I’ve had the privilege of getting to take part in 3 editions of Fête de la Musique in 3 different cities, namely- Pretoria, Johannesburg (South Africa), and Berlin. All 3 of these experiences were completely unique celebrations of music within a city. In 2015, Pretoria’s edition blocked off a few streets in a suburb close… Continue reading Adelle Nqeto on her Fête experiences – in Africa and Europe
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FETE Berlin Podcast: Björn Döring – curator of the Fête shows us what goes on behind the scene
Say hallo to the Fête de la Musique Spotify podcast! Yes folks it’s all happening here. This episode features the curator of the FETE Berlin since 2018, Björn Döring, chatting to Noel Maurice of Berlin blog indieBerlin. While you’re in the podcast mood, don’t forget to check out our other podcast episodes: whereas in 2018… Continue reading FETE Berlin Podcast: Björn Döring – curator of the Fête shows us what goes on behind the scene
Fête de la Musique joins 75 festivals for We Vote For Europe
The Fête de la Musique is all about inclusion, togetherness, cultures mixing and mashing it up, no borders and general hugs and cuddles. Which is, as we see it, what the European project is also all about (especially the hugs and cuddles). We don’t want borders, we don’t want drawbridges being drawn up, we don’t… Continue reading Fête de la Musique joins 75 festivals for We Vote For Europe
The Crooked head straight for the Fete: Interview with touring Toronto rock band
The Crooked are a Toronto-based alternative rock band. Formed from four people with migration backgrounds, it was in Canada that they found each other and a common love for their particular brand of rock music. We talk to Neelesh, a Londoner who lived four years in Berlin as a musician and music journalist before relocating to… Continue reading The Crooked head straight for the Fete: Interview with touring Toronto rock band
It’s down to the wire! Choose 2 of the last 4 songs and have your say in what Germany sings on 21.6!
I’m not going to rant, honest I’m not, but I mean really It’s the 21st Century, we’re an inch from fulfilling youthful fantasies like flying cars and people living on Mars; not to mention having our own handheld comm devices like on Star Trek back in the day, and all you hear when you turn… Continue reading It’s down to the wire! Choose 2 of the last 4 songs and have your say in what Germany sings on 21.6!
We’d love to interview you for the FETE Berlin!
You’re young, you’re old, you play an instrument or you sing: alone, in a band, in a choir? Or you have a club, a bar, a bookshop – or a butchers? Only one thing really matters: that you’re doing something for the Fête de la Musique. Big gigs, small gigs, we don’t mind – we… Continue reading We’d love to interview you for the FETE Berlin!
Europe-wide Singalong for the Fête de la Musique: But what should we sing?
On 20 June last year, people in Berlin’s Lustgarten were part of a Europe-wide Singalong flash mob. In Germany alone, spontaneous mass vocalising took place across a number of cities. Together we sang three well-known numbers, hymns to cohesion and our communal dream of sunshiny social utopia: Beethovens’ and Schiller’s “Ode to Joy”, John Lennon’s… Continue reading Europe-wide Singalong for the Fête de la Musique: But what should we sing?
Voila! The matchmaking tool – stages and bands, everyone’s invited!
So many stages, so many musicians, what to do, what to do? Which is when we had our aha! Moment, the lightbulb went on (not like one of those energy-saving ones, oh no, one of the old ones, halogen, 100W, it came on like a bolt from God and it just didn’t go out). A… Continue reading Voila! The matchmaking tool – stages and bands, everyone’s invited!
Treptow-Köpenick chosen as district in focus for the Fête de la Musique 2019
Since 1995 the Fête de la Musique has been taking place each year in Berlin, on the 21st of June, the day that marks the beginning of summer. As of 2018, we choose a particular district each year as our ‘focus district’. Although the Fête has been going in Berlin for a while now, a… Continue reading Treptow-Köpenick chosen as district in focus for the Fête de la Musique 2019