Make Music Fairfield to Return for 9th year on June 21
Make Music Day 2026 returns to Fairfield on Sunday, June 21 from 8AM - 10PM (EDT).
2026 marks the 9th year that Fairfield has celebrated Make Music Day. This year, there will be over 100 performers, 18 venues, and 70+ performances over the course of the 14-hour festival day. Let’s ring in the summer solstice together, as a community, while enjoying superb music!
Make Music Day is the free, outdoor music festival celebrated annually all over the world on the Summer Solstice. Created in Paris, France in 1982, Make Music Day, or “Fête de la Musique”, has grown to more than 2,000 cities, making it the globe’s largest music event.
Make Music Day features free music of all styles, and is open to anyone who wishes to participate! Amateurs, professionals and first timers alike are invited to join the fun. No skill necessary, only a desire. Performances take place everywhere - in parks, on sidewalks, in town squares, at beaches, on front porches and in parking lots.
Each performance throughout the day is completely free and open to the public. Everyone is invited to join the fun.
This is Make Music Fairfield’s 9th year and is Connecticut’s largest festival.
Since Make Music Fairfield’s inception, more than 100 venues and 350 performers have participated. Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram @MakeMusicFairfield to learn more about the event and this year’s participating musicians and venues.
In addition to all of the musical performances scheduled throughout the day, check out the other fun and interactive happenings around town during Make Music Fairfield:
Jennings Beach
8AM – 9AM: Free Yoga Class hosted by Yoga 4 Everybody
9AM – 10AM: Sound Bath hosted by Yoga 4 Everybody
Sherman Green Gazebo
12PM – 1PM: Participatory Drum Circle with Jim LoPresti – All are invited to join!
*NEW* 3PM – 4PM: Make Music Fairfield presents Community Pop-Up Choir led by Kurt & Helen and Matt Helm. This year’s song will be Imagine by John Lennon – ALL VOICES WELCOME!
Be on the Lookout – Pianos in the Wild!
On display and available to play June 21 through July 21*. Two pianos, generously donated by Fairfield residents, will be weatherized and in the wild for any and all to play as a part of this year’ Make Music Fairfield. Locations will be announced as we get closer to the Summer Solstice! *end date subject to change
Make Music Fairfield 2026 is brought to the community through the support of the Town of Fairfield’s Office of Community and Economic Development, Fairfield Theatre Company, a 501c(3) organization, the Connecticut Office of the Arts, Scott Vincent Photography, YZR Music, and enthusiastic volunteers.
• To sign up as a performer please visit www.makemusicday.org/fairfield
• For more information, please email fairfield@makemusicday.org
• Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram @MakeMusicFairfield to learn more about the event and this year’s participating musicians and venues.
For media related questions, please contact:
Lou Heumann
203-246-2222
