Musical Sunday at Session Road

Fête de la Musique PH goes to Baguio’s Session Road this Sunday, June 26 with 17 performers.

Alongside Sunday Market Showcase at Session Road which will begin at 7AM, the public will be treated with free musical performances beginning 1PM.

The Baguio Stage of the Fete de la Musique PH will be at Session Road cor. Calderon Street with the following performers: Dilaw, BakaBaka, TrunCoats, Sonny Bambino, Lowtechs, Amateurish, Zsaris, Rice Lucido, Leanne & Naara, Ibarra, Marcus Moon, TUS, Blue Ruins, Mantra x Makina, Brass Pas Pas Pas Pas, Ang Bagong Luto ni Enriquez, and 10AM Departure.

Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong issued Executive Order No. 70, series of 2022 declaring June 26, 2022 as the World Music Day Festival in the city of Baguio to provide the public with free musical performances aimed at promoting unity and appreciation of music.

In 2017, the city government of Baguio and the French Embassy in the Philippines together with the Alliance Francais de Manille presented for the very first time the Fete de la Musique in the city showcasing over 40 performers coming from the National Capital Region.

In recognition of the tourism and economic impact of the event, the city council passed Resolution Numbered 117, series of 2017 declaring every 21st day of the month of June every year as World Music Day in the city of Baguio.

Fête de la Musique also known as Music Day, Make Music Day or World Music Day is an annual music festivity that is celebrated on the 21st of June, which started in France in 1982 and is now celebrated in over 700 cities and 120 countries.

Fête de la Musique in the Philippines 2022 is presented by Alliance Française de Manille, in partnership with the Embassy of France to the Philippines and B Side Productions, and co-organized by the Department of Tourism. – Jessa Mardy P. Samidan