Bergmannstr. 102
10961 Berlin
Germany

http://www.womex.com

The most important international professional market of world music of every kind.

public contact

• phone: +49 30 318 614 30
• fax: +49 30 318 614 10
• email: womex@womex.com

business contact

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activities

• Promoter
  • Special Event/Award
  • Trade Fair
• Services
  • Multimedia/Online

visited events

• WOMEX 2000
• WOMEX 2001
• WOMEX 2002
• WOMEX 2003
• WOMEX 2004
• WOMEX 2005
• WOMEX 2006
• WOMEX 2007
• WOMEX 2008

company description

WOMEX is the world's biggest professional music Conference, Trade Fair and Showcase for World, Roots, Folk, Ethnic, Traditional, Alternative World, Local and Diaspora music. Says France's Le Monde, WOMEX is "the principal market for world music."

Travelling from Berlin (1994, 1999, 2000) across Brussels (1995), Marseilles (1997), Stockholm (1998), Rotterdam (2001), Essen (2002, 2004), Newcastle Gateshead (2005) to Sevilla (2003, 2006-2008), WOMEX has grown from 200 to 2.500 delegates, making it the most anticipated, productive and successful professional event of the world music year. Once again in 2007 we return to the capital of Andalusia, the glorious gateway to the Americas and the world, Sevilla (Spain).

Twelve WOMEX editions have affirmed the value of networking across borders, be they musical, political, cultural or commercial. "WOMEX... play[s] a very important role in the development and evolution of music as an art form by providing a support network for the businesses and artists to connect with each other and find friendly outlets for their work. They are where the real creation happens," states Kevin Arnold, founder and CEO of IODA, the International Online Distribution Alliance

"In these concert halls, conference rooms, and theatres, or even walking the endless aisles of the vast WOMEX trade fair, you could have been just about anywhere-India, Iran, Spain, South Africa, the Balkans, Uzbekistan... WOMEX is overwhelming. Intentionally so... WOMEX showcases are so full of surprises and of staggering talent that it is hard to remain jaded for long... " Banning Eyre, www.afropop.org