ten unusual places to let yourself be carried away by the notes throughout France

Since 1982, every June 21, the Music Festival has brought together amateurs and professionals around a common celebration: playing, singing, listening and vibrating in unison in public spaces. This event extends beyond all of mainland and overseas France. It also extends internationally to 120 countries. Here are 10 unusual places to celebrate the Fête de la Musique throughout France.

Pop at the National Hospital for 15-20

The Quinze-Vingts hospice, which became the National Hospital, was founded around 1260 by Saint Louis without us knowing the details and the precise time of this foundation. The goal was to collect the poor blind people of Paris in distress. On the occasion of the Music Festival, the National Hospital is organizing a concert for patients, their loved ones and nursing staff. This concert is also open to all those who wish to experience this moment of celebration in a historic and unusual place.

During this evening, four artists will take the stage. The singers June The Girl, Charlie Motto and Lox will host a pop, romantic and disco evening, with the group Funky Luciano, already present during the previous edition.

Friday June 21 from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Parvis de l’Hôpital National des 15-20, 28 rue de Charenton, 75012. Free entry, with no limit on places.

1920s musette ball at the Forney Library

The Forney Library is nestled in the majestic setting of the Hôtel de Sens, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The building built in the 15th century was used as the residence of the Archbishops of Sens. It houses hundreds of thousands of works and documents, largely relating to decorative arts, fine arts and crafts. For the Fête de la Musique, the venue hosts a musette ball from the 1920s. A group of musicians will perform javas, waltzes, tango, paso and even swing, celebrating the songs of Fréhel, Damia, Maurice Chevalier and Berthe Sylva, performed by the singer Sacha la Fauve.

Friday June 21, 2024 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Forney Library at the Hôtel de Sens. FREE ENTRANCE.

Immersive music at the Marmottan Museum

On June 21, 1934, the Marmottan Museum opened its doors. On the occasion of its 90th anniversary, the Parisian institution, owned by the Academy of Fine Arts, in partnership with Radio Nova, is offering a DJ set with Gilb’r, renowned composer and producer. The music of this former Radio Nova programmer is experimental and synesthetic. It will combine with the masterpieces of Claude Monet, creating an atmosphere on the border between visual and sound arts. During the evening, visitors will also be able to freely discover the exhibition Stake ! Artists and sport 1870-1930 as well as the permanent collections of the Parisian institution.

Friday June 21, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Salle des Nymphéas of the Marmottan Museum. Free admission, limited seating available.

Afro at the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris

After a dance performance by choreographer Hofesh Shechter by students of the Paris Conservatory, at the Fulu Miziki concert a collective of Eco-Friendly-Afro-Futuristic-Punk artists will illuminate the Palais de la Porte Dorée. This will be followed by a concert by Pamela Badjogo who will offer a cocktail mixing afro-pop and afrobeat with traditional Mandinka instruments. Finally, it’s time for the DJ set by DJ Ka(ra)mi who will mix sounds from Afro-Caribbean percussion samples mixed with beats influenced by hip-hop, R&B, house, zouk and kompa.

Friday June 21 from 7:30 p.m. to midnight, Palais de la Porte Dorée, 75012 Paris. Free, free entry. Accessible to people with intellectual, hearing, visual, mental and motor disabilities.

Hip-hop in the Saint-Sébastien impasse in Paris

Since 2004, the hip-hop Block Party at Impasse Saint-Sébastien, initiated by the Righteous association, has become an unmissable event at the Fête de la Musique in Paris. This year, the event celebrates its 20th anniversary. It brings together fans of the genre of all ages. This year fifteen artists are brought together. We find DJ EwOne !, DJ Kayuza (Japan), DJ Poska, DJ Glo, DJ Suspect, Freedy Jay, Romenbto Le Jazz or The Bridge of Indies Artists.

Friday June 21 from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., Impasse Saint-Sébastien, 75011 Paris. Free, open access.

Electro mixing at the Arab World Institute

After the concert Pulsations by Ibrahim Maalouf from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. organized as part of the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad, the Institut du Monde Arabe will meet on the square in front of the Institut du monde Arabe, with an attractive electro line-up. Andy 4000, artist with hip-hop sounds, Bab El Wave, Broodoo Ramses, daring DJ with baile funk and voguing style, Danyl, young Algerian prodigy mixing rap, pop and raï, Moonshine, afro-electro collective, TH are on the program with other surprise headliners that spectators will discover on the day of the concert.

Friday June 21 in collaboration with Konbini, from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. on the square in front of the Arab World Institute. Free, free entry.

Electro on Borély beach in Marseille

The Fun Radio Live event is happening again this year in Marseille on Borély beach, for a free electronic music concert. On the program Boris Way, FDVM, Henri PFR, Trinix, Upsilone and Matt in the opening act will make the public dance on the 260 meter long beach. French artists, several of whom come from the Côte D’Azur.

Friday June 21 from 6 p.m. to midnight, Plage Borély in Marseille. Free, upon reservation.

Iranian, rock and classical music in the Bissuel military barracks in Lyon

The Catholic University of Lyon opens its campus located in the Bissuel barracks which housed the headquarters of the General Staff of the Fifth Military Region. Built in 1831, it was taken over by UCLy in 2005 after being completely renovated. Students lead an open stage. With his setar, a traditional Iranian instrument, Ali, a student and professional musician, will enchant the open stage with oriental sounds. Already present at the Music’Ly 2023 Festival, OuterSpace, a rock group made up of UCLy students, will offer a set of original compositions. In the second part of the evening, the UCLy Choirs, under the direction of Pascal Adoumbou, offer a tribute concert to Mozart with the Dixit Dominus and other works.

Friday June 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. UCLy Campus Carnot, 23 place Carnot, Lyon. Online registration required.

Classic at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

The Strasbourg Philharmonic Choir is cosmopolitan and intergenerational, it brings together ninety choristers aged 16 to 75, from four continents and seventeen different nationalities. In the Agora of the European Parliament, they will sing a program with European colors. All tus tuus by the Polish composer Henryk Gorecki, Calm of the nights / Flowers and trees, opus 68 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Geographical fugue by Austrian composer Ernst Toch as well as eight French songs by French composer Francis Poulenc and commented by conductor Catherine Bolzinger. The European anthem will be participatory with the public.

Friday June 21 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Agora du Parlement in Strasbourg. Free, upon registration.

Rap and techno in the Saint-Aubin Church in Toulouse

Built from 1847 on an old cemetery, the Saint-Aubin Church is the largest religious construction site of the 19th century in Toulouse. It is built in a style combining Gothic, Romanesque and Byzantine arts. This mix of genres is found in the musical programming it hosts for the Fête de la Musique. The entire emerging Toulouse scene is brought together by the S34 Corporation collective. Around ten slam, hip-hop, rap and/or techno artists will get Toulouse residents dancing.

Friday June 21 from 6:00 p.m. to midnight at the Saint-Aubain Church in Toulouse. Free, free entry.