Fête de la Musique 2024: eclectic repertoire at Grenelle's Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Feel like celebrating live music? Then don't miss the new 42nd Fête de la Musique on June 21.

But what exactly is the Fête de la Musique? A free, popular music event, the Fête de la Musique was created in 1982 on the initiative of the French Ministry of Culture. That year, the Ministry of Culture's studies and research department conducted a major survey of French cultural practices. It revealed that five million people, including one young person in two, play a musical instrument. So Jack Lang, architect and scenographer Christian Dupavillon, a member of his Cabinet, and Maurice Fleuret came up with the idea of a major popular event to enable all musicians to express themselves and make themselves known. The very first Fête de la Musique was launched on June 21 1982, the symbolic day of the summer solstice.

Fête de la Musique 2024 in Paris and Île-de-France, the program
The Fête de la Musique is back on Friday, June 21, 2024 for all our enjoyment! Get ready to vibrate to the rhythm of live music thanks to numerous free concerts and DJ sets organized outdoors, but also in concert halls, museums and restaurants in Paris and the Île-de-France region. Here's what you need to know about the Fête de la Musique 2024 in Paris and the Paris region. [Read more]

This year, the Fête de la musique returns on Friday June 21, 2024 throughout Paris and elsewhere in the Île-de-France region. On the program? Free rock, jazz, rap, pop, classical and blues concerts.

For a sheltered fête de la musique, in case it rains that evening, head for theÉglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement. On Friday June 21, 2024, the venue will be hosting a free concert (with free admission) featuring a resolutely eclectic repertoire of classical works, African songs and musicals!

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Fête de la musique 2024 at Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Grenelle, the program

• As the water flows
  Friday, June 21, 2024 - 21:00 ⤏ 22:00
  

  In 2024, we'll be celebrating water, a vector of emotions, with a classical work - The Wound in the Water - featuring poursoprano, choir and chamber orchestra, followed by a round of gospel, African songs and musicals.