Two days of music in the Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo.
The Fête de la Musique is open to all types of music and is a family event for young, old and everyone in between.
The Music Festival returns with a new formula!
Friday June 17, 2016 there will be music in private spaces such as hotels, cultural centers, bars and restaurants with free concerts and activities related to music.
Saturday June 18, 2016 there will be music in various public spaces with free outdoor concerts.
Launched in 1982 by the French Ministry for culture, the Fête de la Musique is held in more than hundred countries in Europe and over the world. The Festival is considered as the world’s largest, already present in more than 700 cities in the world. It is celebrated on the same day in more than 460 cities in 110 countries.
The Alianza Française de Santo Domingo web site with more information about the festival and the bands. http://www.afsd.net/index.php/16-contenidos-menu/culturales/agenda/238-fiesta-de-la-musica-2016
More information in French, Spanish and English http://fetedelamusique.culture.fr