Celebrating an int'l day of music

Thought for the day

Féte de la Musique brings live music back to Laguna

(Thanks to Dianne Russell for her reporting.)

Last Saturday will be remembered as the day music, once again, was heard around the world. Held annually in over 600 cities in 200 countries, Féte de la Musique is a global music festival celebrating the start of summer. Thanks to the Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association, this was the 14th year for this event in town. 

Because of COVID, last year’s celebration was performed virtually; but, this year it returned to the streets in all its glory – with 34 musicians scattered from one end of Laguna to the other.

Many of the same people who participated in last week’s yellow-letter, community photo at City Hall turned out for Féte de la Musique. I was one of them. Here’s my reaction to last Saturday’s event:

Longtime resident Denny Freidenrich, whose op-eds or letters can be found in the Daily Pilot, OCRegister, Los Angeles Times or Stu News, said, “It always is a great day in town, but this year’s event was the most poignant. Listening to all the great music, with good friends nearby, wasn’t just joyful. It was post-pandemic fantastic.”

-DF