Festival’s name: World Music Festival Bratislava

Website: http://worldmusicfestival.sk/en/homepage/

Country: Slovakia

Location: Bratislava

Dates 2018: 13 – 16 Sep

About:
World Music Festival Bratislava is a multi-genre festival with focus on world music taking place around the old town heart of Slovakia’s capital Bratislava. In a region that has long been Europe’s cultural crossroads. The festival forms a meeting point between East and West. The programme consists of concerts, showcases, conference, workshops, presentations about the traditional culture of the region, children’s programme and public discussions. It features leading musicians and bands from Slovakia and beyond. It provides a window on world music’s context in the country and its relationship to Slovakia’s rich traditional musics.

Festival’s name: Cordas World Music Festival

Website: http://www.festivalcordas.com

Country: Portugal

Location: Madalena

Dates 2018: 7 – 16 Sep

About:
Founded in 2016, Cordas World Music Festival is now working to build the third season in 2018. www.festivalcordas.com
Pico island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean welcomes string-music instruments and artists from around the world in venues that range from a garden, a cave, a vulcanic crater, natural pools, dragon-tree sanctuary, centre square stage and the new contemporary auditorium in the town of Madalena.
Artists that have been at Cordas include…
International: Tcheka (Cape Verde), Lu Yanan (China), Eran Zamir (Israel), Michel William (Mozambique), Maninho (Brazil), Anjos Teixeira (Germany), Marco del Castillo (Canary Islands), Beselch Rodriguez (Canary Islands), Pieter Adriaans

Festival’s name: Sukiyaki Meets The World Festival

Website: www.sukiyakifes.jp

Country: Japan

Location: Nanto-city, Toyama prefecture

Dates 2018: 23 Aug – 2 Sep

About:
The Sukiyaki Meets The World takes place in Nanto-city (Hokuriku region, Japan) every year since 1991. It is entirely organized by local citizens (250 persons). With 4 stages and 12,000 visitors every year, it is the oldest and biggest event in Japan completely dedicated to Word Music. With more than 150 workshop, residence program, all the generations of the city are involved, throughout the year. The line-up includes confirmed groups and newcomers (http://sukiyakifes.jp/history/), supported by the national medias and the main labels , it is established as a major actor of diffusion in the country. It includes satellite edition in Tokyo, Nagoya and Okinawa since 2011.

Festival’s name: Kamwa

Website: kamwafest.ru

Country: Russian Federation

Location: Perm

Dates 2018: 27 – 29 July

About:
One of the biggest and the best world and folk music festivals in Russia run by Natalia Shostina for 12 years.

Festival’s name: Rainforest World Music Festival

Website: rwmf.net

Country: Malaysia

Location: Sarawak

Dates 2018: 13 – 15 July

About:
The Rainforest World Music Festival 2018 will be the 21st edition. It attracts a crowd estimated at 20,000 during the 3 days. A 3 day celebration of music and action- packed stage shows at the Sarawak Cultural Village, under the imposing shadow of Mount Santubong, and in the midst of a virgin rainforest at the edge of the South China Sea. Apart from the music and stage shows, there will also be activities for the whole family, a health & wellness program and many more. An event not to be missed on the island of Borneo.

Festival’s name: Rudolstadt Festival

Website: https://rudolstadt-festival.de

Country: Germany

Location: Rudolstadt

Dates 2018: 5 – 8 July

Festival’s name: Førde Traditional and World Music Festival

Website: fordefestival.no

Country: Norway

Location: Førde

Dates 2018: 4 – 8 July

About:
Førde Traditional and World Music Festival (establ. 1990) is the largest festival in Scandinavia for traditional and world music and dance from all over the world. Main profile: traditional and contemporary folk music on an accoustic basis. The program: concerts, workshops, exhibitions, children’s events, dance evenings etc The Venues: more than 30 different in- and outdoor venues (small and large). Yearly focus – in 2018: The dance in the music – The music in the dance! Aims: open new doors, welcome new experiences, present artists not familiar for the audience in Norway, create magic musical meetings through quality concerts. Yearly visits: 26000. web: fordefestival.no

Festival’s name: Estival Cuenca

Website: https://estivalcuenca.wixsite.com/estivalcuenca/programacion

Country: Spain

Location: Cuenca

Dates 2018: 27 June – 7 July

About:
After the start-up in 2012 of Estival Cuenca, a musical festival focused on jazz and world music, understood in a very broad way, and after the positive evaluation of its first four editions, this cycle has already managed to achieve one of the main objectives that was marked in its initial program. Thus, with humility, prudence, rigor and taking into account the complex current situation, a gap has been opened and it has been set in the calendar and cultural life of the city of Cuenca, since Estival became a musical and cultural initiative to provincial, regional and national level of the highest possible level.