World Singing Day 2020: Date, Quotes and Celebration

World Singing Day is the global sing-along for everyone. Each year on the 3rd Saturday in October, people all over the world gather in groups of all sizes to sing all kinds of songs to celebrate our common humanity. This year, 2020, October 17 is World Singing Day.

Benefits of Listening to Music

1. Music makes you happier
2. Music enhances running performance
3. Music lowers stress and improves health
4. Music helps you sleep better
5. Reduces depression
6. Music strengthens learning and memory

Music Quotes to celebrate the World Singing Day

"Music makes one feel so romantic – at least it always gets on one’s nerves – which is the same thing nowadays." - Oscar Wilde
"Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear." - Ludwig van Beethoven
"Without music, life would be a mistake" - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. " - Paul Simon
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." - Maya Angelou
"Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends." - Alphonse de Lamartine
"I can chase you, and I can catch you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine." - Morrissey
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." - Plato
"How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?" - Jane Swan
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." - Albert Einstein
"Music is an outburst of the soul." - Frederick Delius
"Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones." - Keith Richards
"I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music." - Billy Joel
"If Music is a Place — then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple." - Vera Nazarian
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley
"The only truth is music." - Jack Kerouac

Frequently Asked Questions

What is World Singing Day?
World Singing Day (WSD) brings people together through the simple act of singing together each year on the third Saturday in October. This year, 2020, October 17 is World Singing Day.

Why do people sing together on World Singing Day?
Singing together is one of the fastest ways to bond friends and strangers alike and World Singing Day is the perfect opportunity to experience that bond and connection first hand.

Who sings on World Singing Day?
College students on campus. School kids at school. Families and neighbors at home. Community groups in city centers. Elderly people in nursing homes. Anyone includes YOU can sing on Saturday, October 17, 2020.