Live Peace: a citizens' peace concert initiative in collaboration with 7 Nobel Peace Prize winners
Live Peace is an association under the French law of 1901 that aims to create a global movement to inspire people from all walks of life to call for peace through music, culture and live performance.
Live Peace has already received the support of 7 Nobel Peace Prize laureates with whom we have signed a collaboration agreement: the International Peace Bureau (IPB), the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the Tawakkol Karman Foundation, the Shirin Ebadi Foundation, IPPNW, AFSC and Mairead Maguire. Live Peace is also supported by the Mouvement de la Paix and Mayors for Peace France, which has over sixty member cities.
History shows the impact of citizens' movements on major societal advances: the abolition of slavery, the independence of India, the end of racial segregation, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of apartheid...
As Albert Camus wrote two days after the nuclear attack on Hiroshima: "Faced with the terrifying prospects now open to humanity, we see even more clearly that peace is the only objective worth pursuing. It is no longer a prayer, but a demand that all peoples must make of their governments: to choose definitively between hell and reason.
Live Peace is about people demanding peace through music.
Live Peace Annecy: the first two concerts will bring together 10,000 people for peace in Annecy and 1,000 people in Germany in Homburg sur Saar on 21 September 2025.
Live Peace is pleased to announce that it is organising a concert in Annecy to mark the UN International Day of Peace on Sunday 21 September 2025, in the heart of the Parc Vignaires-Pommaries. The concert will seat up to 10,000 people.
The first confirmed artists are: Magic System, Les 3 cafés Gourmands, Leuz Diwane G, Joachim Garraud, Lancelot, DJ Ralph, DJ Deal, Fein Cerra, les Rastas Raclettes...
Several Nobel Peace Prize winners will be present in Annecy, including Dr Mukwege and the co-president of the International Peace Bureau, Philip Jennings.
A free concert funded by the Casino d'Annecy and the PVG group
Live Peace Annecy will be fully funded by the Casino d'Annecy and the PVG group, as part of their programme of high-quality artistic events.
Participants must register free of charge online at www.live-peace.net
Collecting donations to organise other concerts in 2026
Live Peace would like to organise other free concerts in France in 2026. To this end, Live Peace is inviting concert participants, the general public and businesses to make donations to Live Peace, all of which will go towards organising concerts in other cities on 21 September 2026.
A commitment from everyone
On 21 September, to ensure the greatest possible impact for peace, Live Peace is inviting bars, restaurants, discotheques and towns to broadcast the concert and/or organise musical events under the Live Peace banner, so that, like the Fête de la Musique, more and more of us can come together to call for peace through music.
People are invited to share Live Peace publications with #wewantpeace and to sign the petition with a single phrase: "we want peace", so that with over 20 million signatories, it will one day become the most signed petition in the world.
Anyone or any organisation wishing to organise Live Peace events can do so free of charge by registering on the www.live-peace.com website and agreeing to abide by the Live Peace charter.
Live Peace and amateur musicians on stage
Live Peace invites everyone to send in selfie videos of cover versions of artists or their own compositions, which will be shared on the Live Peace music tik-tok page. The musician who receives the most likes on this page will be invited to come and play on stage when Live Peace opens.
Practical details
Sunday 21 September 2025
Parc Vignaires Pommaries, Annecy-le-Vieux
First part of the concert: 16h30/19H00
Second part of the concert: 19H00/23H00
Free entry with registration: www.live-peace.com
Live Peace is an association under the law of 1901 created by people involved in events and music, but not only, many of whom are from Annecy and Haute-Savoie, with :
- Emmanuel Piegay, founder of Corporate Games and Livevent
- Marilyn Heib, German entrepreneur and founder of Betterwest, a crowdfunding platform
- Cathie Cusin, former Vice-President of MCI
- Christel Pernet, President of the Association Les Puits du Désert
- Frédéric Bedin, Chairman of Hopscotch
- Catherine Leclercq, Lawyer
- Ralph Mogin, International DJ
- Jérôme Grosset-Janin, Driver, French Rally Champion
- David Guffroy, Chartered accountant
- Serge Luc, festival creator
- Pascal Doucet-Bon, journalist, France TV
- Christophe Lyad, Futuria Production
