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World Tourism Day 2011

We invite you to join us in celebrating World Tourism Day.
The event will take place on Tuesday 27th September 2011 at 20:00.
The main events will take place at Faliraki Square, consisting of live music, dances and many more. Just what a celebration of this magnitude needs! See you there...

World Music Day

Faliraki Centre - 20:00
The Fête de la Musique, also known as World Music Day, is a music festival taking place on 21st of June 2011 in Faliraki. The idea was first broached in 1976 by American musician Joel Cohen, then employed by the national French radio station France Musique. Cohen proposed an all-night music celebration at the moment of the summer solstice. The idea was taken up by French Music and Dance director Maurice Fleuret for Minister of Culture Jack Lang in 1981 and first took place in 1982.

Its purpose is to promote music in two ways:

• Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets. The slogan Faites de la musique (Make music), a homophone of Fête de la Musique, is used to promote this goal.
• Many free concerts are organized, making all genres of music accessible to the public. Two of the caveats to being sanctioned by the official Fête de la Musique organization in Paris are that all concerts must be free to the public, and all performers donate their time for free.