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Showgear Limited and its partners have announced that the city of Lagos will be joining the world on the 21st of June 2017 to celebrate “Make Music Day” (World Music Day). The announcement was made at a press conference held at the Make Music Lagos (MML) Head quarters Tuesday 6th June 2017.
Make Music (World Music Day) is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fete de le Musique, it has become a global celebration and it is now held on the same day in more than 700 cities (including Lagos) in 120 countries.
In 2016 Showgear teamed up with Nigerian brands and performing artistes to put Lagos on the world stage by organizing the first ever edition of Make Music Lagos which spanned three venues with over 35 performances, and over 3000 people in attendance.
For the 2017 edition, the Make Music Lagos team is raising the bar by adding more venues to bring the total number of concert venues to 10 with over 200 performances expected. And in keeping with the spirit of Make Music Day, all events are FREE and open to the public to attend. However, select venues require prior registration before the event.
In addition to concerts, the 2017 edition will also include the following events;
Mass Appeal: This brings together musicians to make music in large, single instrument group on the 18th of June 2017, at the Ikeja city mall by 2pm. compiling this year’s music is Wole Oni
Street Studios: This will bring DJs and producers out of their studios into select MML venues on the 21st june 2017, to interact with the public who will stop by to sing, play an instrument, record audio and become part of a spontaneous and collaborative production of original mucis. This year’s event is in partnership with Rotimi Keys.
Learn To play: This offers free music lessons for beginners, lapsed players or old pros looking to learn new tricks. In partnership with Rainbow fingers, Pa Oscar, Femi Leye and Drum Network Africa.
Partnering with Showgear to produce Make Music Lagos 2017 are Reveal Audio & Acoustics, Darliza Makeovers, IPC Events, Live & Studio, The Bayo Omisore, The AudioAge Company, Alien Nation & Vivace Records. Host partners include Domino’s Pizza, Cold Stone Creamery, Ikeja City Mall, Federal Palace Hotel (Balmoral) Ozone Cinemas, Freedom Park & Bogobiri.
Show gear COO and MML coordinator, Adeola Akinyemi, had this to say at the announcement, “We are back with another edition of MAKE music Lagos because we are passionate about music, we seek to promote music and music education in Lagos and the rest of Nigeria”. She went further to say, “Lagos is a city rich in diverse musical cultures, and Make Music Lagos offers a platform to showcase these cultures. So get ready to celebrate and be part of the largest FREE Music movement in Nigeria.
Gospotainment media caught up with one of the gospel acts Morayo who describes herself as an artist with a Christian world view, this is what she had to say; “there were a lot of musicians that auditioned for this events and I can tell you a lot of them have passion for Christ, it was amazing to see people using it as a platform for worship, most used it as an opportunity to worship and enjoy themselves in Christ and it became a culture. You can trust me there will not be a shortage of gospel wholesome music in any of the venues”. An
We cannot wait to make this event another opportunity to preach the word of Christ.
