THE FETE DE LA MUSIQUE IN BERLIN AND BARCELONA
Berlin
1995-present
Title: Fete de la Musique
http://www.fetedelamusique.de/
Location: 40 outdoor stages, 20 indoors, all in the 6 central Berlin districts (out of 12)
Number of performances: just 8 the first year, 550 last year. See chart.
Number of organizers: 1 full-time, 2 interns for 5 months, and outside PR firm.
How musicians sign up: Musicians either approach official stages directly, or are matched to stages by organizers. If the latter, they send demo tape with 3 songs, biography, photo, and SASE to organizers at least 3 months in advance (they got 400 applications this year). Musicians are allowed to play on the sidewalks for the day, no permits required, from 4PM - 10 PM.
Comments:This event attracts a number of accomplished amateur musicians and large crowds (10% of whom are tourists). The city waives the permit fees and gives about $30,000 to the organizers. Radio & TV stations sponsor particular stages, which they promote heavily. Newspapers say that there are too many events to list them all, so organizers must print their own programs (80,000 last year, and 7,000 posters). Corporations sponsor some of the rock and techno music stages. The most popular event is on Kreutsberg street, which has 13 punk rock stages next to each other!
Barcelona
1999-present
Title: Festa de la Musica
http://www.fusic.org/fm/europa/index.htm
Location: Center of Barcelona, on outdoor stages and on sidewalks (with official permission), and a few museums
Number of performances: 174-330 listed in 30-page program. 2000-3000 musicians take part - see chart.
Number of organizers: N/A. Now done by government agency, used to be run by nonprofit (FUSIC).
How musicians sign up: 150 musicians applied directly to organizers, but they're supposed to go through a neighborhood association, cultural organization (museum, public school, city social centers), or music school. (17 music schools played a part in 2005, organizing 60% of all concerts.) For the first three years, it was possible to play on the streets, but then the City Council started demanding permits.
Comments:
As in Paris, the Barcelona event accommodates many non-professional musicians eager to perform. The city's cultural centers (part of neighborhood government) pay for many of the stages, but all of the programming is done by organizations (like music schools). This means that musicians must make arrangements with existing organizations - they can't be completely freelance. The organizers print 2,000 posters, 100 banners, and have an agreement with the Avui newspaper to print a special program/supplement with 40,000 copies distributed with the newspapers and 25,000 more given to the organizers.
FETE DE LA MUSIQUE: PARTICIPATING CITIES (2006)
North Africa and the Middle East1. Algeria: Annaba, Tizi Ouzou
2. Bahrain: Manama
3. Egypt: Alexandria, Heliopolis, Cairo, Port Said
4. Israel: Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv
5. Jordan: Amman
6. Lebanon: Beirut, Jounieh, Tripoli, Baalbeck, Deir Al Qamar, Nabatieh, Tyr, Zahle
7. Libya: Tripoli
8. Morocco: Agadir, Casablanca, Oujda, Rabat
9. Oman: Muscat
10. Syria: Damascus
11. Palestinian Territories: Ramallah, Naplouse, Jerusalem, Hebron Bethlehem, Gaza
12. Tunisia: Tunis
13. United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai
Africa: Sub-Saharan
1. Benin: Cotonou, Parakou
2. Botswana: Gaborone
3. Burkina-Faso: Bobo-Dioulasso, Ouagadougou
4. Cameroon: Douala, Garouna, Yaoundé
5. Cape Verde: Praia
6. Central African Republic: Bangui
7. Chad: N'Djamena
8. Comoros: Moroni
9. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa, Lubumbashi
10. Djibouti: Djibouti
11. Gabon: Libreville
12. Gambia: Banjul
13. Guinea: Conakry
14. Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
15. Ivory Coast: Abidjan
16. Kenya: Nairobi
17. Madagascar: Ambanja, Ambatondrazaka, Ambodifortra, Ambositra, Antananarivo, Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa, Fort-Dauphin, Morondava, Tamatave, Tulear
18. Mali: Bamako
19. Mauritania: Nouakchott
20. Mozambique: Maputo
21. Namibia: Windhoek
22. Niger: Niamey, Zinder, Maradi, Agadez
23. Nigeria: Lagos, Port-Harcourt
24. Republic of the Congo: Brazzaville
25. Rwanda: Kigali
26. São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé
27. Senegal: Dakar
28. Seychelles: Victoria
29. Sudan: Khartoum
30. Togo: Lome
31. Zambia: Lusaka
32. Zimbabwe: Harare
Americas
1. Argentina: Buenos Aires, Mar Del Plata
2. Bolivia: Chochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Tarija, Padcaya, San Lorenzo, El Valle de la Concepcion
3. Brazil: Belem, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Campinas, Fortaleza, Juiz de Fora, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Vicosa
4. Canada: Asbestos, Halifax, Monkton, Dieppe, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver
5. Chile: Chillan, Concepcion, Santiago
6. Colombia: Bogota, Medellin
7. Costa Rica: San Jose
8. Cuba: Havana
9. Dominican Republic: Saint-Dominique
10. Dominique: Roseau
11. Ecuador: Cuenca, Guayaquil, Quito
12. Jamaica: Kingston
13. Mexico: Mexico City, Monterrey, Queretaro, San Luis de Potosi, Torreon
14. Panama: Panama City
15. Paraguay: Asunción
16. Peru: Arequipa, Lima, Piura
17. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown
18. Trinidad and Tobago: St. Clair
19. Venezuela: Caracas, Maracaibo, Merida, Valencia
Asia and Australia
1. Australia: Canberra, Sydney
2. Cambodia: Phnom Penh
3. China: Hong-Kong, Beijing, Xian
4. India: Bangladesh, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Madras, New Delhi, Trivandrum
5. Indonesia: Bandung, Surabaya
6. Japan: Nagoya, Osaka, Sendai, Tokyo, Yokohama
7. Kazakhstan: Astana, Almaty
8. Laos: Vientiane
9. Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
10. Mongolia: Ulan-Bator
11. Myanmar: Rangoon
12. Nepal: Katmandu
13. Pakistan: Islamabad, Karachi
14. Uzbekistan: Tashkent
15. Vanuatu: Port-Vila
16. Vietnam: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
Europe
1. Albania: Tirana
2. Austria: Innsbruck
3. Azerbaijan: Baku
4. Belgium: Assesse, Brussels, Nothomb, Anderlecht, Anthismes, Bouillon, Charleroi, Clavier, Hannut, Incourt, Liege, Molenbeek, Mons, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Neufchateau, Perwez, Schaerbeek, Tellin, Thuin, Waterloo, Wavre
5. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Banjaluka, Sarajevo
6. Corsica: Diego
7. Croatia: Zagreb
8. Cyprus: Nicosia
9. Czech Republic: Brno, Prague
10. France: [nationwide]
11. Germany: Berlin, Dresden, Gorlitz, Karlsruhe, Munich, Potsdam, Saarbruck, Stuttgart, Weimar, Weingarten
12. Greece: Athens, Gianitsa, Ioanniana, Katerini, Serres, Trikala
13. Hungary: Budapest, Miskolc
14. Italy: Arco, Avellino, Cervia, Florence, Lecce, Lucca, Milan, Naples, Pisa, Rome, Rovereto, Savigliano, Senigallia, Turin
15. Lithuania: Vilnius
16. Luxembourg: Luxembourg, Dudelange, Wiltz, Clervaux, Mersch, Ettelbruck, Esch-Alzette, Esch-Belval, Mondof-les-Bains, Grevenmacher, Hesperange, Differdange
17. Netherlands: Roosendaal, Rotterdam
18. Poland: Warsaw
19. Portugal: Coimbra, Stana Maria Da Feira
20. Romania: Arad, Brasov, Bucarest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanta, Craiova, Iasi, Pitosti, Ploiesti, Sibiu, Timisoara
21. Serbia: Belgrade
22. Spain: Barcelona, Cambrils, Gava, Jesus, Logroño, Madrid, Puigcerda, Sant Vicenc de Castallet, Saragossa, Seville, Tarragona, Valence, Vilanova I la Geltrú
23. Switzerland: Chatel-Saint-Denis, Fribourg, Geneva, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Nyon, Yverdon-les-Bains, Avusy, Bernex, Carouge, Chene-Bourg, Meyrin, Onex, Plan-Les-Ouates, Troinex, Vernie
24. Turkey: Ankara
25. Ukraine: Kiev
26. United Kingdom: London
27. Vatican City