Tune up your guitar, grab your tambourine, or warm up your vocal chords to join Make Music, a worldwide music celebration taking place on June 21. Make Music is a free, public festival that invites anyone to join in making music, regardless of age, skill, or genre. Begun in France in 1982, the festival takes place in "streets, parks, plazas, and porches," in 120 countries around the world every year on the summer solstice. For information on how to join in, readers can navigate the site by scrolling down or jump to specific sections by clicking on tabs on the menu bar at the bottom of the page. Under the Locations tab, users can search to see if there is already a Make Music chapter where they live and find links to register. If there is not, readers can use the downloadable toolkit under the Participate tab, which includes tips for starting a local chapter, sample press releases, and messaging suggestions. The Media tab houses videos and photos from previous years, as well as news items about the 2021 festival. In the US, Make Music is sponsored by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation, which provides training, scholarships, and resources to support music education.
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