COLOMBO — The Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives will stage two free public concerts this month, in Colombo on June 21 and in Kandy on June 23, as part of the Fête de la Musique, the annual French music festival now celebrated in more than 120 countries.
The French singer and writer Kelly ou moi, whose work draws on the blues, will headline both evenings, the embassy said. She will be joined by the disc jockey Chandana and the Sri Lankan band DotDotay.
The Colombo concert will begin at 5 p.m. at the Port View Restaurant on Galle Road in Colombo 3. The Kandy performance will start at 7 p.m. at the Kandy Club on Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha. Both events are free and open to the public, and no registration is required, according to the embassy.
The Fête de la Musique was created in France in 1982 by the Ministry of Culture as a free, open-air event at which musicians, amateur and professional alike, perform for the public. It has since spread to more than a thousand cities across over 120 countries.
In a press release, the French Embassy said the return of the festival to Sri Lanka underscored music’s role as a universal language and a powerful means of fostering cultural exchange.
The full programme and a list of partners are available on the embassy’s website and social media channels, it said.
