Worldwide Music Expo (WOMEX)

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WOMEX – Worldwide Music Expo – is the most international and culturally diverse music meeting in the world and the biggest conference of the global music scene, featuring a trade fair, talks, films and showcase concerts.

Over 2,600 professionals (including 260 performing artists) come together every October from 90 countries, making WOMEX the leading networking platform for the world music industry. Its musical spectrum is unparalleled in the international showcase performance market, ranging from the most traditional to the new global local underground, embracing folk, roots, jazz, local and diaspora cultures as much as urban and electronic sounds from all over the globe.

7 stages, around 700 exhibiting companies, 100+ speakers, films, an opening concert and an award ceremony across five packed networking days and rather short nights.

WOMEX and its community aim to support and strengthen the role of culture around the globe and to spread its values through nurturing and promoting creativity and music. As a result, the local and global music community is able to – and needs to – contribute to cross-cultural understanding in a welcoming, tolerant, diverse and productive manner.

The event remains devoted to facilitating and promoting the global music industry and providing a platform to connect, inspire and share experiences, enabling new partnerships across transcontinental markets and an open economic and international cultural dialogue.

Since its first edition in 1994, WOMEX has been roaming all across Europe from Berlin (1994), via Brussels (1995), Marseille (1997), Stockholm (1998), Berlin (1999 and 2000), Rotterdam (2001), Essen (2002 and 2004), Newcastle (2005), Sevilla (2003 and 2006 to 2008), Copenhagen (2009 to 2011), Thessaloniki (2012), Cardiff (2013), Santiago de Compostela (2014 and 2016), Budapest (2015 and 2020 - the first ever digital edition), Katowice (2017), Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (2018), Tampere (2019), Porto (2021), Lisbon (2022), A Coruña (2023). In 2024, WOMEX is heading to Manchester, UK.

Posts

Beatriz Rosário | Live at WOMEX 23
Les Héritières - Tribute to Cheikha Rimitti | Live at WOMEX 23
Anna Tréa | Live at WOMEX 23
Ánnámáret | Live at WOMEX 23
Trilitrate | Live at WOMEX 23
Widad Mjama & Khalil Epi | Live at WOMEX 23
Baiuca | Live at WOMEX 23
The Breath | Live at WOMEX 23

Videos

Beatriz Rosário | Live at WOMEX 23
Ánnámáret | Live at WOMEX 23
Anna Tréa | Live at WOMEX 23
Les Héritières - Tribute to Cheikha Rimitti | Live at WOMEX 23
Trilitrate | Live at WOMEX 23
Widad Mjama & Khalil Epi | Live at WOMEX 23
Baiuca | Live at WOMEX 23
The Breath | Live at WOMEX 23
Neomak | Live at WOMEX 23
Bamba Wassoulou Groove | Live at WOMEX 23
Ailá | Live at WOMEX 23
Haepaary | Live at WOMEX 23
WOMEX 23 | Impressions from A Coruña
Club Summit | Live at WOMEX 23
Mouvman Alé | Live at WOMEX 23
Matt Carmichael | Live at WOMEX 23
Killabeatmaker | Live at WOMEX 23
Kin'Gongolo Kiniata | Live at WOMEX 23
Teo Collori & Momento Cigano | Live at WOMEX 23
Setup Day #WOMEX23
Puuluup | Live at WOMEX 23
Aleph Quintet | Live at WOMEX 23
Elshan Ghasimi | Live at WOMEX 23
BCUC | Live at WOMEX 23 Awards
Ko Shin Moon | Live at WOMEX 23
Cocanha | Live at WOMEX 23
Nimkii and the Niniis | Live at WOMEX 23
Ustad Noor Bakhsh | Live at WOMEX 23
Opening: Resounding Picasso | Live at WOMEX 23
WOMEX 23 | Film Programme Teaser
Minarets - Trailer
Woven Sounds - Trailer
Kite Zo A - Trailer
Spivanka - Trailer
Singeli Sound: High Speed - Trailer
Raï is not dead - Trailer
Kẹo Kéo: Sài Gòn Sound- Trailer
Kanga Munoko Yoka - Trailer
Feneen - Trailer
Ethiopiques Magnetic Suite - Trailer
Cumbiaton Total - Trailer
Stambeli, the spirits' last dance - Trailer
Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales - Trailer
WOMEX 23 Showcase Trailer | 2nd Announcement
WOMEX 23 Showcase Trailer | 1st Announcement
Welcome to the WOMEX Port | WOMEX 23 Register Now
Venues Preview | WOMEX 23 Register Now
WOMEX Awaits You | WOMEX 23 Registration Open
Showcase Your Talent | WOMEX 23 Call for Proposal
Bring On The Beats | WOMEX 23 Call for Proposals
Share Your Expertise | WOMEX 23 Call for Proposals
Present Your Film | WOMEX 23 Call for Proposals
WOMEX 22 Academy meets Aga Khan Music Programme
WOMEX 22 | Impressions from Lisbon
WOMEX by MOON Teaser 2022
WOMEX by MOON | groove&
WOMEX by MOON | Rangamatir Baul
WOMEX by MOON | Brenda Navarrete
WOMEX by MOON | Duo Ruut
Firas Zreik | Live at WOMEX 22
Club Summit | Live at WOMEX 22
La Brígida Orquesta | Live at WOMEX 22
João Selva | Live at WOMEX 22
Ngulmiya | Live at WOMEX 22
Balaklava Blues | Live at WOMEX 22
Israel Fernández | Live at WOMEX 22
Ivo Papasov | Live at WOMEX 22 Awards
FRA! | Live at WOMEX 22
groove& | Live at WOMEX 22
The Dizzy Brains | Live at WOMEX 22
Dani Larkin | Live at WOMEX 22
Promoting Musical Diversity Through Policies | WOMEX 22 Associated Presentation
La Mambanegra | Live at WOMEX 22
Brenda Navarrete | Live at WOMEX 22
Le Diable à Cinq | Live at WOMEX 22
Duo Ruut | Live at WOMEX 22
Opening: Lisbon Sounds | Live at WOMEX 22
WOMEX 22 | Film Programme Teaser
Beirut Dreams In Color - Clip
Panorama Yerevan – The Rock Edition - Teaser
Mro Song And Dance - Trailer
Sitos, On Alert In Kinshasa - Trailer
SOA - Trailer
Are We Punks Or Not? - Trailer
The Soil - Trailer
The Sun Has No Shadow - Trailer
This Life And The Other - Trailer
For Real (Pour de vrai) - Teaser
Gidam, Drums Of Protest In Khartoum - Trailer
The Desert Rocker - Trailer
Did you say WOMEX is boring?
WOMEX 22 Showcase Trailer | 2nd Announcement
WOMEX 22 Showcase Trailer | 1st Announcement
WOMEX 22 | Official Venues
THIS IS WOMEX
WOMEX 21 | Impressions from Porto
WOMEX by MOON | Nakibembe Xylophone Troupe
WOMEX by MOON | Bab L'Bluz
WOMEX by MOON | Maria Mazzotta
Mateus Aleluia | Live at WOMEX
Club Summit Mix | Live at WOMEX 21
WOMEX by MOON | Mazaher
Morgan Toney | Live at WOMEX 21
WOMEX by MOON | Aragaki Mutsumi
Neuza | Live at WOMEX 21
WOMEX by MOON | Rodrigo Cuevas
Sofia Rei | Live at WOMEX 21
WOMEX by MOON | Kosy
Naïssam Jalal & Rhythms of Resistance | Live at WOMEX 21
WOMEX by MOON | Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy
Mazaher | Live at WOMEX 21
WOMEX by MOON | Brighde Chaimbeul
Lova Lova | Live at WOMEX 21
WOMEX by MOON | Sopa de Pedra
Nakibembe Xylophone Troupe | Live at WOMEX 21
WOMEX by MOON | OFFICIAL TEASER
Electric Jalaba | Live at WOMEX 21
Aynur Artist Award Recipient | Live at WOMEX 21 Awards Ceremony
Rodrigo Cuevas | Live at WOMEX 21
Atine | Live at WOMEX 21
Kosy | Live at WOMEX 21
Pongo | Live at WOMEX 21
Opening: Porto ReFolk Express | Live at WOMEX 21
Rangamatir Baul | WOMEX 21 Virtual Showcase
Chalanes del Amor | WOMEX 21 Virtual Showcase
Al Bilali Soudan | WOMEX 21 Virtual Showcase
WOMEX 21 | Film Programme Teaser
HALEL - New Trailer
Traces Eritaj - Trailer
Halel - Trailer
Enfin, la nuit - Trailer
WOMEX 21 Showcase Sampler | 2nd Announcement
WOMEX 21 Showcase Sampler | 1st Announcement
virtualWOMEX Extended Film Programme | Filmmaker Intro: Tio Yim
virtualWOMEX Extended Film Programme | Filmmaker Intro: Growling Mountains
virtualWOMEX Extended Film Programme | Filmmaker Intro: Embryo - A Journey of Music and Peace
virtualWOMEX Extended Programme | Filmmaker Intro: Buster Williams - Bass to Invinity (USA)
virtualWOMEX Extended Programme | April 2021
WOMEX 21 | Call For Proposals Reminder
WOMEX 21 | Call for Proposals OPEN
WOMEX FILM | Dorival Caymmi The Sounds of Life Trailer
WOMEX FILM | On le Temps Pour Nous Trailer
WOMEX 20 Digital Edition feat. Budapest RITMO | Impressions
WOMEX | Interview Philip Küppers, Goethe-Institut Senegal
UNESCO Opening Speech for WOMEX 20 Digital Edition
WOMEX 20 | SATURDAY Showcase Trailer
WOMEX 20 | FRIDAY Showcase Trailer
WOMEX 20 | Club Summit Trailer
WOMEX 20 | Resiliart Debate Session: Play Fair!
WOMEX 20 | UNESCO Guide: Culture in crisis: policy for a resiliant creative sectors
WOMEX 20 | THURSDAY Showcase Session Trailer
WOMEX 20 | WEDNESDAY Showcase Session Trailer
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Breaking Barriers: The Casteless Collective
WOMEX 20 | Conference Teaser 3
WOMEX Academy | Impressions from 2019
WOMEX 20 | Conference Teaser 2 feat. Budapest RITMO
WOMEX 20 | Film Programme - Teaser
WOMEX 20 | Conference Teaser 1
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Dark City Beneath the Beat
Promoting Musical Diversity Through Policies | WOMEX 22 Associated Presentation
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Contradict
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Wild Honey
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Kinshasa Beta Mbonda
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Khamsin
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: When You Listen
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Fly Bird Fly
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: River City Drumbeat
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: A Sonic Pulse
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Birth of Afrobeat
WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Berlin Bamako Allstars
Fly Bird Fly: The Hungarian Dance House Story - Trailer
240BPM++ - Trailer
Breaking Barriers: The Casteless Collective - Trailer
Birth of Afrobeat - Trailer
Breaking The Circle - Trailer
Khamsin - Trailer
A Sonic Pulse - Trailer
Berlin Bamako Allstars - Trailer
Kinshasa Beta Mbonda - Trailer
River City Drumbeat - Trailer
Lisbon Beats/ Batida de Lisboa - Trailer
Sounds of Tehran - Trailer
Wild Honey - Trailer
Naja - Trailer
When You Listen/ Niños Somos Todos - Trailer
Taxi Waves - Trailer
WOMEX20 Artist Award - Mónika Lakatos
WOMEX 20 Showcase Sampler: 2nd Announcement
WOMEX 20 Showcase Sampler: 1st Announcement
WOMEX | Interview with ZJ Sparks
Meet the WOMEX and Hangvető Team Online For Live Q&A Session This Friday!
WOMEX Live Stream
WOMEX | Interview with Fairouz Nishanova - Director of Aga Khan Music Programme and Music Award
WOMEX | Interview with Derek Debru from Nyege Nyege Tapes and Nyege Nyege Festival
WOMEX 19 | Impressions from Tampere
Flor de Toloache | Live at WOMEX 19
Lakha Khan | Live at WOMEX 19
Lalala Napoli | Live at WOMEX 19
Omiri | Live at WOMEX 19
Monsieur Domani | WOMEX 19 Radio Studio Session
Lahka Khan | WOMEX 19 Radio Studio Session
3MA: Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi, Rajery | WOMEX 19 Radio Studio Session
Lemma | WOMEX 19 Radio Studio Session
Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou | WOMEX 19 Radio Studio Session
Elle Marja | WOMEX 19 Radio Studio Session
Marina Satti | WOMEX 19 Radio Studio Session
Ahlberg, Ek & Rosewall | Live at WOMEX 19
NST & The Sauce Meets Kim Yulhee | Live at WOMEX 19
Kronos Quartet | Live at WOMEX 18
A Special Message to WOMEX
Opening: Arctic Fire – Pohjoiset Tulet | Live at WOMEX 19
Fofoulah | Live at WOMEX 19
Marina Satti | Live at WOMEX 19
Kayhan Kahlor | Live at WOMEX 19
Eme Alfonso | Live at WOMEX 19
Bongeziwe Mabandla | Live at WOMEX 19
Santrofi | Live at WOMEX 19
Dona Onete | Live at WOMEX 19
Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) | Live at WOMEX 19
Ryan Young & Jenn Butterworth | Live at WOMEX 19
Carmelo Torres y su Cumbia Sabanera | Live at WOMEX 19
How To Prepare For WOMEX
WOMEX Academy | Impressions From 2018
WOMEX 19 Film Programme - Teaser
WOMEX 19 | A 25 Years Anniversary
WOMEX 19 Showcase Sampler | 2nd Announcement
WOMEX 19 Showcase Sampler | 1st Announcement
WOMEX 18 | Club Summit
WOMEX 18 | Impressions from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen's Triveni at WOMEX 15
The Piano in the Room trailer
Etenesh Wassie Trio - Live at WOMEX 18
Marinah - Live at WOMEX 18
Ariwo - Live at WOMEX 18
Sumrra - Live at WOMEX 18
Ranky Tanky - Live at WOMEX 18
Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco - Live at WOMEX 18
Guiss Guiss Bou Bess - Live at WOMEX 18
Frente Cumbiero - Live at WOMEX 18
Bakolo Music International - Live at WOMEX 18
Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda - Live at WOMEX 18
Gaye Su Akyol - Live at WOMEX 18
Liniker E Os Caramelows - live at WOMEX 18
San Salvador - Live at WOMEX 18
Moonlight Benjamin live at WOMEX 18
Ladama live at WOMEX 18
WOMEX 18 Opening
WOMEX 18 Film Programme - Teaser
Ťažká duša (Heavy Heart) Trailer
Nocturne For Pit Orchestra Trailer
Archipelago Trailer
IN SITU Trailer
Dance Me This Trailer
Ahi Na'Ma Trailer
WOMEX 17 impressions
WOMEX 18 Showcases - 2nd Sampler
WOMEX 18 Showcases - 1st Sampler
The Hype AND The Hard Work - Music & Tech in Accra
WOMEX 2017 DJ Summit
Victoria Hanna Live at WOMEX 17
Black Flower Live at WOMEX 17
Oumou Sangare - WOMEX 17 Closing Concert
Bitori live at Womex 17
Alireza Ghorbani Live at WOMEX 2017
Night Live at WOMEX 17
La Dame Blanche - Live at WOMEX 17
Luciana Jury Live at WOMEX 17
Aux - Live At WOMEX 17
Leyla McCalla Live at WOMEX 17
WOMEX 17 Opening in Katowice, Poland
Ethiopiques - Revolt of the Soul - Trailer 2017
TOSTA Trailer
Bandmasters - Kapel Mistrze Trailer
WOMEX 17 - Will we see you there?
WOMEX 17 - 2nd Showcase Sampler
WOMEX 17 - 1st Showcase Sampler
DJ Summit at WOMEX 16
Bargou 08 Live at WOMEX 16
Quinteto Bataraz - Chacarera de la tarde - Live at WOMEX 16
Kondi Band - Titi Dem Too Service - Live at WOMEX 16
Throes + The Shine - Tuyeto Mukina - Live at WOMEX 16
Ponk - Okolo Strážnice - Live at WOMEX 16
Xabier Diaz - Muiñeira de Limiñoa - Live at WOMEX 16
Maïa Barouh - Soma - Live at WOMEX 16
Bixiga 70 - Ocupai - Live at WOMEX 16
Vanessa Reed on the impacts of Brexit on the music industry - WOMEX 16
Bareto - Elsa - Live at WOMEX 16
Calypso Rose - No Madam - Live at WOMEX 16 - Artist Award Winner
Edmar Castaneda Trio - Entre cuerdas (excerpt) - Live at WOMEX 16
Trio Da Kali - Kenebo - Live at WOMEX 16
Mehdi Nassouli - Mimoun - Live at WOMEX 16
Delgres - Mr President - Live at WOMEX 16
Black String - Seven Beats - Live at WOMEX 16
Iberians - WOMEX 16 Opening Music Tapas Menu at Santiago de Compostela
The Revolution Won't Be Televised - Trailer
You Can't Hide from the Truth - Extract
WOMEX 16 - 2nd Showcase Trailer Video
WOMEX 16 - 1st Showcase Trailer Video
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen's Triveni at WOMEX 15
Germán López at WOMEX 15
Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El-Din at WOMEX 15
Ana Tijoux at WOMEX 15
Baraji at WOMEX 15
Chouk Bwa Libète at WOMEX 15
Tamer Abu Ghazaleh at WOMEX 15
Alo Wala at WOMEX 15
Cheikh Lô at WOMEX 15 - Artist Award Winner
A-Wa at WOMEX 15
Blick Bassy at WOMEX 15
Zoufris Maracas at WOMEX 15
Emicida at WOMEX 15
Sarabi at WOMEX 15
Cimbalomduó at WOMEX 15
Aziza Brahim at WOMEX 15
Szalonna and his Band feat. Ferenc Radics at WOMEX 15
Romengo & Mónika Lakatos at WOMEX 15
WOMEX 15 Showcase Trailer: Final Announcement
WOMEX 15 Showcase Trailer: First Announcement
WOMEX Award Acceptance Speech Mário Lúcio Sousa w subtitles
WOMEX 14 Delegates Statements
WOMEX 14 Teaser
Aysenur Kolivar at WOMEX 13
Teta at WOMEX 13
Lau at WOMEX 13
Family Atlantica at WOMEX 13
We Banjo 3 at WOMEX 13
Krismenn at WOMEX 13
April Verch Band at WOMEX 13
Amira at WOMEX 13
Winston Mcanuff & Fixi at WOMEX 13
Artist Award Winner Los Van Van at WOMEX13
Filastine & Nova at WOMEX 13
Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda at WOMEX 13
Aysenur Kolivar at WOMEX 13
Sidi Touré at WOMEX 13
Stelios Petrakis Quartet at WOMEX 13
Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita at WOMEX 13
Emily Portman Trio at WOMEX 13
WOMEX 12 - Opening Night: My Sweet Canary
WOMEX 13 Showcase Trailer
WOMEX 12 Showcase Trailer
WOMEX 11 Showcase Trailer
The Official WOMEX Film
WOMEX 10 Official Festival Trailer
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