Jun 21: World Music Day

Today is World Music Day.

World music day or ‘Fête de la Musique’, as it was first known, has its origins in France. 

First thought up by Jack Lang and Maurice Fleuret from the French Ministry of culture in 1982, it was a day intended to encourage the mass performance of music. Now, the event has spread all over the world where musicians of all kinds (professional and amateur) play music in public for free. 

Here is the official school album - although the day is on a Sunday this year.