MAKE MUSIC DAY 2025
The global celebration of music making is back, with Make Music Day taking place on Saturday 21st June around Australia and the world.
Originating in 1982 as Fête de la Musique in France, now taking place in a thousand cities and places across 120 countries, Make Music Day is a musical free-for-all celebrating music in all its forms. People are encouraged to band together and play in free public concerts in many different locations and online.
“Music making is something that resonates with people from all walks of life, all over the world,” said Australian Music Association CEO and ARIA Award winning musician Alex Masso. “Make Music Day is an opportunity to celebrate the way music making brings us together and gives us an outlet for expression, connection and so much else.”
Rock bands, songwriters, ukuleles, community bands and choirs, schools and individuals will be part of the musical offerings at Make Music Day events across Australia and online.
The City of Adelaide is cementing itself as a Make Music Day destination city. With 2025 being the 10th Anniversary of their UNESCO City of Music designation (the only designated city in Australia), they’ve organised a full Make Music Day takeover of the city, with over 200 performers playing in 40 venues from 9am to midnight.
In Victoria, Wyndham City Council has provided grants to community members to encourage and support accessible, participatory music-making activities on the day, which has resulted in a fantastically diverse range of interactive opportunities including a morning walk and sound listening experience, a community drum circle for kids and families, recording and music production sessions for emerging musicians, public piano and choir workshops and more.
“The best part of Make Music Day is that anyone can get involved”, says organiser of Make Music Day in Australia, Emma Bienvenu, Projects Officer for the Australian Music Association. “While we love to see local councils hosting large scale community events, we are equally as excited to see the smaller gatherings being planned in places like music stores and conservatoriums. All across Australia we have individual musicians and bands creating their own performance spaces in local parks, town halls and recording studios.”
Guitars Plus, a guitar store in Sandringham Victoria are hosting ‘Music of the Ages by Musicians of All Ages’, where the youngest performers will be twin girls age 7 and the oldest a solo artist, who turns 90 this year.
The Wollongong Conservatorium of Music Community Ensembles in New South Wales are celebrating with an early evening set outside Lux Bistro Bar, featuring the Curious Rendition Orchestra, a 35-piece dynamic, inclusive community band known for their spirited performances and diverse repertoire.
The City of Moreton Bay in Queensland are turning up the volume at their galleries, museums, libraries and beyond with a month-long music trail featuring free events, live performances, jam sessions, workshops, and more, with over 60 individual events planned in the lead up to and on Make Music Day.
“It’s wonderful to see the diversity in event types, as well as the participants ages, music styles and skill levels. It really is a day for everyone,” says Emma, “Whether you’re playing for a crowd or just getting together in your back yard to jam, it’s all music and it’s all worth celebrating.”
Join the celebrations this Make Music Day, Saturday June 21st.
Search for an event near you or register your own performance at makemusicaustralia.org.au.
Participate online by tagging @makemusicaustralia, or search #makemusicday to watch what’s happening around the world.
Make Music Day is presented in Australia by the Australian Music Association and the NAMM Foundation.