Fête de la musique 2024: Peacekeeper concerts in Paris

Every June 21, music resounds throughout France at the Fête de la Musique. A popular and festive event that has become a "must" for many French people, the Fête de la Musique was launched for the very first time on June 21, 1982, at the instigation of Jack Lang, Minister of Culture at the time, Maurice Fleuret and Christian Dupavillon, architect-scenographer and member of the Cabinet. At the time, they wanted to give birth to a major popular event enabling all musicians to play and make a name for themselves during a festive evening.

More than 40 years later, the Fête de la Musique has become an integral part of many people's cultural calendar. It's worth noting that there are plenty of free concerts on this day. Jazz, pop, metal, rock, rap, RnB, electro, classical... all styles are featured in the streets, of course, but also in squares, gardens and parks, and in museums.

Fête de la Musique 2025 in Paris and the Ile-de-France region, concert program and special offers
The Fête de la Musique returns this Saturday, June 21, 2025! Get ready to vibrate to the rhythm of live music thanks to numerous free concerts and DJ sets organized outdoors, as well as in concert halls, museums and churches in Paris and the Île-de-France region. Discover the program of events scheduled for June 21 in Paris and the Paris region for the Fête de la Musique 2025. [Read more]

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In Paris, there's no shortage of free concerts, with some events considered must-sees and eagerly awaited every June 21, but often overbooked. But the capital also offers many other musical highlights, such as these concerts by the Musique des gardiens de la paix. Every year, for the Fête de la Musique, this musical ensemble performs at one or more venues in the capital, bringing the sounds of live music to life.

Created in 1929 at the Préfecture de Police, the Musique des gardiens de la paix is a unique musical group of 121 musicians, comprising a wind band and a brass band.

OnFriday June 21, 2024, the Musique des gardiens de la paix will be playing at the Préfecture de police, the Square de l'Île-de-France in the 4th arrondissement and theEglise Saint Roch in the 1st arrondissement, to celebrate the latest Fête de la musique.

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• Fête de la Musique 2025 in Paris and the Ile-de-France region, concert program and special offers
• Fête de la Musique 2025 in Paris and the Ile-de-France region: unusual highlights on the programme
• Fête de la Musique 2025 in Paris: the program by arrondissement

Fête de la musique 2024, the program of the Musique des gardiens de la paix

• Musique des gardiens de la paix - Brass quartet - Friday, June 21, 2024 at 3:30pm
  Square de l'Île-de-France - Quai de l'Archevêché, 75004 Paris / Free admission
  Come and listen to the brass quartet of the Musique des gardiens de la paix harmony orchestra in the open air, under the trees of the Square de l'Île-de-France.
  
  
• Musique des gardiens de la paix - Orchestre d'harmonie - Friday, June 21, 2024 at 5:00 pm
  Préfecture de Police - Place Louis Lépine, 75004 Paris / Free admission
  Come and discover the Musique des gardiens de la paix brass band at this free open-air concert.
  
  
• Musique des gardiens de la paix - Batterie-fanfare - Friday June 21, 2024 at 9:00 pm
  Eglise Saint Roch - 24 rue Saint Roch, 75001 Paris / Free admission
  Don't miss this free concert by the batterie-fanfare of the Musique des gardiens de la paix at 9 pm.