World Music Day was a holiday born in France in the year 1982. June 21st is henceforth recognised as Fête de la Musique globally. 41 years later, the festival continues to be celebrated and embraced by more than 1000 cities globally where masses gather over their shared love for music. 

The Embassy of France in India, Institut Français in India and Alliance Française network and Boxout.fm build upon their collaboration from 2021 and 2022 to celebrate Fête de la Musique 2023. 

The festival is set to adopt a hybrid model this year. Online, Fête de la Musique will host a portal that will feature curated community playlists, community radio and a submission platform for the offline events. 

The offline phase of the festival is launched by a 4 city club tour across India from the 15th to 21st of June, 2023. This multi-city tour will be headlined by French electronic breakthrough DJ RONI. Following her Paris Boiler Room Debut she will be bringing forward an eclectic mix of jungle, breaks, techno and club music for her India tour. 

15th June: Mumbai at Khar Social

16th June: Kolkata at OneCommune8

18th June: Bangalore at Koramangala Social

21st June: Delhi at Auro Kitchen & Bar

The 3 week program will feature a mix of club concerts and day time events such as workshops, film screenings and panel discussions across cities with local music, culture and art collectives. 

The French Institute / IFI (Institut français India) is a section of the Embassy of France responsible for connecting and implementing Indo-French human exchanges.

IFI performs numerous functions: from promoting academic and scientific exchanges between higher institutes of learning and research to enabling student mobility and promoting the French language. We also foster links between artists, scientists, NGOs, professors, enterprises, film professionals, publishers and more.

Alliance française aims to promote the French language, showcase the French culture and develop cultural ties between France and India. In India, there is a strong and vivid network of 13 Alliances françaises, soon to be 14. Some centers have different branches in one state, among which Indore for Alliance française de Bhopal, Baroda for Alliance française d’Ahmedabad or Coimbatore for Alliance française de Madras.