Mass Appeal

Make Music Day

No instrument? No problem!

For the 15th year, Make Music Day 2023 features Mass Appeal, bringing together people of all levels and ages to make music in large, single-instrument groups.

Not quite music lessons, not quite jam sessions, Mass Appeals are a special kind of musical happening of their own. And anyone can take part – in many cases, you don’t even need to bring an instrument!

Nationwide Mass Appeal events for harmonica, ukulele, guitar, percussion, and more will all take place on June 21, and will be listed here in early June.

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Laredo TX
Ukulele

Ukuleles Para Todos!

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Casa Ortiz, 915 Zaragoza, Laredo Texas 78040
Waunakee WI
Drumsticks

Bucket Drum Painting

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Waunakee Public Library, 201 N Madison Street, Waunakee WI
Salem OR
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
"Found Sound Alley", The Reed, Salem, OR
Federal Way WA
Drumsticks

Bucket drumming

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM
33743 9th Avenue South, Federal Way
DeForest WI
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
234 N Lexington Pkwy DeForest, WI 53532
Seattle WA
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming

10:00 AM - 08:00 PM
Pier 62, 1951 Alaskan Wy, Seattle, WA 98101
Appleton WI
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Houdini Plaza, Appleton WI
Englewood NJ
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Englewood Public Library, Englewood NJ
Barron WI
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming

11:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Barron Public Library 10 N 3rd Street Barron, WI 54812
Round Rock TX
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Round Rock Prete Plaza 221 East Main St Round Rock, TX 78664
Platteville WI
Drumsticks

Bucket drumming/drum circle with Jordan

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
City Park Gazebo, Bondon St, Platteville WI
Laredo TX
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming on the Border

06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Frontera Arts Garden 3301 San Bernardo, Laredo, TX
Ossining Briarcliff NY
Drumsticks

Bucket Drumming

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Mike Risko Music, 144 Croton Ave, Ossining, NY 10562
Provo UT
Drumsticks

Buckets & Things Drum Event

01:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Bill Harris Music, 144 West 400 South Provo, Utah 84601
Long Beach CA
Harmonica

Club of Harps

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Recreation Park Bandshell, 7th and Park Ave., Long Beach, CA
Hastings MN
Drumsticks

Community Drum Circle

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM
Levee Park, 20 Ramsey Street, Hastings MN 55033
New London CT
Drumsticks

Downtown Drum Circle

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Parade Plaza, New London, CT
Fairfield CT
Drumsticks

Drum Circle

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Sherman Green Gazebo, 1451 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
Columbia SC
Drumsticks

Drum Circle

12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Koger Center for the Arts
York PA
Drumsticks

Drum Circle at Gift Horse

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Gift Horse Brewing Courtyard, 117 N George St. York PA 17401
Barron WI
Percussion

Drum Circle with Northwoods Percussion

02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Anderson Park, Barron WI
York PA
Percussion

Drum Circle with Weary Arts

02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Continental Square, York, PA
Chicago IL
Drumsticks

Drum Circles at Bessemer

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Bessemer Park 8930 S Muskegon Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
Fair Lawn NJ
Drumsticks

Drumming Circle at Berdan Grove Park

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Berdan Grove Park, Fair Lawn Ave, Fair Lawn NJ
Pittsburgh PA
Ukulele

Free Ukulele Lesson for Kids 10 and under

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
435 Perry Hwy, West View, PA 15229
Pittsburgh PA
Ukulele

Free Ukulele Lesson & Jam (Tweens & Teens)

02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
West View Hub, 435 Perry Hwy, West View, PA 15229
Pittsburgh PA
Ukulele

Free Ukulele Lessons with Steel City Ukulele Club

06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Schenley Plaza 4100 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Macon GA
Drumsticks

Fun Time in the Summertime

06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Douglass Theatre, 355 MLK Jr. Blvd, Macon, GA
Marshfield WI
Harmonica

“Funky Instruments” at the Plaza

10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Wenzel Family Plaza, 201 S Chestnut Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449
New York
Guitars

Guitars (Union Square)

04:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Union Square, South Plaza
New York
Guitars

Guitars Uptown

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Montefiore Square in Harlem
Laredo TX
Harmonica

Harmonica Jam

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Casa Ortiz/Frontera Art Space, 915 Zaragoza St, Laredo, TX 78040
Ossining Briarcliff NY
Harmonica

Harmonica jam

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Roosevelt Elementary School, 190 Croton Ave, Ossining, NY 10562
Chicago IL
Harmonica

Harmonica Jam with Ramblin’ Rose

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Shedd Park, 3660 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60623
Ann Arbor MI
Harmonica

Harmonica Lesson

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
2503 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor MI 48103
Madison WI
Harmonica

Harmonica Lesson with Harmonica Man

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N Hamilton St, Madison, WI 53703
Fresno CA
Harmonica

Harmonica lesson with John Clifton

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Betty Rodriguez Public Library 3040 N Cedar Ave Fresno CA 93703
Madison WI
Harmonica

Harmonica Lesson with The Cash Box Kings

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Penn Park, 2101 Fisher Street, Madison WI 53713
York PA
Harmonica

Harmonica Lessons in the Square

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM
Continental Square, Downtown York PA
Anaheim CA
Harmonica

Harmonica Lessons with Dick Anderson

03:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Anaheim Packing District, 440 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92805
Fairfield CT
Harmonica

Harmonica Mass Appeal

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
The Gazebo, Sherman Green 1451 Post Rd Fairfield CT 06824
Federal Way WA
Harmonica

Harmonica Mass Appeal

03:00 PM - 08:00 PM
31600 Pete von Reichbauer Way S, Federal Way, WA
Albany NY
Harmonica

Harmonica Mass Appeal

11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Washington Park, State and Willet Streets Albany, NY 12210
Salem OR
Harmonica

Harmonica Mass Appeal

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Electric Alley, Salem, OR
Orange CA
Harmonica

Harmonica Mass Appeal

03:30 PM - 03:30 PM
City Hall, Orange, CA
Barron WI
Harmonica

Harmonica Mass Appeal

10:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Barron Public Library, 10 N 3rd street, Barron, WI 54812
Gulf Shores AL
Harmonica

Harmonica Mass Appeal- Gulf Shores

09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Gulf Shores Recreation & Cultural Affairs
Montclair NJ
Harmonica

Harmonica playalong and lessons with Josh Herman

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
East Side Mags 491 Bloomfield Ave Montclair, NJ 07042
Clatsop County OR
Harmonica

Harmonica with Jim Rafferty

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
The Lot, 395 11th, Astoria OR
Appleton WI
Harmonica

Harmonica Workshop

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Heid Music, 308 E College Ave, Appleton, WI 54911
Kenosha WI
Harmonica

Harmonica Workshop for kids

11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
624 57th Street, Kenosha WI
Nashville TN
Harmonica

Harmonica Workshop with Carlos DeFord Bailey

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Plaza Mariachi, 3955 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, TN 37211
Frisco TX
Harmonica

Harmonicas at Heritage

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Frisco Heritage Museum, 6455 Page St., Frisco, TX 75034
Superior WI
Harmonica

Harmonicas in the Park

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Webster Dream Park, 5700 Tower Ave, Superior, WI 54880
Platteville WI
Harmonica

Harmonicas with Lou

01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Park Place Senior Living, 1100 5th Ave, Platteville, WI
Platteville WI
Harmonica

Harmonicas with Lou

03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Mitchel Rountree Stone Cottage, 460 W. Madison St. Platteville, WI
Middleton WI
Harmonica

Harmonious Harmonicas

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Stone Horse Green, 7550 Hubbard Ave, Middleton, WI
Hastings MN
Harmonica

Hastings Make Music Day – Harmonica Hoopla

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Levee Park, 20 Ramsey Street, Hastings MN 55033
Kansas City MO
Harmonica

Hohner Harmonica Experience at Lemonade Park with Russ

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming Street, Kansas City MO 64102
Waunakee WI
Harmonica

Kids Make Music Harmonica Jam

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Waunakee Senior Center, 333 S Madison St, Waunakee, WI 53597
Philadelphia PA
Harmonica

Learn to Play the Harmonica

11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Malelani Café, 6734 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119
Ossining Briarcliff NY
Ukulele

Learn to play the Ukulele!

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Mike Risko Music, 144 Croton Ave, Ossining NY
Avon Lake OH
Percussion

Let’s Enjoy Rhythm

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Veterans Memorial Park, Avon Lake OH 44012
Ridgefield CT
Percussion

Make Music at the Ridgefield Library

11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Ridgefield CT Library, 427 Main Street, Ridgefield CT
Columbia MO
Percussion

Make Music Columbia

09:00 AM - 09:00 PM
City Hall, Columbia MO
Columbia SC
Percussion

Make Music Columbia SC

12:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Koger Center for the Arts, 1051 Greene St, Columbia, SC 29201
Houston TX
Percussion

Make Music Day at City Hall

11:30 AM - 04:30 PM
City Hall, 901 Bagby, Houston, TX
Gadsden AL
Percussion

Make Music Day in Imagination Place

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Imagination Place Children's Museum, Gadsden, AL
Lancaster PA
Drumsticks

Make Music Day Lancaster

11:00 AM - 08:00 PM
Penn Square, Lancaster PA
Hebron CT
Percussion

Make Music Hebron CT; A Mile of Music

04:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Main Street Hebron CT
Fair Lawn NJ
Harmonica

Make Music in Fair Lawn

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Fair Lawn Senior Center, 11-05 Gardiner Rd, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Laredo TX
Percussion

Make Music Laredo @ Casa Ortiz

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Casa Ortiz, 915 Zaragoza St, Laredo, TX 78040
Santa Fe NM
Harmonica

Make Music Santa Fe

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
The Santa Fe Railyard Plaza, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe NM
Percussion

Make Music Santa Fe

01:00 PM - 08:00 PM
The Santa Fe Railyard District, Santa Fe, NM
Superior WI
Percussion

Make Music Superior

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Webster Dream Park N 58th St Superior WI 54880
Fair Lawn NJ
Ukulele

Making Music in Fair Lawn

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Fair Lawn REC Center, Fair Lawn NJ
Cincinnati OH
Harmonica

Mass Harmonica Lesson

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Fountain Square, 520 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Albany NY
Percussion

Music Mobile

11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Washington Park, Albany, NY
Barron WI
Drumsticks

Northwoods Percussion Drum Circle

02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Anderson Park, North Mill Street, Barron WI
Fairfield CT
Percussion

Peanut Butter Jam Kids Concert

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Sherman Green Gazebo, Fairfield CT
Big Bear CA
Harmonica

Play along with Farley the Fiddler

04:30 PM - 05:45 PM
The Village of Big Bear Lake, CA
Raleigh NC
Harmonica

Playalong with Harmonica George

10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
City of Raleigh Museum, 220 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, NC 27601
Waunakee WI
Percussion

Rhythm Band Jam

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Waunakee Public Library, 201 N Madison St, Waunakee, WI 53597
Land O' Lakes WI
Percussion

Rhythm Band Playtime at the Library

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Land O’ Lakes Library, 4242 County Rd B
Hastings MN
Percussion

Rhythm in Roadside Park; Make Music Hastings

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Roadside Park, Hastings MN
DeForest WI
Harmonica

Rhythm & Rhyme Storytime

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Firemens Park DeForest, WI 53532
Gulf Shores AL
Percussion

SPARC Camp Make Music Day

08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
SPARC Campus, The Cultural Center 19470 Oak Rd West, Building D, Gulf Shores, AL 36542
Gulf Shores AL
Drumsticks

SPARC Drumming lessons

10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
SPARC Campus, The Cultural Center, 19470 Oak Rd West, Building D, Gulf Shores, AL 36542
Raleigh NC
Ukulele

Strum and sing with the Raleigh Uke Jam

07:00 PM - 09:15 PM
City of Raleigh Museum, 220 Fayetteville St, Raleigh, NC 27601
Southeastern CT
Harmonica

Team Works Harmonica Circle

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Reliance Health, 40 Broadway, Norwich, CT 06360
New York
Harmonica

The 15th annual Mass Appeal Harmonicas NYC

05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Central Park, New York, NY
Madison WI
Drumsticks

The Funky Free Buckets

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Memorial Union Terrace, 800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53703
Green Bay WI
Percussion

The Rising Phoenix Rollin Mobile Music Stage

03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Market district, Green Bay, WI
Nashville TN
Ukulele

Uke 101 and Uke Strumalong

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fanny's House of Music, 1101 Holly St Nashville TN
Green Bay WI
Ukulele

Ukulele Group Lesson

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Voyager Park DePere, Green Bay, WI
Appleton WI
Ukulele

Ukulele Jam

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Heid Music, Appleton WI
Ridgefield CT
Ukulele

Ukulele Littles

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Ridgefield Library 427 Main Street, Ridgefield CT
Albany NY
Ukulele

Ukulele Mass Appeal

11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Washington Park, Albany NY
Avon Lake OH
Ukulele

Ukulele Test Drive

03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Veterans Memorial Park, Avon Lake OH 44012
Orange CA
Ukulele

Ukulele with Peggy Calvert

04:45 PM - 06:30 PM
Orange Public Library, Orange CA
Anaheim CA
Ukulele

Ukulele with Phil and Grace

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Anaheim Packing District, 440 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92805
Boston MA
Harmonica

Ultimate Jam Session

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA
Boston MA
Drumsticks

Ultimate Jam Session

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Downtown Crossing in Boston MA
Kansas City MO
Drumsticks

Urban Bucket Drum Brigade

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Loose Park at 51st and Wornall Rd, Kansas City MO
San Francisco CA
Percussion

Visual Arts Committee Jam Session

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 125, San Francisco, CA 94102
Clatsop County OR
Drumsticks

We’ve Got the Beat!

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
The Lot, 395 11th Street, Astoria, OR 97103
River Valley WI
Ukulele

You Uke Too

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Spring Green General Store, 137 South Albany St, Spring Green, WI 53588
River Valley WI
Ukulele

You Uke Too

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Back Porch Spring Green General Store, River Valley, WI