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21 June: World Music Day 2019 Theme, Aim, Significance, History
21 June: World Music Day 2019 Theme, Aim, Significance, History
World Music Day is celebrated every year on 21st June around the world, the same day when the International Yoga Day is observed.
World Music Day is also known as the Fête de la Musique, which is an annual celebration of music.
On World Music Day, people are encouraged to play music in public places and parks and various free concerts are also organized, where musicians play for free.
World Music Day aims to encourage both amateur and professional musicians to perform on the streets. It also aims to make all genres of music accessible to the public through the medium of free music concerts.
World Music Day 2019 theme is ‘Music at the intersections'.
World Music Day was first celebrated in Paris in 1982 and later it spread across 120 countries around the world. The celebrations were first initiated by the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang and Maurice Fleuret.