Lovers of music converged in Lagos on Wednesday 21st of June to commemorate World Music Day held at the Balmoral Hall of Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event aptly tagged Make Music Lagos is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 750 cities in 120 countries.Make Music is open to anyone who wants to take part.
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In Lagos, there were numerous venues in Ikeja, Yaba, Lekki, Ogudu GRA, FESTAC, Victoria Island, Surulere, Ikoyi, and Lagos Island where both budding musicians and music lovers thronged to either perform or have fun.
TheNewsGuru was at the grand finale and we got to experience irresistible breathtaking performances from Nigerian music maestros like King Sunny Ade, Adewale Ayuba, Daddy Showkey, Sound Sultan, Omawunmi, Jodie, Bez amongst others.
It was heartwarming seeing our musicians perform songs spanning different music genres . Music genres like highlife, RnB, Juju were served at the event.
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