Fête de la Musique 2024: Classic'n Swing choir at Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Grenelle 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 the Île-de-France region: concert programme
The Fête de la Musique is back on Friday, June 21, 2024! 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 the lowdown on the Fête de la Musique 2024 program in and around Paris. [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

Friday, June 21, 2024 from 9pm to 10pm - Event without reservation (free participation)

Classic'n Swing is a mixed vocal ensemble founded in 2009 in Paris by Laurence Thomazeau, bringing together 25 amateur singers of a good level (singing by heart, with some stage movement). Its repertoire, which spans from the early 20th century to the present day, includes classical, swing and jazz pieces based on a specific annual theme.

The 2024 season celebrates Water, a vector of multiple emotions, through a classical work (The wound in the water, by Kim Andre Arnesen, for soprano, choir and chamber orchestra) followed by a frenzied round of gospel songs (Wade in the water, Down by the riverside), African songs (Dry your tears Africa), musicals (Singin' in the rain), and other surprises...