and electro soirée and there’s world music at Bercy Village. Carmen Souza and Nazaré Pereira are in the programme.
Place des Vins de France is host to MTV Shake your booty, with Féfé, Ben l’Oncle Soul, Cut Killer, China, Sheryfa Luna, L'algerino, Admiral T, Youssoupha and several others.
At Kiosque à Musique in Place de la Nation, hip-hop freestyle Nation Dance Crew are on at 8.15pm followed by the Eternity Gospel Choir an hour later.
Place d'Italie, wheelchair musicians Staff Benda Bilili and several other rock acts are playing, while Ricard Live Music is putting on Hugh Coltman, Jil is Lucky, Curry and Coco and In the Club in Place Denfert Rochereau.
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Or there’s Japanese music at the maison du Japon from 7pm and at the Trois Baudets, in the 18th arrondissement, where Kakehashi, a Franco-Japanese group is playing.
Dub step and reggae come in at Glazart (Porte de la Villette), with Revelation Hifi Soundsystem, Young Warrior and Peter Youthman.
In the 20th arrondissement at the Bellevilloise, there’s pop with Pierre Souchon, Fantazio & Sarah Olivier, Amparo Sanchez, Théo Phan and others
Lyon has dozens of events lined up, too, notably an electro soirée next to the Palais des Sports and various classical music events around town. Place Bellecour is hosting singers Tété and Dan Black and hip hop act Les Gourmets will be in concert at Place de la Bourse.
In Marseille, there’s Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Charles Gounod’s ballet, the Nuit de Walpurgis. Classical music will be the Temple de l'Eglise Réformée deFrance, with rock at the Plage du Prado at the Atelier Juxtapoz.
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