Make Music Day is a free festival of music held on the summer solstice June 21, every year.

Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music Day is open to anyone who wants to take part. Every kind of musician — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — pours onto streets, parks, plazas, and porches to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers. All of it is free and open to the public

A little history: Beginning in France (1982) as the Fête de la Musique, this free music festival is now held in more than 800 cities in 120 countries around the world!