The Alliance Francaise de Bhopal, observed the Fête de la musique World Music Day here on Wednesday. The music lovers of the city enthusiastically participated in the event.
An Open Mic was organised at the Alliance Francaise de Bhopal premises. As a part of the ongoing latino Week, the highlights of the programme were the latino music. The participants beautifully performed Jazz and Rock songs at the open mic.
The open mic was organised also with a motive to provide a platform to the youngsters and showcase their talent. The participants beautifully presented songs not only in Spanish and French languages but also few Bollywood tracks added charisma in the evening.
The guitar performance by a young guitarist Shashank Verma added much zest in the open mic. The audiences were seen totally engrossed in the melodious music performed by the youngsters of the city.
Notably, the Music Day is a connected set of free public events which takes place each year on June 21. The festival originated in France in 1982. Since then the idea has spread across the globe with each event holding to the same simple set of principles: that the day is held in mid-summer solstice and that all concerts and events are free and accessible to the public.
Since 1982, the festival has become an international phenomenon, celebrated on the same day in more than 700 cities in 120 countries, including Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Canada, the United States, Japan and India.