MAKE MUSIC DAY - SCHEDULE
Below are the line-ups for all 15 Make Music Day 2026 E. Jefferson County venues with address and urls.
For a fully responsive map with venue and accessibility details, artist photos, and bios, click here to go to our our page on the national Make Music Alliance website:
MAKE MUSIC DAY is a project of Songwriting Works Educational Foundation,
a 501c3 charitable organization based in Port Townsend.
WELCOME!
MAKE MUSIC DAY is a free, all ages festival happening on SUNDAY JUNE 21st, all over E. JEFFERSON COUNTY WA, 10am to 10pm.
PORT TOWNSEND’s COTTON BUILDING,
609 Water St., is Festival Headquarters. Pick up a full schedule there or at the venues listed below on the day of event (June 21).
All featured festival venues are ADA accessible (see venue details for variations).
This page will update daily as new artists and venues join.
As of June 8, we have openings for musicians who perform or teach, song and drum circle leaders, and multi-media artists who blend dance, poetry, story or visual arts with music.
WE INVITE VOLUNTEERS to help:
• Get the word out widely
• Join theDay of Event crew
• Document the festivities
• Be part of our festival harvest gathering stories + learnings for Make Music Day 2027.
To get involved:
• Contact us through this website
• Email songwritingworks at gmail dot com.
• 360.385.1160 (voice mail only, no texts).
MAKE MUSIC DAY is a project of Songwriting Works Educational Foundation,
a 501c3 charitable organization based in Port Townsend.
WHAT IS MAKE MUSIC DAY?
On SUNDAY JUNE 21st, MAKE MUSIC DAY RETURNS TO E. JEFFERSON COUNTY.
MAKE MUSIC DAY is a free, multi-site, spontaneous day of music participation. Musical artists and music lovers of all ages, skill levels, and styles of sound will come together to play, sing, teach, learn, receive free instruments and celebrate the first day of summer with music. Venues in Port Townsend, Quilcene, Port Hadlock, Chimacum and Port Ludlow will host concerts, workshops, sing-a-longs, jam sessions, and more, indoors and out.
All featured festival venues will be ADA accessible.
MAKE MUSIC DAY HISTORY
43 years ago in France, Jack Lang and the French Ministry of Culture imagined a new kind of musical holiday: Free music everywhere—in streets, parks, gardens, on rooftops, at storefronts—open to anyone wanting to play or host. NamedFête de la Musique,(“festival of music” and “make music,”) the festival took place on Summer Solstice, June 21st. It became a national tradition that now spans the globe with 2,000+ cities and towns worldwide.
18 years ago MAKE MUSIC DAYNew York picked up the baton. From these grassroots, Make Music Day has blossomed into a nationwide movement across the U.S.
MAKE MUSIC DAY first came to PORT TOWNSEND in 2016 and expanded to E. Jefferson County in 2017 and 2018 with more than 800 participants and 27 venues county-wide. After a “pandemic pause” Make Music Day returns to E. Jefferson County!
photo credit: Unexpected Brass Band, MMD 2018
See you on June 21st!
With Support from:
and our generous business + communty sponsors