Application to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
On 30 October 2019, Metz was designated a UNESCO City of Music by the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay. It therefore joined the Creative Cities Network of 246 cities all around the world that have placed creativity at the core of their development plans.
Metz now belongs to a select group of six French cities that are members of this network. It is also the first French Member City in the field of music !