| Partners for WOMEX 09 in Copenhagen |
 Copenhagen Jazz Festival |  |
| The Copenhagen Jazz Festival (CJF) is one of the great musical celebrations ofCopenhagen’s cultural calendar, taking place each year in early July. Shifting freelyfrom happy New Orleans jazz to cutting-edge jazz-electronica, the 10-day-long CJFoffers nearly 100 concerts daily, taking place just about anywhere; from small dusty venues to parks, pedestrian areas, boats or jazz-institutions, featuring anything from local hard-core experimentalists to international legends. The 2006 edition comprised 850 concerts, attended by 240.000 people. The festival began in 1979. More on:
www.jazz.dk |
| Danish Center for Culture and Development |  |
| The Danish Center for Culture and Development works to advance cultural collaboration between Denmark and developing countries and to strengthen the cultural dimension in developing cooperation. A key activity has been the “Images” festivals which present art and culture from developing countries to the Danish public. The Center is an independent institution with core funding from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More on:
www.dccd.dk/dccd/cku.nsf |
| Global Copenhagen |  |
| Global Copenhagen is a club venue dedicated to world music only. It presents world music with a selection of some of the best international and national bands. The musical profile focuses on the many exciting mergers, that the world music constantly produces – starting from traditionel styles with everyday new supporters. The aim of Global Copenhagen is to offer the audience a special concert experience that challenges musical borders. More on:
www.globalcph.dk |
| Roskilde Festival |  |
| Roskilde Festival is the largest music festival in Northern Europe and took place for the first time in 1971. The festival is run by 30 full-time employees and thousands of volunteers. Each year, The Roskilde Festival Charity Society, the non-profit organization behind the festival, ensures that all profits earned on the festival are donated directly to humanitarian and cultural purposes. Over the last 36 years more than 13,3 million EUR has been distributed worldwide. Roskilde Festival provides an annual 4-days’ festival of music and culture, open for participants to enjoy all aspects of music, community spirit, service, quality and safety. In 2006 the festival was attended by 110,000 people – guests (four days tickets only), volunteers, media people and artists. More on:
www.roskilde-festival.dk/uk |
| Welcome Meeting Management |  |
| We are a full-service Meeting- and Event Management Bureau. We put the emotional values and experiences in the highseat and if your task is to push boundaries, awake interest or building relations - events is a professional tool helping you getting your messages through to your targetgroups. With us it's "One stop shopping"...More on:
www.welcomehome.dk |
| Wonderful Copenhagen |  |
| Wonderful Copenhagen CVB (WoCo) is the official convention and visitors bureau of Copenhagen, dealing with all aspects of Copenhagen as a leisure and business destination. The aim of the bureau is to make Copenhagen widely known as a dynamic, vibrant city and thereby strengthen and extend the city’s international networks and identity. WoCo is a non-profit organization funded approx. 50 percent by public partners (the state and the regional authorities), while private companies within the tourist sector in Copenhagen fund the remaining half. WoCo has a long tradition and experience in developing and attracting large-scale events in the areas of conferences, sports and cultural activities to Copenhagen. More on:
www.visitcopenhagen.com |
| World Music Denmark |  |
| World Music Denmark is a non-profit organization, founded in 1992 by a group of musicians, journalists, dancers and concert organisers. The organization is dedicated to the development and promotion of Danish world music and to improving the conditions for world music and related dance forms. More on:
www.worldmusic.dk |
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Further Partners
Join us. WOMEX builds equal-basis relationships with a host of like-minded companies, media, networks, associations, organizations and trade fairs. The list so far... and it's growing...
Media |
| 100% Culture |  |
| Discover 100%Culture – a French and Swedish cultural online magazine about African Culture – in Africa and in the diaspora. We want to make culture accessible, especially African culture. Our ambition is also to play a role in the integration of Africans and their culture in Europe. There is a new issue out each month. More on:
www.100pour100culture.com |
Afropop Worldwide
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| Afropop Worldwide is the broadcast and web-based media organization that, for over 20 years, has promoted music and stories from Africa and the African Diaspora. The flagship program, Afropop Worldwide, airs on over 110 stations in the U.S. and is available on demand at www.afropop.org. Banning Eyre is Senior Editor of the popular media-rich site, which recently added Afropop, Live in New York City! web videos. The annual Afropop Hall of Fame Gala honors outstanding international artists.
www.afropop.org |
| ANDA |  |
| ANDA is the German magazine for flamenco. Six times a year, ANDA uncovers all secrets of flamenco, reports from the international flamenco scene, presents new flamenco artists and products, involves expressive pictures, current event dates, all important addresses, interviews, backgrounds, stars and legends. The ANDA kiosk offers the best books and films about flamenco. Get your free flamenco newsletter!
More on: www.anda.de |
| Artez |  |
| Artez magazine is a monthly publication that keeps the public informed about every event relating to the performing arts in Spain, including festivals, world premieres, cultural policies, about theatre, dance and music. Artez is included in an editorial project called Artezblai, which is responsible for the creation of the website www.artezblai.com updated every day with the latest news, and publishes theatre books. More on www.libreriayorick.com
www.artezblai.com |
| Audience |  |
| AUDIENCE the only monthly magazine for the contemporary live music industry, reaching key companies and individuals in over 85 countries worldwide.
www.audience.uk.com |
| B!ritmos |  |
| Keeping the spirit, the effort and the team of Batonga! magazine, B!Ritmos is the webzine where you will find all the information in Spanish about rhythms from all over the world: records, concerts and news to keep current on the music we love.
www.b-ritmos.com |
| BBC RADIO 3 |  |
| The UK's leading national broadcaster for world music, with top presenters Andy Kershaw, Lucy Duran, Verity Sharp and Fiona Talkington. Listen to their shows online for seven days after each broadcast, and follow other major projects like the Radio 3 Awards for World Music, the WOMAD festival and World on your Street showcasing diverse musical traditions within the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 |
| Blue Rhythm /Jazzthing |  |
| Being the leading German music magazine with a special world music supplement, Blue Rhythm is published three times a year.
www.bluerhythm.de |
| DF Music Organization |  |
| DF Music Organization - is a huge holding focussing on different aspects in the field of music and entertainment business. DFMO have 5 Record labels, 200 artists & more than 4000 tracks with different genres of music (Rock / Metal / Indie / POP / R'n'B / Hip Hop / Dance / Drum & Bass / Sympho / Children & etc. ). DFMO also creates & produces SOUNDTRACKS and its artists are available for gigs, festivals, booking, licensing, compilations, soundtracks, advertisement & other.
www.dfmusicorg.ning.com
www.myspace.com/dfmusicorg
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| Diaspora World Beat |  |
| Australia's only dedicated world music portal for national and international artists. We offer interviews, news and reviews to the public; as well as promotion and publicity packages, and production of all marketing materials for artists. Our subscriber database accesses tens of thousands of world music fans across the globe. Founded ten years ago, Diaspora is still the only world beat publication in Australia and becoming one of the most comprehensive world music information resources on the web.
www.diaspora.com.au |
| DW - Deutsche Welle |  |
| Germany's international broadcast service offering news and cultural highlights from Germany in 30 languages as well as musical highlights like World Music in German or World Music Live in English.
www.dw-world.de |
| Estación Tierra |  |
| Online portal in Spanish for world music news, new releases, profiles, reviews and charts.
www.estaciontierra.com |
| Festival Eye |  |
| Festival Eye is a resource for everyone involved in the world of festivals, including organisers, artists, production professionals, infrastructure suppliers, traders and the festival going public. We publish the definitive list of UK events and cover many festivals in Europe and around the world. For more information visit
www.festivaleye.com
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| Festivales.com |  |
| Festivales.com gathers information about on more than 700 Spanish cinema, music and theatre festivals. It also gives you the chance to buy tickets for some of these events, including the booking of hotels. The web offers a section about Latin festivals, too.
www.festivales.com |
| Flamenco-World.com |  |
| International e-zone and store since 1997. The Spanish website closes its first decade as the undisputed leader of flamenco on the Internet and as one of the pages of reference on European culture.
www.flamenco-world.com |
| Fly |  |
| 'World music' online magazine for people who don't know they like 'world music'. Over 100,000 visitors a month enjoy what Charlie Gillett calls, "the number one site of its kind." Also a multimedia production agency.
www.flyglobalmusic.com |
| Folker |  |
| Germany's bi-monthly folk and world music magazine, closely connected to PROFOLK (see networks).
www.folker.de |
| fROOTS |  |
| Community central! The planet's first (1979!) and still foremost world music, roots and folk monthly. From Anglo trad to Zanzibar pop, you'll usually read about it first in fRoots magazine, or hear it first on our internet fRoots Radio.
More onwww.frootsmag.com |
| Gadki z Chatki |  |
| Folk Magazine "Gadki z Chatki" – the oldest and the only one in Poland magazine dedicated to contemporary folk music, as well as culture and arts inspired by folklore of Poland and other countries. The bimonthly magazine also has an online edition with an English language version, where you can find a lot of information on folk music in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania.
www.gadki.lublin.pl |
| Giornale della Musica |  |
| From May 2008, the monthly review "il giornale della musica" includes the tradition and people of "World Music Magazine", the well-known Italian magazine about folk, world and jazz music, that has also produced the CD series "Tribù Italiche" - a collection dedicated to traditional and not-so-traditional sounds from all areas of Italy. Each month, the best interviews, reports, previews and reviews: everything you need to know about world, pop, classical and jazz music
www.giornaledellamusica.it |
| Global Rhythm |  |
| The leading US magazine for world music & global culture, featuring traditional and contemporary international music, foreign films, cuisine and adventurous travel. Every issue includes a free compilation CD and reaches 120,000 music fans world wide.
www.globalrhythm.net |
| Guia Flama |  |
| FLAMA, the flamenco guide, is the most widespread flamenco magazine in the World with 30.000 monthly magazines and more than 20 delegates all around the world. Monthly paper edition distribution: All around Spain, Tokio, Pekin, Chicago, Brussels, Zurich, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Lyon, London, Milan, Roma, Tetuan…
www.guiaflama.com |
| Jazzthetik |  |
| Musik lesen!
www.jazzthetik.de |
| Lira |  |
| Lira is Scandinavia's leading magazine on jazz, world, folk and roots music. Five annual issues accompanied with an exclusive in-house produced sampler cd. Every summer we print Scandinavia's biggest guide to music festivals worldwide.
www.lira.se/ |
| Melodie & Rhythmus |  |
| Melodie & Rhythmus takes a look at each point of compass at the national and international Music szene. It offers latest artist portraits, interviews, record critics, book- DVD- and audio book recension and is a platform for each old stager and young faces. It belongs to the legends under the music magazines.
www.melodieundrhythmus.com
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| Mixed |  |
| Mixed Magazine is published since 2007 and merged in the beginning of 2008 with Beyond Magazine. Mixed is the magazine on world music for The Netherlands and Belgium, published every two months with CD, website and webradio through NPS Output
www.mixedmagazine.nl |
| Mondomix |  |
| Mondomix is the essential online resource for worldwide music and culture. Music, cinema, literature, society, travel, events, reports, artists. Experience the world with Mondomix. English and French editions.
www.mondomix.com |
| Music Maker |  |
| Music Maker is a UK based monthly magazine and is the official journal of the Music Maker Association. Established over 10 years and covering all styles of acoustic music from folk to country, rock jazz and world music. The magazine is distributed through music clubs, music shops and bookstalls throughout the country as well as to a huge database of bands, individual musicians and songwriters worldwide.
www.musicmaker.org.uk |
| Musikmarkt |  |
| If you want to know what's happening in the record and live entertainment business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, read all about it 52 weeks a year for just 197,60 EUR. 25.000 music specialists kept up to date every week with Der Musikmarkt and the latest news as it happens.
www.musikmarkt.de |
| MusikWoche |  |
| MusikWoche is the weekly specialist magazine for the decision-makers and opinion leaders in the music industry including exclusive background articles, interesting reports and analyses, portraits and interviews with experts in the industry as well as an overview of new releases.
www.musikwoche.de |
| Musique Info Hebdo |  |
| Musique Info, the French B 2 B magazine; Monthly + MiNews weekly - Since 1997.
Read by all the key people in the French music and media business.
www.musiqueinfo.com |
| Muzikas Saule |  |
| The only professional Latvian music magazine issued bimonthly since autumn 2000. Covers all kinds of music (classical, contemporary, traditional, jazz, popular, underground). Works on development of Latvian music journalism and writing. Maintains research in Latvian music history. Promotes a broader look on music as a social phenomenon. Links music with other arts. Occasionally issues CDs and booklets as free supplements to the magazine.
www.muzikassaule.lv |
| Österreichischer Musikatlas |  |
| Annual directory for the Austrian music business. 300 pages full of record and management companies, artists, venues, MI- and ProAudio distributors and retailers, organisations, trade shows, recordingstudios and more...
www.planet.tt |
| Pisa-Papéis |  |
| Pisa-Papéis is a communication platform dedicated to active entities in performing arts. The directory covers detailed, up-to-date and organized information on the offer of performances, their interveners, organizing entities and supporting services. It is an accurate and comprehensive resource tool used as a data base of reference in the world of cultural production, both for programming and for selling performances. The information is available through two sources: a book version and a web portal:
www.pisa-papeis.com |
| Planètes Musiques |  |
| Irma's French directory to traditional and world music: More than 5,000 contacts throughout France for artists, festivals, venues, publishing, record companies, media, teachers and researchers, 500 contacts in 27 European countries and 200 websites.
www.irma.asso.fr |
| Pollstar |  |
| Pollstar has been publishing the Concert Industry's leading business trade magazine each week for more than 25 years. Pollstar was an early pioneer in providing concert tour information online, launching Pollstar.com in 1994 and providing tour itineraries free to music fans worldwide. Pollstar recently increased it's value to the concert industry with an all new and powerful online reservoir of information at:
www.pollstar.com |
| Radio Gladys Palmera |  |
| 2RGP s programming is like an open forum and we are ready to listen to opinions from all around the world. The classic Salsa from NYC, el Son Cubano and the Latin Jazz join together with other styles like pop and Rock, electronic music or fusions. RGP s formula works because entertains and keeps you informed. - Concerts and special events productions
- Custom made programs
www.rgpfm.com |
| Radio Multicult2.0 |  |
| True successor of the negligently shut-down Berlin-based public radio multikulti, multicult2.0 is the intercultural webradio of the German capital region standing for diversity and integration. High-class DJ progams presenting contemporary world music (Weltmusik in German), and multilingual reports from the multicultural scene focus on information and entertainment of both the migrating communities and a new cosmopolitan generation.
www.multicult20.de |
| RFI - Radio France Internationale |  |
| Radio France's international network broadcasting in French and 19 other languages worldwide for 24 hours a day on 100 FM relays. 89 FM in the Greater Paris region and 738 SW for foreign language programmes. Over 45 million regular listeners.
www.rfi.fr |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School Magazine |  |
| The Rock 'n' Roll High School magazine is an essential guide to the European music industry. If you’re in a band, or if you run a label anywhere, you are probably desperate for more information on how to book European tours, where to buy the best merchandise, how to get your records distributed in other countries and who to call for promotion. You could spend hours on the internet looking for answers, but why waste your precious time? We’ve got all this information and we have put it together in such a way that it’s useful and fun to read. The Rock 'n' Roll High School magazine is the most practical book of reference around for anyone who wants to do business in, or with the European music industry.
Order your copy on:
www.rocknrollhighschool.eu |
| RootsWorld Magazine |  |
| A world and roots music magazine featuring interviews, reviews, news and audio from around the globe, published only online since 1993.
www.rootsworld.com/rw/ |
| Rough Guide to World Music |  |
| Linking world music and travel online.Plan adventures with points of interest, historic landmarks, local rhythms, and off the beaten track escapes.
www.roughguides.com |
| Rough Guide Weltmusik |
| The German edition of the Rough Guide to World Music, with write-ups on over 100 different countries and regions from around the globe, including 2000 CD recommendations
www.metzlerverlag.de |
| Sing Out! |  |
| Since 1950, North America's primary resource for folk, roots and world music. Each quarterly issue includes 15 traditional and contemporary folk songs (also included on the accompanying audio CD), feature articles, reviews, event listings, and regular columns on the folk process, songwriting, storytelling, and more. A folk music "resource center" is available to members. Check out Legacy Books for mail-order books.
www.singout.org |
| Songlines |  |
| Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009, Songlines is edited by Simon Broughton, co-editor of The Rough Guide to World Music. Songlines is published 8 times a year with distribution in over 50 countries world-wide. Every issue comes with an exclusive Top of the World CD featuring tracks from the best new album releases and a celebrity playlist. An interactive sampler and an iTunes podcast now accompanies each issue and are available through the Songlines website at:
www.songlines.co.uk |
| Sonicbids |  |
| Launched in 2002, Sonicbids is a website that makes it easy for bands and artists to submit their press kits online to festivals, clubs, and other performance opportunities. With a membership of 120,000 bands and artists from 100 different countries, and with over 10,000 music promoters using the site, Sonicbids has become the universal standard for connecting artists with performance and licensing opportunities.
www.sonicbids.com |
| UK Music |  |
| Upfront and Ruthlessly Independent! The UK Music scene by the people, for the people.
Updated daily with the UK Music Top ten and UK Music charts. We have music news, features, interviews, and reviews from all your favourite UK artists. For rock, indie, grime, pop, hip hop, rnb, dance, drum and bass, soul, jazz, uk charts, video, audio streams, forums, events, games, gigs, and competitions.
www.ukmusic.com |
| VIP booking |  |
| The number one information resource for the live music industry! Containing over 20,000 contacts and a set of state-of-the-art tools, the service streamlines day-to-day operations. Whether you want to find your next headliner, contact the agents of over 12,000 artists or the bookers at 5,000 venues VIP-Booking.com will do it for you.
www.vip-booking.com |
| WAHALA |  |
| WAHALA is a digital and TV show supporting and exposing new upcoming fresh talent from Africa. With a pan-african perspective, Wahala aims to bridge nations and generations with an all-inclusive selections of videos and highlight the collaborative work of music artists of African descent paired with video directors from all over the world. WAHALA is a snapshot, a crash-course in contemporary African music created by Africans living in Africa or abroad in the Diaspora...
www.voxafrica.com/en/wahala |
| WDR Funkhaus Europa |  |
| Multicultural, multilingual radio aimed at 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants and anybody interested in contemporary world music and reports from a special angle. Heard 24 hours a day on FM in Western Germany and Bremen and also features an extensive cooperation with radiomultikulti.
www.funkhauseuropa.de |
| WhatsOn UK |  |
| The best in listings and events across the UK and worldwide, WhatsOn produce great guides that give you the lowdown on what’s happening where you are. With info on all the best Festivals, Gap travel experiences, Pink destinations, Student lifestyle and Music & Fashion, WhatsOn is essential reading!
www.whatson.uk.com |
| World Music Central |  |
| World Music Central and its Spanish language affiliate, Músicas del Mundo, is dedicated to spreading world music news, information and resources. Provides information about musicians, dancers and their national or regional cultures; publishes databases of international musical instrument makers, music and dance festivals, glossaries and more.
www.worldmusiccentral.org (English) & www.musicasdelmundo.org (versión en español) |
| World Music Charts Europe |  |
| Playlists compiled monthly from world music radio specialists in 24 European countries. Reprinted in 13 countries, displayed on dozens of web-sites and performed on radio. An initiative of the EBU-Worldmusic Workshop, supported by WDR-Funkhaus Europa.
www.wmce.de |
| World Free Music |  |
| Indisputably the finest bilingual Czech and English website about the music we love you'll ever find. The Prague-based writer and broadcaster Petr Doruzka launched the site in 1997 and his friend, the London-based writer and broadcaster Ken Hunt formally joined him ten years later. Exclusive articles, reviews, news and interviews from around the globe. You can access the Czech site at :
www.world.freemusic.cz |
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 Networks & Organisations |
| African Musicians Profiles (AMP) |  |
| AMP is a highly informative web site for the promotion and publicity of African musicians
www.africanmusiciansprofiles.com |
| African Synergy |  |
| African Synergy is a regional arts' NGO based out of Johannesburg focused on music and arts collaboration across Africa to see a decisive break with 'cultural isolation' within Africa. African Synergy works through a network of festivals, venues and cultural operators, comprising 77 partners in 17 countries (across all regions) and growing fast. Their African Tour Circuit program has, since inception mid-2006, organised 52 tours across Africa, involving 250-plus artists (with many emerging artists) from 19 countries touring to 14 countries, including ground-breaking collaborations between musicians from different regions. African Synergy is linked to Harare's famed Book Cafe, which alone stages 650 performances annually, 70% music.
www.africansynergy.net/ |
| Afrofest |  |
| A Toronto, Canada-based non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of African music and culture.
www.musicafrica.org |
| APAP - Association of Performing Arts Presenters |  |
| A US-based service and advocacy organization with more than 1,400 members worldwide dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together. Arts Presenters produces the largest performing arts conference in North America each January and is committed to increasing community participation, promoting global cultural exchange and fostering an environment for the performing arts to thrive.
www.artspresenters.org |
| Arts Council England |  |
| The national development agency for the arts in England and the bedrock ofsupport for the arts in England. Between 2005 and 2008, they are investing £1.7 billion of public funds from government and the National Lottery. Their vision is to promote the arts of national life, reflecting England's rich and cultural identity. They believe that the arts have the power to transform lives and communities, and to create opportunities for people throughout the country.
www.artscouncil.org.uk
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| BM&A - Brasil Musica e Artes |  |
| The BM&A - Brasil Musica e Artes - was established in 2001 with the objective of encouraging and organizing the promotion of Brazilian music abroad. Supported by Apex (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) we work on behalf of the whole sector, organizing seminars and workshops, international market studies, trade fairs, promotion. We’ve a network of partners nationwide and abroad.
www.redebma.ning.com |
| Bureau Export de la Musique Française |  |
| The non-profit French Music Export Office helps French record companies to promote their artists abroad via a wide range of coordinated efforts. Created by record companies with the support of public authorities and the professional music industry organisations.
www.french-music.org |
| Conseil Francophone de la Chanson (CFC) |  |
| French-speaking committee for chanson. This French-speaking committee for chanson is an international network for music professionals. The CFC coordinates the presence of African producers at MIDEM and WOMEX and, since 1998, produces compilation CDs of African artists. Since 2000, their website serves as an online forum on music production.
www.conseilfrancophone.org |
| EBU Worldmusic Workshop |  |
| The European Broadcasting Union EBU is an association of Europe's public radio networks. It's World Music Workshop networks specialised radio DJs. See Media/World Music Charts Europe.
For contact see Media/World Music Charts Europe.
www.ebu.ch |
| EFWMF - European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals |  |
| A network of festival organisers, primarily focused on artistic and artistically-related issues. Exchanging information, experiences and contacts with one another and, with other networks within the world music community, helps ensure that the concerns of this community are considered by the cultural industries.
www.efwmf.org |
| EMO - European Music Office |  |
| The European Music Office is an international non-profit association promoting musical diversity and representing the interests of European music professionals at a European and worldwide level. EMO’s main policy consists in setting up a specific EU Programme for music. As coordinator of the European Music Platform, EMO develops music cooperation projects responding to the EU calls for proposals with the aim of promoting the mobility of artists and of works of art.
www.emo.org |
| FolkArts |  |
| The Association of Festival Organisers, formed in 1987 by a small group of festival managers, now boasts over 120 members throughout the UK. An umbrella organisation the AFO offers links, support and advice to its membership and organises an annual Conference in November. It is a not-for-profit organisation which applies for funding from a variety of sources.
www.folkarts-england.org |
| Freemuse |  |
| FREEMUSE - THE WORLD FORUM ON MUSIC AND CENSORSHIP is the only international organisation advocating freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide. Freemuse initiates a variety of activities: International campaigns for musicians in need, informative activities, as well as publishing reports, articles and regular newsletters. Freemuse is the world's largest database on music and censorship.
Freemuse was the WOMEX AWARD winner in 2003.
www.freemuse.org |
| Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity |  |
| UNESCO's organization to work at the local level to foster growth in cultural industries and enforce copyright in developing countries. Active worldwide, the Global Alliance connects people in innovative partnerships which span the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
www.unesco.org/culture/alliance |
| IFEA |  |
| The European festival and events organisation for managers, organisers,producers, PR directors, fundraisers, and sponsors who make it possiblefor the artists to perform, the visitors to visit and to be delighted, and the directors to direct. Across all borders and across all artisticdisciplines. Members of the network believe in building lasting internationaland intercontinental cooperation.
www.ifeaeurope.com |
| IMZ |  |
| The IMZ International Music + Media Centre is a global non-profit association dedicated to the worldwide development, dissemination and promotion of music and dance through the audio-visual media. The umbrella organisation acts as an interface between leading international producers, distributors, broadcasters of cultural programmes, opera houses, educational institutions and record labels.
www.imz.at |
| Jazz & Heritage |  |
| The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is the nonprofit organisation that owns the world-famous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell ("Jazz Fest"). The foundation is pleased to partner with WOMEX on a new music industry development conference, Sync Up: The Jazz & Heritage Music and Media Market, held during the Jazz Fest in New Orleans.
www.nojazzfest.com |
| Korea Arts Management Service |  |
| Korea Arts Management Service(KAMS) is a non-profit public foundation with aims to develop a supporting system for more efficient arts management and to provide arts organizations with multifaceted assistance in the fields of international exchange, human resources development, information support and consulting.
www.gokams.or.kr |
| Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie |  |
| Intergovernemental Agency of French-speaking Countries uniting 53 states across five continents. Conducts multilateral cooperation projects in many areas. Supports performing arts from developing countries, like helping cultural enterprises to participate in international markets such as Midem and WOMEX.
www.francophonie.org |
| Profolk |  |
| Association for song, folk and world music in Germany working to develop and promote roots music at home and abroad.
www.profolk.de |
| Songs.hu |  |
| Songs.hu is the digital source for Hungarian and East-European music. Download the best and the newest sounds of the region and find full information about its artists, news and videos.
www.songs.hu
English
www.dalok.hu
Hungarian
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| Stallet |  |
| Stallet is the foremost national venue of Sweden for Swedish traditional folk music and world music. The speciality is the dance floor, where we always offer live acts to the dance. Some of the genres on this stage are polska, tango, flamenco, forró, chorinho, klezmer, blues, bluegrass. Lively debates on cultural politics, how to develop and reserve dance and music are also part of the mission. We present about a hundred events all year round. The stage is situated in the heart of Stockholm in between the royal opera and the national theatre.
www.stallet.st |
| The British Council |  |
| The UK's international organisation for educational and cultural relations. Working with innovative artists in all forms of music, promoting positive new images of Britain and building long-term partnerships overseas.
www.britishcouncil.org/arts-music |
| VUT |  |
| The German Association Of Independent Record Companies, Music Publishers and Music Producers focuses on improving the economic situation of its members and offers a broad music business information service.
www.vut-online.de |
| Zone Franche |  |
| International world music network made up ofmore than 150 members in France, Europe and the Southern countries. Promotes the creation and distribution of world music via international exchanges, access to information and the worldwide movement of artists.
www.zonefranche.com |
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Trade Fairs |
| Amsterdam Dance Event |  |
| The Amsterdam Dance Event is Europe’s leading electronic and dance music conference as well as the worlds biggest club festival, organised by Buma Cultuur. With a proven track record over the past 12 years, ADE attracts music industry professionals from around the globe and has established itself as the place to do business and get in touch with new people, new music and new trends.
www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl |
| Babel Med Music |  |
| For three days every year in March, Babel Med Music extends a friendly welcome for artists, offering a professional market space with 100 stands and an agora, 30 concerts in 3 venues with high quality listening conditions and daily conferences and meetings. More on:
www.dock-des-suds.org |
| BAFIM - Buenos Aires International Music Fair |  |
| The best platform for making business in Latin America.
A place where record labels, distribution and digital download companies, production companies, specialized media and all the actors of music industry meet in a space that is fair, convention and festival at the same time. With a wide-ranging program of showcases and international conferences, BAFIM consolidates as one of the most important business spaces for Latin American music industry.
www.bafim.buenosaires.gov.ar |
| BIG SOUND |  |
| BIG SOUND is one of the most respected and fastest growing music business events in the Asia Pacific region. Produced by Q Music (Queensland Music Network Inc), and now in its seventh year, BIG SOUND is positioned as Australia's most internationally focused conference, producing three days of panels, workshops and artist showcases for local, national and international music industry representatives.
www.bigsound.org.au |
| c/o pop |  |
| c/o pop- the Pop Culture 2.0 Festival & Convention- not only represents every facet of music and pop culture but has also earned itself an outstanding reputation as an international gathering for the creative industries. In 2008 the unique networking project Europareise brought 70 European festivals from 27 different countries to Cologne and turned c/o pop into the »festival for festivals«.
More on:
www.c-o-pop.de |
| CINARS |  |
| Since 1984, CINARS has been contributing to the international recognition of Canada’s performing arts. Its mission is to encourage the development of new markets and improve performing arts export marketing and promotion practices. CINARS 2010, its internationally recognized biennial Platform, will be held in Montreal from November 15 to 21, 2010.
www.cinars.org |
| CMW - Canadian Music Week |  |
| Combines conferences, trade exposition, film festival, award shows and Canada's biggest new music festival. Targeting music & media business professionals, this is the official meeting ground for those who shape the industry. Next edition: 10 - 14 March 2010 in Toronto, Canada. More on:
www.cmw.net |
| Cutting Edge |  |
| A four-day music business conference & roots music gathering, targeting the business end of the music industry, presented by the Music Business Institute and bringing together traditional musicians, promoters and music lovers.
www.jass.com/cuttingedge |
| Folk Alliance |  |
| This annual international conference is open to all conducting relations in traditional music and dance. A wide spectrum of participants and opportunities are available over the course of five days of workshops, panel discussions, exhibit halls, showcases, and outreach performances.
Next conference: 17-21 February 2009 in Memphis, TN, USA.
www.folk.org |
| jazzahead! |  |
| [jazzahead! 22-25 April 2010] Europe's only jazz fair is a combination of festival, conference, and exhibition. 2010 highlights include:
1st Overseas Night with bands from Canada & Asia
2nd European late-night-programme (showcase festival with aspiring artists from all over Europe)
The 3rd German Jazz Meeting (showcase festival with the currently most exciting German jazz projects)
More information at www.jazzahead.de |
| LAMC |  |
| The only major North American conference geared towards the marketing of Spanish language, youth-oriented music. A five-day conference providing networking opportunities with the genre´s leading artists, label executives, journalists, managers, retailers and programmers. Check the website for this year's dates.
www.LatinAlternative.com. |
| MASA |  |
| Every other year the Market for African Performing Arts makes Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the professional meeting-point for African drama, dance and music. Check the website for next edition dates.
www.masa.francophonie.org |
| MEI |  |
| MEI is the most important event in the new Italian music scene and great opportunity to get an inside-view of the Italian independent music-market. Exhibition, Awards and Panels on national and international matters are featured also by wide media coverage. The numerous showcases make the exhibition more like a festival!
From 27th to 29th of November 2009.
www.audiocoop.it |
| MIDEM |  |
| MIDEM: the one place for the world’s music community to make connections, source business, find solutions and gain knowledge. Meet professionals from the recording, publishing, digital, live music, images & brands and artist management sectors. 8000 professionals, 4000 companies, 80 countries.
MIDEM: 24-27 January 2010
MidemNet: 23-27 January 2010
www.midem.com |
| MMVV - Mercat Música Viva de Vic |  |
| Forums, Concerts and Commercial Pavilion. Three focal points that have made Mercat de Música Viva de Vic (Vic Live Music Market) one of the most important markets in the world for the music industry. For four days every September since 1988, the city of Vic (Barcelona) has brought together representatives of all areas of music from around the world to see new developments, attend forums, exchange their knowledge and buy and sell music. MMVV09 will take place in this ancient, yet welcoming and thriving modern city, from September 16th to 20th
www.mmvv.net |
| Moshito |  |
| Over the past five years Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition has established itself as Africa's premiere music industry event also presenting a broad spectrum of live music. Together with the stimulating programme, a chance to see who's doing what in the South African and African music industry and the networking opportunities on offer, Moshito is the ideal place for anyone with an interest in the business of music on the African continent. More on:
www.moshito.co.za |
| Music Matters - Plug Into Asia |  |
| Music Matters - The Asia Pacific Music Forum. Conducted in the heart of the world's most dynamic region, delivering a hard hitting programme featuring sessions with some of the industry's most legendary pioneers, Music Matters is Asia's only annual conference dedicated to the business of music. Register now for Music Matters 2009!
www.musicmattersasia.com |
| Musiikki & Media |  |
| Musiikki & Media is the most important music industry event in Finland. This annual event gathers approximately 850 delegates, both national and international. The seminar program attracts professionals from all music related industries – from live music to publishing – to discuss the industry and its challenges. Attached to the event are also showcase performances from the most sought-after Finnish acts and the Industry Awardsatgala. For more information:
www.musiikkimedia.fi
or please contact: info@musiikkimedia.fi |
| My Music Dresden |  |
| My Music Dresden 2009 is a trade fair for the world of music. There you will find a complete range of products with everything required for making music, not to mention innumerable workshops, concerts, demonstrations and discussions. From 30 October to 1 November, 2009 every songwriter, artist, every association, club or society and everybody interested in music can attend and visit the trade fair. The Music Dresden is also a stage for young faces and takes place every year in rotation with Friedrichshafen.
www.mymusic-messe.de
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| Noorderslag |  |
| A festival to experience new bands & new music from Europe...
A business platform for the European live music scene...
Radio broadcast all over Europe...
Three day seminar on media, business & music...
www.noorderslag.nl |
| NXNE |  |
| June 16 - 20 2010 - Toronto, Canada
Canada’s 1 festival for the best new music and music-related films: 5 nights, 50 stages, 625 artists, 40 films, 25 conference panels. Club showcases till 4 a.m. plus free daytime & evening performances outdoors across town. Music takes over, from the airport to the lake!
www.nxne.com |
| Performing Arts Market in Seoul |  |
| The Performing Arts Market in Seoul(PAMS) is a platform to Korean theatre, music, dance and multidisciplinary arts. Being held every October since 2005, showcases, booth exhibitions, info sessions, forum and professional meetings are open to arts practitioners from all over the world.
www.pams.or.kr |
| SeeMe |  |
| SeeMe is a platform for electronic and dance music professionals. If you are an agent or manager working for dance and electronic music artists or a label professional working with dance and electronic music or a talent scout looking for new music, new DJs and new artists – this is the event for you. More on:
www.seeme-sofia.com |
| SXSW |  |
| The annual SXSW Music and Media Conference incorporates a music festival where more than 1,800 musical acts from across the globe showcase their talent. Delegates do business at the trade fair and catch up with industry trends at the conferences featuring hundreds of international speakers. Now in its 23rd year, an essential event in the music industry calendar. More on:
www.sxsw.com |
| TPAM – Tokyo Performing Arts Market |  |
| Focusing on contemporary performing arts and renewed interpretations of traditional art forms in dance, theater and music, TPAM is intended as a stimulating place for performing arts professionals to assemble to further understand and discuss issues pertaining to the performing arts and to establish and develop lasting networks and partnerships.
www.tpam.or.jp |
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Festivals & Other Partners |
| Bienal de Flamenco |  |
| The most important Flamenco Festival worlwide. The Bienal since the beginning in 1979 is linked to other artistic expressions such as the cinema, the theatre, the music, the poetry and the plastic arts. This year, in its XIV edition, there were 32 activities days that has included 40 shows, 7 of them have been premiered, and there have also been 56 performances. Next Edition will be on from the 15th of September - 9th October 2010.
www.bienal-flamenco.org |
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival
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| CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival is New York City’s largest music event, embracing film and multimedia to create one of the world’s most closely watched platforms for new artists. CMJ ‘09 takes over New York from October 20-24 with 120,000 fans, professionals, filmmakers and artists at over 75 venues.
www.cmj.com/marathon |
Creole - Worldmusic from Germany
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| Creole is the only nationwide contest for the professional world music scene in Germany. Bianually eight regional competitions are held in different parts of Germany, each of which sends a maximum of three regional laureates to the national competition. Creole aims to develop a network and promote the contemporary developments in the world music scene of Germany. On the website you find the creole bandpool, where all the participating and winning bands are featured!
www.creole-weltmusik.de |
| Etnosur |  | |
| Etnosur is a three-days festival which takes place in Alcalà la Real, Andalusia, Spain. There are circus, storytelling, cinema, dance, conferences, workshops, DJ sessions, kindergarten, expositions, handcrafts, food area...of course music, and all for free! All Sundays a self production unique concert. Next Edition, #13: 17 – 19 July 2009.
www.etnosur.com
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| Festival au Desert |  | |
| Looking forward to its 10th anniversary edition in 2010, the Festival in the Desert is an unique opportunity to hear the songs and ancient instruments of the desert as well as contemporary superstars. A large component of the program is devoted to traditional and contemporary music of multicultural Mali: Touareg, Bambara, Songhai, Peulh, Dogon and Berberes. Musicians from neighboring countries, Europe and the United States also perform together on and off the stage opening the world to the Touareg who bring their entire families.
www.festival-au-desert.org
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| Foundation Arezzo Wave Italia | 
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| "Arezzo Wave Italia Foundation [fAWI]", a foundation in jeans, as the Italian press has called it, is a non profit organisation that was born in April 2002 and soon established itself on the Italian and European panorama as an important point of reference for youth culture, a careful and competent support for present day music in Italy and as an impulse to Italian music circulation abroad. It has organised "Arezzo Wave" since 1987, today called "Italia Wave Love Festival".
www.italiawave.com
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| ISC - The International Songwriting Competition |  |
| The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is now accepting entries for the 2009 competition with 21 categories including World Music. Now is your chance to enter what the/ NY Times/ calls "the competition to take note of" with $150,000 (US) in cash and prizes - including $25,000 (US) cash for the grand prize winner alone. For entry information and a complete list of judges please visit: www.songwritingcompetition.com
www.songwritingcompetition.com |
| Re:Orient |  |
| Re:Orient has since 1993 been the foremost presenter of music and culture from North Africa - Turkey - the Middle East in Sweden. We present festivals, concerts, a regular club, and numerous conferences and discussion forums in cooperation with a wide range of venues and institutions. See:
www.reorient.se |
| Sauti Za Busara |  |
| The Sauti za Busara music festival, Zanzibar features a rich variety of African music from the region with more than four hundred musicians participating over four days in historic Stone Town supplemented with fringe events around town and across the island including a carnival street parade and finalé beach party. More on:
www.busaramusic.org |
| Tambo Tambulani Tambo |  |
| Promoting art through performances and hosting cultural events like art camps aiming at bringing artists together for exchange, joint art making and experiences each others art forms. Tambo Tambulani Tambo is situated in Pemba, Mozambique known for its multicultural art expressions.
www.tambo.nl
Art Camp July 2008 |
| Territorios |  |
| This international music festival is the most popular music celebration in Sevilla each spring. Music lovers find the best and most diverse programme of music of the world. Ethnic rhythms, urban sounds, vanguard proposals and new trends complete a multicultural offering that defines the festival's character year after year.
www.territoriossevilla.com |
| TFF - Rudolstadt |  |
| TFF.Rudolstadt is Germany’s biggest folk, roots, and world music festival. Located in the heart of Thuringia (close to Weimar, Jena, Erfurt...), it lasts for three days and two nights on the first full weekend of July - a terrific fairground for the musical traditions of the world!
www.tff-rudolstadt.de |
| Urkult |  |
| Welcome to Urkult, a world music festival in Näsåker, a wonderful village situated by the Ångermanland River in northern Sweden. The festival brings together artists from all four corners of the globe, a mix of modern and traditional music at what is possibly one of the most beautiful venues for an open air festival. There's not only music, but also a variety of workshops, yoga and dance courses, theatre, excursions, lectures, poetry slam and so much more. The festival brings together a mix of young and old, it's a real family atmosphere and is a great and safe place to bring your children to.
www.urkult.se |
| USA Songwriting Competition |  |
| Open to all regardless of nationality, you may enter the 2009 USA Songwriting Competition and win 50,000 US dollars Grand Prize worth of cash, cool music gear from Sony, Ibanez Guitars, Peavey, Audio-Technica and more! Winning songs will receive airplay on a nationally syndicated radio programme in United States and Canada. Judges include A&R from Universal, Sony/BMG, EMI and Warner Music. Please obtain the entry form at:
www.songwriting.net |
| We Are Listening |  |
| British artist-development group, We Are Listening, has partnered with WOMEX for the "World of Music Awards", the first international and multi-lingual contest dedicated to World music and an unparalleled opportunity for artists to be seen, heard and signed!
www.wearelistening.org |
