Make Music Day is a grassroots celebration where communities, musicians, venues and promoters collaborate to put on free music events in their local area. Started in France in 1982 as Fête de la Musique, Make Music Day now takes place in 125 countries on the summer solstice. On 21 June every year thousands of events take place across the globe in what becomes the world’s largest DIY music festival.
Despite the uncertainty around large gatherings in 2020, Make Music Day will still be happening on 21 June across the world. Make Music Day is an open invitation for everyone to make music anywhere and everywhere, including from your own home and online. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Live From Home Challenge: Record a musical performance at home on 21 June, and tag three friends to challenge them to respond with their own performances. Download our live streaming toolkit.
- Go Rural: Get outdoors (if you can) and explore nature. Find a remote location and live stream your performance from a beach, mountain, lighthouse etc. Download the Go Rural toolkit.
- Online Music Lessons: Teachers around the world will be offering free, online lessons for a variety of instruments on 21 June.
- Street Studios: Be part of a completely improvised music creation session! Record any sound or musical material on 21 June and upload it to one of the “Street Studio” producers, then watch the producer’s livestream as they incorporate it into a musical track created on the spot, using only the submitted materials.
- Global Livestream: a day-long video stream on 21 June will show the rich diversity of live Make Music Day performances around the world.
- Bring me Sunshine: download one of the many free arrangements of Bring me Sunshine and live stream your performance from wherever you are.
Use the tag #makemusicday on social media platforms to show you’re taking part!