La Fête de la Musique Californienne 2021

This year, there will be a second virtual Fête de la Musique Californienne. Alliances Françaises from Southern California, in the United States and Baja California in Mexico gather to present a good musical show on June 19th at 5pm on Facebook Live. Like the FB page !

L’Alliance Française Mexicali (La Alianza Francesa de Mexicali), l’Alliance Française de Pasadena, l’Alliance Française San Diego, L’Alliance Française Tijuana ( La Alianza Francesa de Tijuana) and l’Alliance Française de Los Angeles will each introduce you to a band, an artist to celebrate La Fête de la Musique, a French event, created by Jack Lang in 1981 and which is now celebrated all over the world.

La Kumbia Katrina and Los del Àtico are the bands which are going to represent l’Alliance Française Mexicali. Kumbia and rock will be part of the party thanks to these talented artists.

Kumbia Katrina

Los del Àtico:

Nos Marins will represent the Alliance Française de Pasadena.

With the support of publisher Neno&Tala, specialized in projects of artistic mediation in immersion and organization Art’Plume, Florent Vintrigner, Paul d’Amour and Pierre Luquet created sea chanties with the sailors of Cotentin. They were accompanied by François Dourlen who’s in charge of the visual telling of the adventure. 14 songs were written and composed in January 2021.

The sea chanty is a musical genre. At the beginning, they were the songs sung by the sailors while they were working. Some sea chanties are part of the popular French culture. 

Big Boss Bubeleh will represent the Alliance Française San Diego.

This band from San Diego is very pleasant to listen to. Their songs are categorized in gypsy jazzy klezmer pop.

Big Boss Bubeleh is a duo guitar. Yael was born in Paris, France and Vlady in Poltava, Ukraine.
Musically they tread on the blues with R&B grooves and gypsy moves.

Sharon Katz and the Peace Train will represent l‘Alliance Française Tijuana.

Sharon is originally from South Africa, currently living on the border between Tijuana and San Diego, and will participate with material of her authorship. She has performed at different venues around the world, has also been Nelson Mandela’s cultural ambassador and founded “The Peace Train” to bring peace and hope to children throughout the world.


Chloé Perrier and the French Heart Jazz Band will represent the Alliance Française de Los Angeles.

The lovely Chloe Perrier has performed on stage in Paris and New York and currently resides in Los Angeles. She and her band play an intriguing mix of French, Brazilian and American jazz standards from the 1920s to the 1940s with an intercontinental flare.

Enjoy a great international musical event with various musical genres. Save the date: June 19 at 5pm on Facebook Live on the Facebook page of La Fête de la Musique Californienne.

La Fête de la musique californienne 2020

The Alliance Française de Pasadena, the Alianza Francesa de Mexicali and the Alliance Française de San Diego are excited to bring you the first “Fête de la Musique Californienne” where musicians from all around the world will share their music with you across the screen! Each musician will play 2-3 songs or medleys of their choice. Let’s discover the artists who will perform on June 20 from 5pm to 8pm on Facebook Live on the page of one of these Alliances!

Saori Jo

She is a French artist who lives in Eastern France. Her singing style navigates between Paloma Faith and Kate Bush. While never deviating too far from the mainstream, there’s an enchanting quirkiness about her album as it moves from Bush/Amos piano territory to dabbling in elements of European folk, blues and jazz. For the Fête de la Musique Californienne, she will be accompanied on the guitar by Miguel Ruiz and on the bass guitar by Franck Schmidt. 

She is currently popular because she made a parody of two songs from Frozen about the confinement and the end of the stay-at-home order in France. She denounces the fact that many people are carefree and want to waste their money on frivolous things despite the hardship they recently lived during the confinement due to COVID-19. She sings in French and in English.

To know more about Saori Jo:  

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnsK551stsE 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saorijoofficial

Discover Some Chocolat

Listen to COVID19 Le Déconfinement, one of the parodies inspired by Frozen.

The Razzmatazz

As La Fête de la Musique Californienne also includes Baja California, in Mexico, you will also have the possibility to discover Spanish-speaking artists from Mexico such as The Razzmatazz.

Discover their song Nueva Era:

Kumbia Katrina

Let’s dance to this song of Kumbia Katrina: Esa Morena

https://youtu.be/YDg_zrTOvdY

Big Boss Bubeleh

This band from San Diego is very pleasant to listen to. Their music is nice and relaxing. Their songs are categorized in gypsy jazzy klezmer pop.

Big Boss Bubeleh is a duo guitar. Yael was born in Paris, France and Vlady in Poltava, Ukraine.
Musically they tread on the blues with R&B grooves and gypsy moves.
What they said about Fête de la musique:
“Fête de la musique unites the world in joy and art. Together we make it a ride through our Era as we sail together in the creation of musical freedom”.
Meet them here:
www.bigbossbubeleh.com, @BigBossBubeleh

Enjoy their song called Coffee!

Vincent Courtoy

He is a Belgian/American Rock artist To know more about Vincent Courtoy:

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/vincent-courtoy/sets/young-spader

Other fantastic artists will be part of the Fête de la Musique Californienne:

Sacha Boutros

Véronique Forget

Los del Àtico

Don’t miss this great international event!

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This article in French explains the tradition of La Fête de la Musique in France