Our third year!

2023 marks the third year of Make Music Englewood after a fantastic debut in 2021 that brought fantastic musical artists of varied genres after a long period of lockdown due to Covid-19. 2022 brought a rainy and elongated stretch of wonderful music.

Englewood joins over 100 cities around the world in celebrating “Make Music Day”
on June 21st, the first day of Summer.

It all started 41 years ago in France…

In 1982, France’s Ministry of Culture dreamed up an idea for a new kind of musical holiday. They imagined a day where free, live music would be everywhere: street corners and parks, rooftops and gardens, storefronts and mountaintops.

Unlike a typical music festival, anyone and everyone would be invited to join and play music, or host performances. The event would take place on the summer solstice, June 21, and would be called Fête De La Musique. (In French, the name means both “festival of music” and “make music!”)

Amazingly enough, this dream has come true. The Fête has turned into a true national holiday: France shuts down on the summer solstice and musicians take over. Almost 8% of the country (5 million people) have played an instrument or sung in public for the Fête de la Musique.

Visit makemusicday.org for more information.