The town of Rueil-Malmaison celebrates music on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 with a series of free concerts, including a not-to-be-missed live performance by singer Manu le Prince on the town hall forecourt.
Feel like celebrating music? Like every year, join us on June 21 for the traditional Fête de la musique! For over 40 years now, this popular and festive event has been a treat for amateur musicians, eager to share their musical style with as many people as possible. As well as offering free concerts in the streets and many other venues, the Fête de la Musique gives budding musicians the chance to express their talent and play to audiences in search of something new.
Every June 21, free concerts are held all over the city, featuring a wide range of musical styles (rock, pop, metal, rap, hip-hop, R&B, classical, French variety, blues, jazz, electro...).
This year, the Fête de la musique returns on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, with a host of musical highlights to be enjoyed in Paris and elsewhere in the Île-de-France region, including Rueil-Malmaison. This town in the Hauts-de-Seine region of the Ile-de-France region awaits young and old alike on June 21, 2023, with a host of musical delights to be enjoyed in all four corners of the commune. Not to be missed? Singer Manu le Prince, scheduled on the town hall forecourt from 8.30pm.
Fête de la musique 2023 in Rueil-Malmaison, the program
- Place Jean-Jaurès - From 12 noon to 2 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Concert by young amateur musicians selected by the town's School of Urban Arts after a casting. Come and support these new artists as they make their live debut!
- Parvis de la Mairie from 8:30pm to 11pm: Manu le Prince Quintet
Split between France and Brazil, singer Manu le Prince, surrounded by her Cuban and Brazilian musicians, stops off in Rueil-Malmaison for a concert of Latin music. Manu Le Prince's warm, intoxicating voice transports you straight to South America to dance to bossa nova, samba and salsa.
Latin dance schools are invited to come and express their talents with their students and get the rueillois public dancing.
- Théâtre de verdure (Parc de l'Amitié) - 2pm to 8pm
The Théâtre de verdure, located in the Parc de l'Amitié, welcomes Conservatoire musical ensembles throughout the afternoon. Come and discover the town's young talent in a bucolic setting.
- Maison Giquel - 49 quai du Halage - From 3pm to 9pm
The Prévention santé department, the Etablissement Français du Sang and the Avant-Scène offer a concert of singing and musical comedy in the same venue, at the same time as a blood donation operation.
- Place de l'Eglise
- 5.30 pm to 6.45 pm: Under the direction of Mathilde Kohn, the Petits chanteurs de Rueil choir, made up of 110 choristers, children and adults, offers an educational concert on arias by Henry Purcell, with a presentation of each baroque instrument.
- 7pm to 7:45pm: The Petits chanteurs de Rueil choir invites you to push open the door of the church for a " mass for the curious ".
- 8-9pm: Pop-rock concert by the group Anawins on the church forecourt.
- 9pm to midnight: The O'Musica youth choir, directed by Marie Golhen, offers a choral promenade from medieval music to Gospel. At 11pm, St. John's bonfire is lit in the church.
- Château de la Petite Malmaison - 229 bis avenue Napoléon-Bonaparte - 3pm to 9pm
Music on the loose in the salons and gardens.
Professional musicians, conservatory students, enlightened amateurs and beginners all come together to offer you magnificent moments of encounter in a musical whirlwind.
- Libris café (Médiathèque Jacques-Baumel) - 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Under the direction of Aurore Coriton, the En Choeur choir from Rueil Culture Loisirs offers a convivial musical journey, from world music to international pop and French chanson.
- Petit théâtre de l'Athénée - 2 avenue Alsace-Lorraine - 7pm
Piano audition by Jean-Roch Lyeuté's students at 7pm at the Athénée.
- Edmond Rostand - 20 boulevard Edmond-Rostand - 19h
Piano auditions by Sophie Vieville and Nicolas Krimitsas-Eichenberger.
- Emmanuel International Church - 56 rue des Bons raisins - 8pm
The Emmanuel Gospel Choir, directed by pianist Scott Sontag and made up of some 50 singers, invites you to share their songs, which range from Negro-spiritual to modern Gospel.
- Square de l'orangerie - 4 Rue des Frères-Lumière - 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
An electro-acoustic, inter-generational group from rueillois, Simon Says revives pop/rock standards from the 70s to the 90s, in their own way of course. Family-friendly atmosphere guaranteed!
- Allée de Bourrienne and Passage d'Arcole - 8:30 pm to 9:15 pm
Follow the Accro d'Jazz vocal group from the allée de Bourrienne to the Passage d'Arcole for lively mini jazz concerts.
