Fête de la Musique 2024: 36h Saint-Eustache Festival gives carte blanche to Luminiscence

Good news for music lovers! The Fête de la musique returns to Paris and the rest of France on June 21. For a whole day and evening, musicians - amateur and professional alike - will be bringing music to life by bringing out their instruments and giving free concerts all over the place. From the streets to bars and restaurants, from concert halls to museums and cultural centers and institutions... Every June 21, live music invades a wide range of venues, delighting many ears.

Some events, such as the 36h Saint Eustache Festival, are not to be missed in Paris. This year, the musical event returns to theEglise Saint-Eustache on Thursday June 20 and Friday June 21, 2024, with a new and nineteenth edition.

Born 19 years ago from an original idea by the parish priest of Saint-Eustache, the 36h Festival is a project supported by the Saint-Eustache parish community. The concept? For 36 hours - including one all-nighter - riffs, keyboards, beats and samples rub shoulders with lyrical choirs and organ, under the majestic vault of Paris's Les Halles cathedral.

During their set, each group revisits a liturgical work of their choice (gospel, requiem, ave maria, psalm, negro spiritual...), bringing sacred music to life from an unusual angle.

After welcoming Cindy Pooch, Czesare and Alex Montembault and the Loverman project in 2023, who has the honor of participating in the 2024 edition of the Festival 36h Saint Eustache? Well, this year, the Festival 36h Saint-Eustache is changing its tune and giving carte blanche to Luminiscence. Since mid-February, this immersive show has plunged spectators into an incredible visual and aural experience, a fascinating journey through time recounting the history of the Parisian monument.

Luminiscence: the incredible immersive show is extended to Saint-Eustache church, our photos
Get ready to discover Saint-Eustache church as you've never seen it before! Until June 28, 2024, the famous edifice nestled in the capital's 1st arrondissement is opening its doors to the incredible "Luminiscence" experience. On the program? An immersive theatrical tour followed by a magnificent 360-degree sound and light show recounting the history of this famous Parisian landmark, which celebrates its 800th anniversary this year. [Read more]

For this Fête de la musique 2024, Luminiscence invites the MVSICÆ collective of composers and musicians to perform an electro-lyrical show. To these rhythms, actor Olivier Clerc will recite poems and texts from French literature, including those by La Fontaine, Molière, Baudelaire, Apollinaire and René Char. Please note that these sessions, offered especially for the Fête de la musique, are not free of charge. Please book in advance here.

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36h Saint-Eustache 2024 Festival, carte blanche for Luminiscence

June 20, 2024 at 10 and 11:30 p.m. then June 21 at 9:50 and 10:50 p.m. - Eglise Saint-Eustache - Admission fee, reservation here

• Electro-lyrical show
  MVSICÆ, the collective behind Luminiscence's Electro Orchestral soundtrack, performs a live electro-lyrical version of the show in the nave of Saint-Eustache church. With Paul Lecomte on synthesizer, Valérie Belleville on violin, then Véronique Pain and Frédéric Bayle (soprano and tenor).
  
  Over these rhythms, actor Olivier Clerc becomes narrator for the evening, reciting poems and texts from French literature (La Fontaine, Molière, Baudelaire, Apollinaire, René Char...).