Rainforest World Music Festival | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Music Festivals |
Frequency | Annually |
Venue | Sarawak Cultural Village |
Location(s) | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Coordinates | 1°44′57.1″N 110°18′57.9″E / 1.749194°N 110.316083°E |
Country | Malaysia |
Years active | 1998 - Present |
Most recent | 23 - 25 June 2023 |
Next event | 28-30 June 2024 |
Attendance | 23,650 (2019)[1] |
Budget | RM 4 million (unofficial figures, 2018)[2] |
Organised by | Sarawak Tourism Board |
Website | RWMF.net |
The Rainforest World Music Festival (often abbreviated as RWMF) is an annual three-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls, and main-stage evening concerts. The festival has been awarded 25 of the best International Festivals by Songlines for six consecutive years; from 2010 to 2015.[3]
The festival features a wide range of performances from traditional music, to world fusion and contemporary world music. The festival emphasizes the use of traditional acoustic world instruments, although electric accompaniment instruments are common.
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