With the support of the French Embassy in India, Air France, Decathlon, Eurocopter, Schneider, AECA design and other individual sponsors…Invite You To Conforming to the spirit of the festival around the world

Date: Saturday, 17th June Time : 4.30p.m. onwards
Entry is free. All kinds of musicians and music-lovers welcome.

Share Music and Dance on 3 stages

The Auditorium:
Musical programme begins at 4.30 PM. There will be Indian and western classical pieces, songs, choirs, jazz numbers, fusion music, Indi-pop and rock. Look at who’s playing – All the favourites from A to Z.

Aurko
Bangalore School of Music
Bangalore School of Performing Arts
Galeej Gurus
Geetha Navale
Jazz Revival
Lounge Piranha
Maximum Pudding
Paradigm Shift
Parikrama Choir
Thaalavaadya by T.S. Mani & Group
The RaghuDixit Project
Yantra
The Basement Programme will start at around 7.30 PM. The basement is an open stage for JAM session. There will be special performances:
Amit Heri Trio.
Prakash Sontakke & Karthik Mani,
Rivers
The Atrium: Dance performances will start at 6.00p.m. The music will begin at 8.30p.m.
Body language
Rock around the Clock
STEM
Shiri
Studio 1 ( Hip hop )
Zealers
Sufi music and Carnatic songs by renouned singer Sumathi
Performance on Ghatam by award-winning artiste Smt. Sukanyaramgopal.

All this is possible thanks to our sponsors: the French Embassy, Air France, Decathlon, Eurocopter, Schneider and Aeca Design.

World Music Day Backgrounder:
Every year the Alliance Francaise de Bangalore organizes the World Music Day in collaboration with the Embassy of France in India and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and the Republique Française. This year, the unique musical festival completes 25 years since it was first started.

This festival was started in the year 1982 . Since then it has become a true social phenomenon and tradition. In France, every year on this day, thousands of musicians, both amateur and professional, gather at all public places to celebrate the true spirit of music. Hundreds of music concerts of all styles of music are organized on this day, and all music lovers are welcome to contribute to this celebration. The popularity of the event is constantly increasing all over the world.

This year, keeping the tradition alive, Alliance Française de Bangalore organizes the event with one main purpose: to promote and enjoy good music and the entry is free and open to all music lovers. Any and every person who wishes to be part of this celebration is most
welcome to attend. There is no entry fee or pass.

The Fête de la Musique also takes place in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Britain, China and Morocco. It continues to spread to other countries. It was thought up by French Minister of Culture Jack Lang in 1981 It is the occasion of a mass celebration
which has grown more and more successful over the last two decades. In France, this is one of the only nights in the year where there is no sound restriction at nighttime. One can party on without being bothered by neighbors calling the police.

For more information:
Priyamvada Majumdar
Cultural Coordinator
Eric Rousseau,
Director
Alliance Française de Bangalore
Ph: 41231340 / 43 /44/45

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