Alliance Français and partners present the Fête de la Musique in Kampala, Uganda this coming week. The festival will offer a range of fee culture and entertainment open to the public.
Initiated in France in 1982, Fête de la Musique has been a tremendously internationally popular event, free and open to all. Its purpose is to celebrate different music styles and showcase a variety of musical genres. In Uganda, Fête de la Musique goes by the name of World Music Day and is a hands-on, collective, festive event for the public organized by the Alliance Française de Kampala.
This year the Alliance Française Kampala in collaboration with the Embassy of France in Uganda, the Sheraton Hotel Kampala, the Ecole Franҫaise les Grands Lacs, the Pearl Rhythm Foundation, and the Que Pasa Restaurant bring you a weeklong programme of music, poetry and dance. The World Music Week will take place from the 18th to the 24th of June in various locations around Kampala.
Please find the event schedule below.
A press conference is to be held at the Alliance Français office on Bukoto Street at 11am on Thursday June 15th to provide more information.