EAGLE RIVER - Make Music Day started in France back in 1982.

The holiday encourages people to take their musical talents outdoors and be heard by everyone.

Now there's a push to bring the holiday to the Northwoods.

Representatives from local art centers met in Eagle River Sunday.

They got an early start to planning Make Music Day, which falls on June 21.

"It was really a way to introduce some of our cultural institutions to what Make Music Day is all about and see if they want to work together to make it happen in the Northwoods," said Grow North Executive Director Brittany Beyer.

In 2007, Aaron Friedman brought Make Music Day to New York.

He travelled all around Wisconsin this weekend in an effort to take the festivities nation-wide.

Friedman says it's an opportunity for musicians of all skill levels to be heard.

"For some people, this is a chance to play in public when they otherwise wouldn't be able to," said Friedman. "This is a way for people to come out and say 'yes, I'm a musician too,' and everyone in the town can wander around and hear all the different music and there's not really any pressure. Just come out and do whatever you can."

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