The Fête de la Musique returns on Friday, June 21, 2024 in Paris, but also everywhere else in France! On this day, amateur and professional musicians alike pay tribute to living music with open-air concerts, as well as in museums and concert halls. Every Fête de la Musique is a celebration of all musical styles: from rock and electro to jazz and hip-hop, not forgetting classical music, where violins and cellos resonate to the point of moving us.
But what is the Fête de la Musique? A free, popular musical 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.
And it was a resounding success, with musicians taking to the streets, squares, kiosks, courtyards, gardens, stations and squares to play their music.
It was in 1985 that the Fête de la Musique began to be exported, on the occasion of the European Year of Music. In 2017, more than 120 countries around the world took part in the Fête de la Musique!
If you're a fan of classical or neoclassical music, then here are the best deals and free classical music concerts not to be missed in Paris on Friday, June 21, 2024 to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Fête de la Musique!
Fête de la musique 2024 in Paris: Offenbach's Madame Favart on Place Colette
For the Fête de la Musique 2024, Offenbach's opera-bouffe, "Madame Favart", is invited to the Place Colette, nestled in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Join us this Friday, June 21, for a feast of classical music! [Read more]
Fête de la musique 2024 in Paris: Anousha Nazari at the Orangerie du Sénat in Paris
This year, to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Fête de la Musique, the Orangerie du Sénat in Paris opens its doors to Iranian mezzo-soprano Anousha Nazari, accompanied on piano by Laurianne Corneille. Together, they will celebrate music on Friday June 21, 2024, as well as the 160th anniversary of the Salon des Beaux-Arts. A stunning setting for an enchanted musical interlude. [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024: Japanese flautists on the Place des Vosges in Paris
What program awaits you this year in Paris for the new Fête de la Musique? This Friday, June 21, 2024, come and discover a free concert by Japanese flautists on the iconic Place des Vosges, on the Marais side of the 4th arrondissement. [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024: classical music at the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation
The Fête de la Musique returns this Friday, June 21, 2024, to celebrate its 42nd anniversary. It's the perfect day to enjoy a wide range of musical events in Paris and elsewhere in the Île-de-France region. This year, a quartet from the Musique des gardiens de la paix will be honoring classical music with a free concert at the Mémorial des martyrs de la Déportation. [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024: classical concert in the winter garden of the Musée Henner
The Musée Henner takes part in the new Fête de la Musique! Join us this Friday, June 21, for classical music concerts in the beautiful winter garden of the famous Parisian museum. [Read more]
Fête de la musique 2024 in Paris, on the Hôtel de Ville square: the program
Classical music invites itself to the forecourt of Paris City Hall on Friday June 21, 2024, for the 42nd Fête de la Musique. The Orchestre de chambre de Paris will be performing a free concert at a gala event billed as "participative and inclusive". Here's the program for this event that marks the start of summer! [Read more]
Fête de la musique 2024: folk dancing on the forecourt of Notre-Dame de Paris
To mark the Fête de la Musique, this Friday, June 21, 2024, a major musical and participatory event awaits you on the square in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, on Place Jean-Paul II. [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024 in Paris: classical music at Citéco, the program
Celebrate the Fête de la Musique in Paris with a unique event at Citéco, the Cité de l'Economie! On Friday June 21, 2024, students from the École Normale de Musique de Paris will take over the historic Hôtel Gaillard for a unique evening of classical music. Click here to find out more! [Read more]
Fête de la musique 2024: a concert at the Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière in Paris
Fancy celebrating the Fête de la Musique in an unusual Parisian venue? Head for the Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière in the 13th arrondissement. On Friday June 21, 2024, as part of the third "Fièvres musicales" event, the Sorbonne Université choir and orchestra will perform an original musical anthology, free of charge (booking required), at the Salpêtrière Hospital's Saint-Louis chapel. [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024: Viva l'Orchestra in free concert at the Auditorium de Radio France in Paris
For the Fête de la Musique 2024, we're off to the Auditorium de Radio France to listen to the classical repertoire of Viva l'Orchestra, an orchestra of great amateurs supervised by the Orchestre National de France. Join us on Friday, June 21, 2024 at 8 p.m. for a free concert (reservations required) at this key venue for the Fête de la Musique. [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024: Classic'n Swing choir at Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Grenelle church
The Fête de la musique returns to the Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Grenelle church in Paris on Friday June 21, 2024 with the Classic'n Swing choir. On the program? An eclectic repertoire combining classical music, African songs and musicals. [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024 in Paris: Jeunes Talents at the Archives Nationales
For the new edition of the Fête de la Musique, come and celebrate classical music on Friday June 21, 2024 at the Archives Nationales in Paris, alongside Jeunes Talents! Enjoy the musical atmosphere in the heart of a historic monument. [Read more]
Fête de la Musique 2024 in Paris: music and art meet at the Petit Palais
In Paris, the Fête de la Musique is also being celebrated at the Petit Palais this year, with a free and original concert on the menu to be discovered on Friday, June 21, 2024, from 12:30 pm. A rendez-vous between art and music. [Read more]
Please consult this guide regularly, as it is updated according to program announcements.
Dates and Opening Time
On June 21, 2024
Prices
Free
Official website
fetedelamusique.culture.gouv.fr
