I heard about the news of another Fete dela Musique this year, and I read an update from one of the staff in a certain microblogging site and there I discovered that the venue is in Makati Avenue corner Kalayaan Avenue. The big music fest will be this Saturday June 23, 2012 starting at 4pm. Free admission.
punta ka?
ako, I’m not sure. If I'll attend then this will be my 6th Fete. I read on my blog archives and I remembered that I got an offer to organize the Fete last 2005. Sayang!
Here’s some info about the Fete (I copied this from my old blog post last 2005)
Introduced in France in 1982 by then Minister for Culture Jack Lang, the Fête de la Musique is an all-day, all-night celebration of music to welcome summer. Musicians, amateurs and professionals perform freely in public places, from parks to street corner
It became a very popular event, and through the network of French Embassies and French cultural centers and Alliances Françaises, it easily spread to many countries worldwide. It is now celebrated in simultaneously in more than 120 countries every 21st of June.
In Manila, the Fête has been celebrated since 1994, from Malate to Fort Bonifacio, to El Pueblo and Eastwood, gathering some 10,000 music-lovers in a street party that appropriately closes the cultural season, the French Spring in Manila, and where more than a hundred bands perform in ten stages simultaneously, offering the full spectrum of musical genre from World Music to Rock, Alternative, Reggae, Jazz, Blues, Electronica, Acousitic, Hip Hop and R&B.
In 2005, while the center stage in El Pueblo - Ortigas Center will showcase a selection of musicians of these musical categories, several poles of the city night life join us, like Greenbelt 3, Shangri-La Plaza, Eastwood, The Podium, SM Megamall. Thus, the Fête de la Musique reaches all corners of the capital.
here’s the line up for this year’s Fete, I found the line up posted from this Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/fete.dela.musique.philippines (not sure if its an official page)
update: I FOUND SOME OFFICIAL NEWS AND INFO POSTED HERE AT
http://www.facebook.com/events/206015286188515/
http://blog.splintr.com/2012/06/fete-de-la-musique%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%AC2012%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%ACis-upon-us/
FETE DE LA MUSIQUE MANILA 2012
“Tribute to the Beatles”
Event Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012, 4pm
Event Venue: Makati Ave. cor. Kalayaan, Makati City
Free Entrance in All 8 Venues
MAIN STAGE
located on Makati Ave, near Kalayaan.
Please enter via Valdez St. (near Barrio Fiesta)
1) Brigada
2) Paul Zialcita & Bakunawa
3) Julien Drolon
4) Cynthia Alexander
5) Johnny Alegre + Affinity feat. Alvin Cornista
6) Blue Rats feat. Cooky Chua
7) Jonan Aguilar & Anak feat. Tondo Tribe
8) Chinese Man (France)
9) Hijo
10) Flippin Soul Stompers
11) Indio I
12) PEPE SMITH!!!
MOVEMENT BY:
1) Planet Zips
2) HoopNation
ELECTRONICA by NOMAD MASSIVE at TIME
Main Room:
1) Morse
2) James Haresco
3) Ann Barcelona
4) Erwin Edralin
5) Tom Turner
6) Liquid A x Tino Valentino
7) ConRank (UK)
8) Mulan
9) Salamangkero
10) Alpha Shiva
11) Marts Ballesca
Roofdeck:
1) Tribo Manila
2) Helen
3) Similar Objects
4) Feen
5) Firefly Logic
6) Flipperbaby
7) Pasta Groove
8) Pixie
9) Massive Jam
BLUES/SOUL by MANILA SOUL x MAMBORAT at HECKLE & JECKLE
1) Chillitees
2) JR Oca Experience
3) Bleu Rascals
4) Conscious & The Goodness
5) Cheeba
6) The Go Signals
7) Ian Lofamia Blues Band
8) CisNikki Power Band
HIP HOP at KYSS by RENEGADE COLLECTIVE
1) Picoy
2) Jazze N Maria
3) D-Coy and Wika Artists
4) Jolo
5) Kush (UK)
6) Miscellaneous
7) People’s Future
8) Hukbalahap
9) Bradezz Zon
10) Tempes
11) Red-I
12) Nothingelse
13) Rye
14) D’Tech
15) Arbiewon
JAZZ by PIJazz FESTIVAL FOUNDATION at ST. GILES HOTEL
1) Rated A
2) Christian Herve
3) Batu Yilmaz (Turkey)
4) J’Co Razon
5) Zen
6) Tonet Lipana
7) Christine Carlos
8) Luisa Sta Maria
9) Fuseboxx
10) Tricia Garcia
11) Paolo Blaquera Trio
12) JFK with Johnny Alegre
13) Carlos Castano
14) Humanfolk
15) Lunastra
16) Absolute Zero
17) Musica ni Cadio
LATIN at CHIHUAHUA
Feat. The Salsa Fanatics
REGGAE/WORLD/SKA @ SOCIETY LOUNGE by REBEL LION x AVA PRIME
1) Tropical Depression
2) Milagros Dancehall Collective
3) Neighbors
4) Manila Royale
5) Superkendi
6) Robert Green
7) Hegalong Project
8) Kadangyan
ROCK STAGE by DOPE MNL X DEAR PRUDENCE X MANILA BIKE FESTIVAL
Rock stage will be at B-SIDE
1) Slapshock
2) Radioactive Sago Project
3) Ciudad
4) Outerhope
5) The Strangeness
6) Bee Eyes
7) Imago
8) The Discoball
9) RH Xanders
10) People’s Future
11) Stick Figgaz
12) Misyonaryo
13) Wilabaliw
14) Cosmic Love
15) The Butchercons
16) Earthmover
17) Nyctinasty
18) Paranoid City
19) Curbside
20) Hilera
21) Flying Ipis
22) Wilderness
23) Nityalila
24) Mike Pepito
25) Jeepney Joyride
here are some of my photo coverage last 2009.
