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'. - '�• k $ t �rf ',�f3 ,�Y� -T.,F+�,"a ,{. .,4 .«.v acs c'. __ };.: <br /> LNEWs <br /> APEL L <br /> Sound of mus-ic returns to tow, n <br /> Music Festival Inside <br /> Celebrates 16th ear No thanks:Uninvited bar owner says <br /> y he'll hold his own festival. 6A zY <br /> BY Tom HARTWELL festival's founders. "People wander ` s' s <br /> Correspondent by,and they might buy a croissant, µ <br /> CARRBORO The Carrboro Mu- but it's like a busking," <br /> sical Festival, sprung off France's Back in the day,the Music Festiv <br /> annual Fete de la Musique, is now al was in June and shared its name. <br /> in its 16th year. Ten thousand peo- with the"Fete de la Musique"in Pa- <br /> ple are expected downtown Sun- ris (now known as World Music <br /> day. Day,June 21).Since moving to Sep ' y <br /> Not bad for the"Paris of the Pied- tember, the Carrboro event has ex- <br /> mont." panded and become a draw for local b <br /> A short Saturday program mark- businesses_This year's festival in- <br /> ing the 100th anniversary of the eludes 20 jazz bands. Rock, blues, .'` <br /> N.C. Folklore Society will kick off folk, bluegrass abound. " <br /> the festival, but all this week the The Big Fat Gap Band, Mipso, <br /> Parks and Recreation Department Sarah Shook&the Devil,Jethorse, g`' <br /> is hosting free outdoor concerts Killer Filler and other active local <br /> across town. bands should be highlights. But - <br /> "The whole idea of the Fete, in with more than 100 bands and 25 MARK scHU�Tz mschultz@newsobserver.com <br /> France, is that musicians play for venues in one day,festival goers can Nicholas,18,and Ashley Amodei,17,of Chapel Hill dance to Saints <br /> free," said Joy Preslar, one of the SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE 6A Apollo during the 2012 Carrboro Music Festival. <br />