The four-day event is touted as Taiwan’s biggest outdoor festival dedicated to world music, and will feature a variety of music shows, cross-artform performances, international showcase events, exotic bazaars and more!
The 2023 World Music Festival @ Taiwan will broaden its scope with more extensive programming and a more interesting line-up of local and foreign musical talents.
The multi-format, music-focused festival will be held this year at the Taipei Music Center from October 12–15, 2023. There are two main sections to the festival: Going The Global Trade Fair will be held on October 12–13, while the Our World Music Festival will be held on October 14–15.
The headliners on the bill include Taiwan’s own Outlet Drift and Joanna Wang, together with international icons ADG7 from South Korea, Hitoto Yo from Japan, and Balaklava Blues from Ukraine and Canada.
There will be four immersive parties with music and fragrances and a total of 24 Taiwanese and foreign groups performing in various music forms. Two co-productions that highlight international partnerships and cross-cultural exchanges will also be featured at the renowned world music festival: Ohelen (SK) and Leaf Yeh (TW) will perform live together, and Hitoto Yo (JP) will step up their game with a special performance that includes Taiwan’s Sangpuy and Tzu-lung Hung.
For the first time ever, the multicultural festival held an open call for international musicians to participate in its global showcase. The result yielded submissions from more than a hundred artists from 31 different countries expressing interest in participating in the festival, including six from America, fourteen from Asia, seven from Europe, three from Africa, and one from Oceania.
From the entries collated, the largest global music festival in Taiwan is set to announce the 13 finalists who will be performing live on October 11-12 and will be watched by 11 international delegates.
As an exclusive international music festival brand showcasing Taiwan’s cultural uniqueness, the World Music Festival @ Taiwan “is dedicated to promoting Taiwan’s multicultural and multilingual music, as well as fostering a cross-cultural feast of folk traditions with international music, bridging Taiwan and the world through the power of music.”
Beyond the exceptional performances, the World Music Festival @ Taiwan will feature a range of peripheral activities, such as interactive drumming shows, music and dance workshops, and nearly 100 exotic stalls showcasing crafts and cuisines from around the world.
With a variety of top-notch music and events, the festival will have the feel of a great carnival.
Cultures come together and take center stage at the World Music Festival @ Taiwan. It’s a magnificent festival of music where distinctions between people and things vanish and where people from all walks of life together in a common joy.
Important links:
Official Website: https://wmftaiwan.com/en/2023en
Ticket booking: https://reurl.cc/aVovOG
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldmusicfestivaltaiwan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WmfTaiwan
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Review on Songlines: https://reurl.cc/015olb
Aftermovie (Link with thumbnail): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy4GaUrq46M
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