{"id":15565,"date":"2023-06-20T08:36:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T08:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/?post_type=blog&p=15565"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:52:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:52:27","slug":"world-music-day-is-coming-heres-how-to-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/world-music-day-is-coming-heres-how-to-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"World Music Day is Coming! Here\u2019s How to Get Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, June 21st<\/sup>, musicians around the world will (quite literally) take to the streets to celebrate World Music Day.<\/p>\n

Known by many names: Music Day, Make Music Day, and F\u00eate de la Musique… People have celebrated World Music Day for 36 years now, with the inaugural event taking place in Paris in 1982.<\/p>\n

But how did World Music Day come to be? And, what exactly can you do to get involved? Today, we\u2019re going to delve into its history and find out.<\/p>\n

“The music everywhere and the concert nowhere”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Firstly, the origins of this day can be traced back to two men \u2013 former French Minister of Culture Jack Lang and composer and arts administrator Maurice Fleuret<\/a>. In October 1981, Fleuret, at Lang\u2019s request, became France\u2019s Minister of Culture and Dance; and he set the wheels of World Music Day in motion.<\/p>\n

In 1982, Fleuret read a study on the cultural habits of the French; It revealed one child in two \u2013 approximately 5 million people \u2013 played a musical instrument. However, Fleuret realized that music was largely confined to the domestic sphere, and rarely ever heard in public. “The music [is] everywhere and the concert nowhere,” he would reflect.<\/p>\n

Finally, wanting to bring that live music to the French public, he started planning the first ever F\u00eate De la Musique, which duly took place in Paris in 1982.<\/p>\n

The aim of the event was twofold:<\/p>\n