We are thrilled to announce this year’s lineup for Make Music Winter: 15 cities with over 40 free, participatory parades and performances on Sunday, December 21!
- Nine winter parades in New York NY take over the city’s most iconic locations, from an immersive soundwalk on The High Line to a Hallelujah chorus at Grand Central, and from a parranda in the Bronx to an Appalachian flat-footing parade in Brooklyn.
- Chattanooga TN uses a passport to guide participants through the city’s musical landscape, from Christmas music at five churches to a titillating “pole ballet” at Scenic City Burlesque.
- Montclair NJ celebrates the season with Phil Kline’s classic boombox parade Unsilent Night, and a participatory jam of protest songs called The World Turned Upside Down
- Salem OR‘s “Yule Make Music” features an afternoon bell parade with holiday songs, Holiday Trivia with live musicians performing some of the clues, and a downtown band showcase.
- Rhythm Band Instruments partners for the sixth year, providing free hand bells and hand percussion for events in Germantown (TN), Macon (GA), Muskogee (OK), and New York (NY).
- And Slovenia’s Flight Ukulele joins Make Music Winter for the second year, donating ukuleles for events in Big Bear (CA) and Ossining (NY).
Of course there is much more, from pop-up jam parades to musical bar crawls to open mics. Visit makemusicwinter.org for the complete schedule!