FRENCH people have been celebrating the June solstice with music since 1982.
“In every city, in bars, inside or outside, people are having drinks and enjoying the sun and the first day of summer,” says Valeriane Mathieu from Alliance Francaise de Perth.
“There are amateur and professional musicians in the streets playing all styles of music, and it is all free.”
The French group is co-hosting a free music event, Fete de la Musique, inspired by the summer street parties, in Perth’s CBD. It will be on Sunday, June 21—the longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest down under.
More than 15 bands will perform at Novotel Perth Langley, 221 Adelaide Terrace.
It is on from 11am to 6pm and includes a dance workshop and singing master class. Electrochic duo Geraldine Rey and Arno will perform popular songs as well as sweet French ballads from 4.45pm.
“The whole point of this day is to experience live music,” Rey says. For more information, visit the website afperth.com.au.
by EMMIE DOWLING
Perth Voice Interactive 
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