WOMEX

Not to be confused with WOMAD.
WOMEX 15, 2015

WOMEX (short for Worldwide Music Expo) is an international world music support and development project based in Berlin, whose main event is an exposition held annually in different locations throughout Europe. It integrates a trade fair, showcases, conferences, film screenings, networking sessions, and awards. Musicians and their labels have the possibility to make contacts for international touring and album distribution.[1]

WOMEX was founded in 1994 by Christoph Borkowsky[1] and Ben Mandelson.[2]

  1. ^ a b Pareles, Jon (31 October 2005). "Castanets and Slide Ukuleles, Looking for a Chance to Be Heard". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ Davis, Barry (31 December 2014). "Worldly sounds". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 1 May 2015.