Thirteen cities and regions in Connecticut, including New Canaan will join forces to present hundreds of free outdoor musical events on Friday, June 21 for Make Music Day.
— an announcement from Make Music Alliance
The celebration, the world’s largest annual music event, takes place on the summer solstice each year, bringing people of all ages and skill levels together to make music.
More than 150 communities in the United States are hosting thousands of Make Music Day performances. In Connecticut, they include Bethel, Bridgeport, Danbury, Fairfield, Hebron, Middletown, New Canaan, Northwest CT, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Southbury, Southeast CT, and Waterbury. Make Music Day is the world’s largest annual music event.
• NEW CANAAN: This year the Carriage Barn Arts Center is partnering with New Canaan Library to present Make Music Day. Highlights planned for the day so far include many new bands and acts.
—At 10 a.m., the day will kick-off at theNew Canaan Library with a pre-school singalong led by Meghan Murphy Gould and Storytime with Miss Marie from the New Canaan Library. All families and children are welcome to join.
—At 12 noon, there will be a classical concert at the Carriage Barn Arts Cener.
—Starting at 3 p.m., there will be an Acoustic Sessions featuring performances on the keyboard, guitar, instruments, and vocal showcase for 10-minute slots. The New Canaan Town Brass Bandwill play from 4:40 – 5:00 pm
—From 5 to 6:30 p.m., School of Rock will play with other selected bands following until 8:00 pm
—At 8 p.m. and later, bands and musical acts will play at various venues around town.
For information on Make Music Day in other communities around the state, see the Connecticut Make Music Day website.
Make Music Day began in France in 1982 as the Fête de la Musique, and today it is celebrated in thousands of cities across 120 countries.
Make Music Day is a free and open invitation for everyone to perform, teach, learn, and experience the joy of making music on the longest day of the year. Reimagining their cities and towns as stages, every kind of musician — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — pours onto streets, parks, plazas, porches, rooftops, gardens and other public spaces to celebrate, create and share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers.
From an interactive map on the Make Music Alliance website
It looks like Connecticut has the most intense concentration of participating communities in the country. Fairfield County has as many communities participating as all the rest of the New York metro area, according to this map on the MMD website.
“Since 2018, Connecticut has embraced Make Music Day like no other state,” said Aaron Friedman, Executive Director of the national Make Music Alliance. “Working with the Connecticut Office of the Arts, communities from the Long Island Sound to the hills in the North organized more than 400 free musical performances last year on June 21. We are looking forward to another extraordinary day of music-making in 2024!”
More About Make Music Day
See this article for more information: Communities Across Connecticut Host Performances for Make Music Day, Friday, June 21 (Darienite.com, June 3)
Any musician, amateur or professional, young or old, is invited to visit MakeMusicDay.org to find the nearest Make Music Day celebration and sign up to participate. Likewise, businesses, buildings, schools, churches, and other institutions can visit the website to offer their outdoor spaces as concert locations.
Make Music Connecticut is presented statewide by the Connecticut Office of the Arts. For links to participating communities throughout the state, visit makemusicday.org/connecticut.