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Music Unites Europe – the project

Music Unites Europe 2014 - 2017 is an annual seminar to be held in the days leading up to Sølund Music Festival (every year on the second Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).

Music Unites Europe invites a variety of bands from three to four different European countries in addition to bands from Denmark to a musical seminar with workshops and gatherings in general. The musicians of the invited bands are challanged with lasting mental and/or physical disabilities.

The leaders of the workshops are professional practitioners within their profession (drums, interaction etc.). If possible internationally recognized.

Each seminar is finalized with the participating bands performing at one of Sølund Music Festival's five stages. In particular we focus on all bands playing and acting in the "Inclusive Tuesday. That is what we call the reverse inclusion party at Sølund Music Festival, where anyone who wants access to community music, love and togetherness, which are the colors that Sølund Music Festival are panted in.

The seminar is conducted in a pilot phase in the first place in the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Thereafter, it is the vision that the project is so well established that it continues, as a permanent event ... and it has spread to all over Europe. Everyone needs to rediscover the forgotten values of spontaneity, caring, genuine joy and gratitude.

The history

The people behind Sølund Music Festival - the world's largest festival for and with people with disabilities - are the founders of Music Unites Europe 2014-2017.

Sølund Music Festival has more than 30 years of experience facilitating and embracing the culture that people with disabilities creates. For almost 30 years Sølund Music Festival has been a unique musical forum. 72 hours of music, drama, entertainment and love gives the audience and artists an opportunity to meet like-minded people and make friends with people from all over the world. Together we enjoy music, have fun and maybe some will find a loved one as a pleasant bonus.

In 1986 Sølund Music Festival toke place for the first time with 1800 visitors. Since 2009 the festival has sold annually the equivalent of 14.000 day tickets. This shows that there is an enormous need for activities that makes it possible to meet. On several occasions we have shared our knowledge and experiences with European friends and professional relations. Thus, we have been the catalyst for similar festivals in Eskilstuna in Sweden and Evregem in Belgium.

It has for several years been a great desire to communicate the festival's unique characteristics to several European countries.
We want to create lokal platforms all over the world where culture - especially music - should form the foundation.