WHAT IS LOVE:LIVE MUSIC?

love:live music is a nationwide celebration of music, placing performance and participation at the heart of the community for one day. The event is created through public participation ‘made by the people, for the people’ and aims to bring live music into the lives of everyone in Ireland on 21st June. 

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DAY ~ Fête de la Musique

love:live music is an associate partner of the International Music Day Fête de la Musique, the largest live music event in the world. Held annually on the Summer Solstice (apart from the leap year!), in 120 countries / 450 cities across the globe, these highly visible national events animate public space with music performance and participation in celebration of each country’s musical identity.

WHAT CHARACTERISES LOVE:LIVE MUSIC?

It is an exceptional and spontaneous day that promotes free participation. Anyone in Ireland can create and register an event; all events must be free to the public and take place on 21st June. The event is characterised by unexpected musical encounters and the creation of live music in non traditional spaces; particularly outdoor music experiences. Indoor venues with no entry charge are also encouraged to take part.

THIS YEAR’S AIMS

This year love:live music aims to attract musicians and singers of all genres including young rock bands and singer songwriters to experimental electronic jazz! Where possible the event encourages musicians to make music outdoors: street corner jazz, samba drummers, buskers, bagpipers, and brass bands.

CALLING ALL MUSICIANS AND SINGERS

This national platform is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on new trends, ‘new Irish music’, from traditional to the avant-garde. All musicians and singers of all genres, both amatuer and professional, can take part. It is an opportunity to participate in the world’s largest free celebration of music, with no auditions and no critics.