Music Festival in Lille | When Streets = Stages

อ่านภาษาไทย คลิก ที่นี่ Music can be enjoyed no matter which season it is in, but in western countries you may find a music festival only in summer or when it’s a warmer period of the year. That is the reason why we consider world widely the 21 st June is the perkiest day of the year since it’s the ‘WorldMusic Day’ . And its history began in France… The very first idea of this festival was from Joel Cohen, an American artist who was working for ‘France Musique’ a radio station in France. Cohen wanted the radio station to organize a music event on the 21 st of June and December, which are the two solstices . Finally the events did organized in western Paris and Toulouse on the 21 st June 1976. In 1981, André Henry, the Minister of Hobby at that time, organized a music event in Paris celebrating the arrival of the new president, François Mitterrand. The free concert counted around 100,000 participants. A year later, Jack Lang, the Minister of Culture, and Maurice...