There'll be dancing in the Kiez: Fête de la Musique brings music to Berlin's streets

June 21 sees Fête de la Musique coming to the streets of
Berlin. The imported French festival
has been a staple of the city’s event calendar since 1995
and brings music from over 800 musicians, bands, and choirs,
performed in Spätis, Kitas, garden colonies and other unusual
locations across the city.  We caught up with Björn Döring,
the Curator and Director of the festival.


One highlight of Fête de la Musique promises to be a Europe-wide
sing-along at 7pm featuring the “Ode to Joy,” John Lennon’s
“Imagine” and Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back In Anger.” Döring explains
that the latter “was sung in the streets of Manchester after the
terror attacks,” revealing to him that rather than responding to
violence with further violence, people can “comfort each other
with music.”


Produced by Monika Müller-Kroll