A hot programme for Summer In The City!

The campaign "Summer in the City" will open on 21 June with a double event. The concert "Knuedler goes classic showtime" with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra (OPL) on the Place Guillaume II, and Fete de la Musique with a programme focusing on emerging groups and musicians from Luxembourg.

To get more people to enjoy the sounds of classical music, the OPL will, under the baton of Gast Waltzing, will interpret Medley works ranging from Pink Floyd to Led Zeppelin, but also the repertoires of Luxembourg groups, namely Eternal Tango, Serge Tonnar and de Lab. In all, over 50 musicians will be on stage and the concert will be broadcast on big screens. The rendezvous is at 9pm on 21 June, Place Guillaume II and absolutely free!

The day after is of course national holiday from the evening, and in addition to the torchlight processions and firework displays, a multitude of concerts and DJ sets will fill every nook and cranny of the capital. Latin music lovers can watch performances from salsa schools across the Greater Region in the Pétrusse valley. Once again this is also free!

The headline act for the MeYouZik festival of world music, that takes place on 2 July on Place Guillaume, Place Clairefontaine and Rue du Saint-Esprit, is Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, son of the late Fela Kuti. The City will be alive with afrobeat in the traditional style of Kuti, not to mention a host of other world acts and why not sample the culinary delights offered during the event?

The day after is the well-known Rock um Knuedler heavily loaded with local music talent before the arrival on stage of Sharleen Spiteri, lead singer of the Glaswegian band Texas. She visits Luxembourg as part of her comeback tour of “greatest hits".

Lovers of blues and jazz music have their own festival in the form of the ever popular Blues’n Jazz Rallye which takes place on 16 July along the streets of the Grund and Clausen.

Streeta(rt)nimation is the next on the list when the streets of the City come alive with street art, theatre and music. This year it takes place over 2 days on 13 and 14 August.

And finally, in support of the charity “SOS Villages d'enfants du monde” the Luxembourg City Tourist Office plan a free concert by Khaled, to close Summer In The City in style as the summer sun leaves us once again.

Summer in the City full event list 2011

21.6. 2011, place Guillaume II, Luxembourg

Opening act Summer in the City

Concert Knuedler goes classic with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

21.6.2011 Luxembourg, centre

Fête de la Musique

22.6.2011, Luxembourg, centre

Eve of the Luxembourgish National Day

Fireworks, open air concerts, DJ's, partys, white night, 150.000 visitors join in every year!

23.6.2011, Luxembourg, centre

Luxembourgish National Day

Offical program, public holiday: military parade, Te Deum, ...

2.7.2011, place Guillaume II und place Clairefontaine, Luxembourg

MeYouZik, world music festival

2 open air stages, 10 bands

World music bands, world DJ's, culinary MeYouVillage

3.7.2011, place Guillaume II, Luxembourg

2 open air stages, 10 bands

International rock headliner and luxemburgish rock bands

Mid july - mid august 2011, inner courtyard of the Capuchin theatre, Luxembourg

Open air cinema "Summer Follies"

16.7.2011, Grund und Clausen, Luxembourg

Blues’n Jazz Rallye

60 blues and jazz bands on 10 open air stages and inside the participating bars

13-14.8.2011

Street theatre festival Streeta(rt)nimation

80 street shows with stilters, acrobats, comedians, jugglers, pantomimes,

19.8- 11.9.2011, Champ du Glacis, Luxembourg

Schueberfouer fair market

10.9.2011, place Guillaume II, Luxembourg

Summer in the City closing act - open air concerts