WOMEX

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International networking platform for the world music industry

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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.

WOMEX was founded in 1994 by Christoph Borkowsky

Event

WOMEX runs during October every year, and in many cases, during the last October weekend. On-site registration begins on Wednesday, when the opening ceremony is held. Conference attendees can visit the opening event, the conference program, the trade fair, the showcases on the evenings of Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the WOMEX awards on Sunday, the last day of the event. Although WOMEX is primarily intended for professionals and trade visitors within the world music scene, locals and tourists can buy tickets for most of the evening showcases. In 2020, due to COVID-19, WOMEX took place digitally for the very first time.

Locations

The locations of WOMEX events are listed below:

Awards

The WOMEX Awards were first introduced in 1999. Since then, WOMEX presents its awards to artists or professionals each year for special achievements in the international music industry. Since 2006 WOMEX, in coordination with World Music Charts Europe and, from 2017 on, also with Transglobal World Music Chart, has presented Top 20 labels of the year who had the most chart-topping artist releases.

References

References

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  7. . (2 June 2010). ["World Music Conference WOMEX Looking for New Host City Proposals"](https://worldmusiccentral.org/2010/06/02/world-music-conference-womex-looking-for-new-host-city-proposals/). *World Music Central*.
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  9. . (18 October 2011). ["WOMEX 1998 - A Global Village Special"](https://www.cbc.ca/andthewinneris/2011/10/18/womex-1998---a-global-village-special/). *CBC Radio Canada*.
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  11. . (24 October 2002). ["Jivan Gasparyan Wins WOMEX 2002 Award"](https://asbarez.com/jivan-gasparyan-wins-womex-2002-award/). *Asbarez*.
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  15. . (28 October 2006). ["WOMEX to Remain in Sevilla Until 2008"](https://worldmusiccentral.org/2006/10/28/womex-to-remain-in-sevilla-until-2008/). *World Music Central*.
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  21. . (31 October 2014). ["WOMEX 2014: Another Vibrant Year"](https://worldmusic.net/blogs/news/womex-2014-another-vibrant-year). *World Music Network*.
  22. Romero, Angel. (20 October 2016). "WOMEX 2016 Opened Yesterday in Santiago de Compostela with a Tribute to Spanish Music". World Music Central.
  23. (2014). "WOMEX 15 in Budapest, Hungary ｜21 - 25 October 2015". womex.com.
  24. . ["WOMEX 2017 in Katowice - record edition of the fairs for the first time in Poland!"](http://katowicemusic.com/en/womex-2/). *Katowice Music*.
  25. . (8 June 2018). ["WOMEX Announces first Set of 2018 Showcase Artists"](https://worldmusiccentral.org/2018/06/08/womex-announces-first-set-of-2018-showcase-artists/). *World Music Central*.
  26. . (30 August 2018). ["WOMEX 2019 travels to Finland"](https://musicfinland.com/en/news/womex-2019-travels-to-finland). *Music Finland*.
  27. . (24 September 2021). ["WOMEX 21 - Worldwide Music Expo"](https://www.porto.pt/en/event/womex-21-worldwide-music-expo). *Porto*.
  28. . ["WOMEX 2022"](https://www.visitlisboa.com/en/events/womex-2022). *Visit Lisboa*.
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  30. . (6 October 2023). ["Manchester wins bid to host WOMEX international music convention in October 2024"](https://www.manchester.gov.uk/news/article/9343/manchester_wins_bid_to_host_womex_international_music_convention_in_october_2024). *Manchester City Council*.
  31. "WOMEX Awards".
  32. "WOMEX Awards Archive".
  33. "WOMEX - the World Music Expo".
  34. "WOMEX - the World Music Expo".

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