World Music Day 2025: Date, history, quotes, significance — all you need to know
Known as Fête de la Musique, World Music Day is celebrated annually on June 21, celebrating music and musicians worldwide with daylong performances and concerts, among other activities.
It can be traced back to France in 1982, when the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, dedicated a day to the celebration of music. Composer Maurice Fleuret was roped in to organise a festival in Paris, thus laying the foundation for the celebration of World Music Day.
A different theory for its origins believes that the American writer Joel Cohen came up with the concept of holding an all-night music festival to commemorate the Summer Solstice.
On this World Music Day, we celebrate the soul-stirring power of music that unites, heals & inspires.
Here's to our talented artists and the rhythm that moves us all. #worldmusicday2025#NagalandForMusic pic.twitter.com/CAyPUJ1Qjf
— MyGov Nagaland (@MyGovNagaland) June 21, 2025
Every year, people gather to commemorate World Music Day, which now has grown into a global event that symbolises music as a universal language to symbolise inclusivity and unity.
The day is commemorated with slogans like 'Faites de la musique' or 'Make music,' which reflects its main objective of inspiring everyone to enjoy music, regardless of background or ability level.
Music reveals truths beyond what wisdom and philosophy can ever express. ~ Ludwig van Beethoven
Music should move you, whether it stirs your soul or gets you on your feet. ~ Elvis Presley
Music belongs to everyone; it's only publishers who think otherwise. ~ John Lennon
The beauty of music is that when it hits you, it brings no pain. ~ Bob Marley
Music speaks truth. If anything in this world can bring change, it's through music. ~ Jimi Hendrix
Music has always been my constant, even when people weren't. ~ Taylor Swift
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