December 20, 2024
Make Music Alliance at the 2025 NAMM Show

In partnership with The NAMM Foundation, Make Music Alliance is excited to invite you to The 2025 NAMM Show, January 21 – 25 in Anaheim, California.
The NAMM Show is the place for networking, over 80 professional development sessions, live music, and innovative music products from thousands of brands. As part of the show, the Make Music Alliance will present a panel on “The Power of the Multi-Piano Approach: Unlocking Success for Retailers and Manufacturers” on Saturday, January 25 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm at the NAMM Member Center.
Click here for a complete list of all 2025 sessions, and click here to register!
December 20, 2024
Press Previews for Make Music Winter

Chattanooga, TN:
“The CHA Music Passport: The Key To “Make Music Winter”,” by Ray Bassett, WUTC, December 9, 2024
“Stamp your passport for Chattanooga’s first Make Music Winter,” by Haley Bartlett, Nooga Today, November 27, 2024
Fairfield, CT:
“Fairfield music group spreads holiday cheer on winter solstice,” by Angelica Toruno, News 12, December 21, 2024
“Make Music Fairfield Announces the Solstice Stroll, Dec. 21,” Hamlet Hub, December 14, 2024
“Make Music Fairfield To Host Solstice Stroll In December,” by Alfred Branch, Patch Connecticut, November 26, 2024
Gig Harbor, WA:
“Harbor Happenings | Lighted Car Parade, Make Music Day at Uptown,” by Charlee Glock-Jackson, Gig Harbor Now, December 17, 2024
Middleton, WI
“‘Make Music Winter’ celebrates the Winter Solstice,” WKOW, December 21, 2024
Montclair, NJ:
“Don’t Miss Montclair Make Music Winter and Unsilent Night on December 21,” Montclair Local, December 9, 2024
Mount Airy, NC:
“Strike up the ukuleles for Make Music Winter,” by Ryan Kelly, The Mount Airy News, December 17, 2024
New York, NY:
“New Sounds: With Pete M. Wyer and the Queens College Vocal Ensemble,” by John Schaefer, WNYC, December 20, 2024
“Things to do in New York City: Dec. 21-22,” by Atlan Hassard, NY1, December 20, 2024
“Christmas Weekend 2024 in NYC Top Things To Do: Make Music NYC, BCM Birthday & Hanukkah,” by Drew Kristofik, Mommy Poppins, December 20, 2024
“Make Music Winter returns with musical parades across the city,” by Ethan Beck, Time Out New York, December 5, 2024
Ossining, NY:
“Make Music Winter Stops in Ossining as Part of 20 City Event,” River Journal, December 2, 2024
November 22, 2024
On December 21, Make Music Winter!

We are delighted to announce this year’s lineup for Make Music Winter: 20 cities with free, participatory parades and performances on Saturday, December 21!
- Pete Wyer’s “Street Motets for New York City,” one of 10 winter parades in New York NY, will synchronize 25 pairs of choristers, who will sing while walking on separate hour-long routes through the streets of Greenwich Village, and delight bystanders with unexpected bursts of harmony as their paths cross.
- Montclair NJ‘s 8th annual Make Music Winter celebrates the season with six music-making events, including Phil Kline’s boombox parade Unsilent Night, and The World Turned Upside Down, a participatory jam with Appalachian, bluegrass, and zydeco songs of protest.
- The first Make Music Winter in Chattanooga TN brings interactive music to an outdoor market, a soup kitchen, a music museum, and many more spots around town.
- Slovenia’sFlight Ukulele joins this year’s Make Music Winter with a national program, donating 110 all-weather travel ukes for winter parades in Aberdeen and Gig Harbor (WA), Atlanta (GA), Germantown (TN), Milwaukee (WI), Montclair (NJ), and Surry County (NC).
- AndRhythm Band Instruments partners again to provide free hand percussion for events in twelve cities, including Kinston (NC), Land O’ Lakes (WI), Middleton (WI), Muskogee (OK), Ossining (NY), Salado (TX) and Salem (OR).
Of course, there is so much more, from caroling parties to parrandas. Visit makemusicday.org/winter for the complete schedule!
October 31, 2024
Save the date: Make Music Winter on Saturday December 21!

Make Music Day’s winter counterpart returns on Saturday, December 21!
Make Music Winter is a joyful, free outdoor musical festivity, celebrated since 2011 on the winter solstice, and reaching over 30 U.S. cities last year.
From the beginning, Make Music Winter has focused on musical parades that anyone can join, from a procession of strolling electric guitarists, to a peloton of bicycle bell players. These mobile events create a memorable spectacle all over town, and keep participants warm when the weather is cold.
On December 21, Make Music Winter returns to its parade roots. Each Make Music Winter city will include at least one mobile event that turns audiences into music makers, organized through our network of Make Music chapters and free for all to join!
The full schedule will be announced the week of November 18th. Stay tuned!
October 31, 2024
Featured Nonprofit Partner: The NAMM Foundation

We’d like to take a moment to thank the NAMM Foundation for its tremendous continued support of Make Music Day!
Among the foundation’s 32 grant recipients – just announced for 2025 – are the national Make Music Day coordinators for Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
No one does more than the NAMM Foundation to support Make Music Day here and around the world. Just like us, they are committed to creating more music makers across the lifespan of learning, by promoting the pleasures and benefits of making music.
Thank you to the NAMM Foundation!
June 28, 2024
Make Music Day – thank you!

Congratulations to all who took part in last month’s Make Music Day!
Over 5,000 music-making events took place in the U.S. on June 21, along with performances by thousands more musicians in countries around the world who celebrated the day.
Check out 235 press clips about Make Music Day 2024, from media outlets in 70 U.S. cities, to learn about events you may have missed!
June 28, 2024
Thank you to our national sponsors!

June 28, 2024
Levitt: making music all summer long

Thank you to the Levitt Foundation for supporting Make Music Day!
We love Levitt’s mission, which is to strengthen the social fabric of America through the power of free, live music. In 2024, Levitt is supporting nonprofits in 45 communities coast to coast to present 650+ free outdoor concerts, attracting people of all ages and backgrounds and fostering more equitable, healthy, and thriving communities.
Learn more at levitt.org.
June 28, 2024
Global Video Highlights

#Pulsations united artists from 24 countries in an international rhythmic relay, sponsored by Harman, in honor of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Watch the Full Playlist

Make Music, Make Friends connected school children from Australia, Germany, Ghana, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey, U.K., and the U.S. on Make Music Day, sharing videos of their performances with each other. Watch the Full Playlist

#MySongIsYourSong invited songwriters from around the world to learn a song by another artist, and hear theirs covered in return. Watch the Full Playlist
June 20, 2024
Mass Appeal: Harmonicas

Once again we spotlight Mass Appeal, the 16-year Make Music Day tradition that brings together people of all levels and ages to make music in large, single-instrument groups.
And year after year, no Mass Appeal instrument has been more popular than the harmonica. Tomorrow, for the twelfth straight year, leading harmonica brand Hohner is generously providing over 2,000 free Blues Band harps for Make Music Day events in 61 cities, allowing countless first-time players to start developing the skills to make music throughout the year.
Thank you, Hohner!