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January 2021
Montreal (CA-QC) – Montreal Public Pianos 2021 – expect 50 pianos – dates TBC
9th edition to this Montreal Quebec (Canada) public piano festival. Montrealers far and wide are invited to play a note on these colourful and beautifully-decorated pianos! Public Pianos was the brainchild of the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough and was based on the success of a similar program in NYC (Play Me I'm Yours and later Sing for Hope). Looking at the 2019 piano map 2021 will probably look something like this in various Montreal areas / arrondissements: Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 01. Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 02. Centre…
Find out more »March 2021
World Piano Day – 2021
88 keys on a full-keyboard piano, 88 days on this year’s calendar, that's Word Piano Day! After a disastrous 2020 version – with most of us in lock-down or heading for it, due to Corona/Covid-19 – 2021 will be a new chance to celebrate our beloved intstrument! Several organizations want you to believe it's yet another commercial feast, well it's not! It's a worldwide initiative lasting a few days with dozens-if-not-hundreds of different events around the globe organized by as…
Find out more »April 2021
Lancaster (US-PA) – Keys for the City 2021 – expect 17 pianos – dates TBC
11th edition to this Lancaster Pennsylvania public piano event. “Keys for the City” is an initiative MFE founder John Gerdy and a few of its board members developed as a way to bring the community together through music. The pianos during previous edition were placed at the following locations: The Culliton Park Piano - 200 S Water St - Lancaster - PA 17603 The Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation Piano - 110 N Lime St - Lancaster - PA 17602 The…
Find out more »May 2021
Nashua (US-NH) – Nashua Street Pianos 2021 – 3 pianos – dates TBC
5th street piano event in Nashua in southern New Hampshire featuring 3 pianos. It first got announced for 2020, but cancelled due to Covid-19) saying: PLEASE NOTE: The Nashua Street Pianos program has been postponed to 2021 to foster public health. We hope that as conditions allow, we will be able to bring pianos back to Main Street for your enjoyment! Artists have been invited to show their creativity and prepare another unique couple of street pianos for 2020. Hope…
Find out more »The Piano Project @ Gator by the Bay – 2021 – 1 piano
About the Venue/Event The piano placed in the Louisiana Food Court at Gator by the Bay serves as an introduction to the PianoProject to all our attendees. It will be available to play by anyone who wants to tickle the ivory! About the Organizer The Piano Project consists of unrelated worldwide community outreach organizations that aim to resettle unwanted pianos into schools and community centers that could not otherwise afford them. Because of their cost to move and maintain, people…
Find out more »Luxembourg (LU) – My Urban Piano 2021 – expect 23 pianos – dates TBC
After the canceled 2020 event due to Covid-19, this will be the actual 6th edition of the Luxemburg event, building up towards their annual Fete de la Musique. We've played their city back in 2014 and it was well worth the visit! As part of "My Urban Piano", public pianos are set up all over the city: anyone can sit down and play a tune. The aim is to encourage people to gather around the pianos to make and enjoy…
Find out more »June 2021
Shanghai (CN) – Streetpianos PMIY 2021 – expect 17 pianos – dates TBC
After sensational editions in 2019/20, no doubt another set of beautiful hand-painted pianos will be back in the HKRI Taikoo Hui mall. About the Pianos More than just pianos, they are pieces of artwork painted with animals and plants, geometric abstractions and colorful shapes in themes of rebirth, the bustling city and environmental protection. After the event, the mall donates the pianos to social organizations. This gives new meaning to the project and once again causes a sensation in the…
Find out more »New York (US-NY) – Sing For Hope Pianos 2021 – expect 50 pianos – Dates TBC
After suspending SFH June 2020 due to the Corona virus, no doubt New York will rebounce from this devastating blow and do another wonderful edition of Sing For Hope Pianos in 2021. From the heart of Manhattan to the Bronx, on to Rockaway Park. Next day from Flushing to Staten Island, Sing For Hope Pianos (SFH) New York is something special. It's become a favorite in our yearly calendar! About the Pianos We were lucky to play SFH 2019 and…
Find out more »Geneva (CH) – Jouez je Suis a Vous 2021 – expect 34 pianos
After the suspended 2020 edition, Street-Pianos in Geneva is once again a solid anchor in our yearly calendar. 2021 will be their 10th edition, dates confirmed! 🙂 Many players, many people who enjoy listening, great venues to play and genuinely a friendly city to move around. All in all, better (re-) start your engines for 2021! About the Pianos Traditionally, Geneva chooses to have a mix of art-worked and non-art-worked pianos, but all of them are usually in a great…
Find out more »Niagara Falls Public Pianos (US-NY) – 2021 – expect 7 pianos – dates TBC
After the suspended 2020 edition of Niagara Falls Public Pianos, we're more than confident that Ms. Rosemarie Lorenti and her Piano Pals will be back in 2021. Following tradition to add 1 piano every year so far we expect 7 pianos in the Falls area. 4th edition of this annual Niagara Falls (NY) Public Piano celebration. What happens when a magical environment hosts a handful of high-quality artworked pianos? Ms. Rosemarie Lorenti and her Piano Pals will show you! The…
Find out more »Dortmund (DE) – Spiel Mich 2021 – expect 14 pianos
After the sad but understandable cancellation of the 2020 edition, another 14 pianos expected in Dortmund. We played quite a few multi-piano Events in Germany but we've yet to check in at “Spiel Mich Dortmund”. Maybe, 2021 would be our year of choice! About the Pianos Some Spiel Mich cities will use brand new pianos without artwork, where others (like Dortmund) have their local artists and communities work on those pianos with passion and creativity. Dortmund offers a bit of…
Find out more »Denver (US-CO) – Your Keys to the City 2021 – expect 5 pianos – dates TBC
This event is pre-scheduled for 2021 under the assumption that Covid-19 will spoil the 2020 edition of Denver (US-CO) - Your Keys to the City. The program runs since 2009 and might face a one-year pause, sadly enough! About the Pianos We haven't had the pleasure yet to play any of their pianos, but we definitely will when in the neighborhood! People are encouraged to enjoy each piano’s unique art or take a seat and perform - from 8 a.m.…
Find out more »Pforzheim (DE) – Spiel Mich 2021 – expect 13 pianos – dates TBC
After the sad but understandable cancellation of their 2020 edition, here’s another 13 pianos for an annual June/July dust-up in Pforzheim! As most Spiel Mich festivals in Germany: well organized and documented on their Facebook site. Very much look forward to play their pianos one day! About the Pianos Some Spiel Mich cities – like Pforzheim – will offer either brand new or 2nd hand pianos without artwork, where others have their local artists and communities work on those pianos…
Find out more »Pianos in the Parks – Chicago (US-IL) – 2021 – expect 7 pianos – dates TBC
6th edition of this multi-piano event in Chicago Illinois (assumed that Covid-19 will ruin the party in 2020 :-/). Kindly check the Pianos in the Parks Chicago - 2019 website for more details. Shame on us we never played any of the Chicago Park District pianos… Yet! Over the years the pianos have been placed/played - and sometimes moved arround at: - ATHLETIC FIELD PARK - BESSEMER PARK - BUTTERCUP PARK - CHICAGO’S WOMEN’S PARK & GARDEN - JACKSON PARK…
Find out more »Dülmen (DE) – Mach Musik – 2021 – 7 pianos – dates TBC
Mach Musik (" Make Music") is becoming an annual party in Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen), with more to it than "just" pianos. What remains :-): 7 pianos on display that hopefully we'll play someday! About the Pianos Some Spiel Mich cities – like Dülmen – will use either brand new or 2nd hand pianos without artwork, where others have their local artists and communities work on those pianos with passion and creativity. More than in the US, Spiel Mich usually assigns pianos…
Find out more »July 2021
Karlsruhe (DE) – Spiel Mich 2021 – expect 15 pianos – dates TBC
Spiel Mich Karlsruhe sadly but smartly, in hind-sight annouced skipping 2020, bringing their pianos back to the streets in summer of 2021. We hope 2021 will be our chance to return to Karlsruhe and play all of their pianos! No exact numbers of pianos known at this time so we'll keep an eye on their website. About the Pianos Some Spiel Mich cities will use either brand new or 2nd hand pianos without artwork, where others – like Heilbronn –…
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