Programme Overview 2024
ALL TIMES BASED ON LOCAL MANCHESTER TIME
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Drop by the EBU Radio Sessions - open to all delegates
| WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2024 | DAYTIME | Manchester Central |
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| FROM | TO | Manchester Central |
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| 10:00 | 20:30 | Registration and Check-in |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Trade Fair |
| WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2024 | NIGHTTIME | The Bridgewater Hall |
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| FROM | TO | OPENING STAGE The Bridgewater Hall |
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| 18:00 | 22:45 | Check-in for late arrivals |
| 19:00 | Doors open | |
| 20:00 | 21:40 | Opening Ceremony Concert: Dirty Freud (UK) Vulva Voce (UK) Heather Ferrier (UK) Agbeko (UK) |
| 21:40 | late | Reception |
| THURSDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2024 | DAYTIME | Manchester Central |
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| FROM | TO | CONFERENCE ROOM 1 | CONFERENCE ROOM 2 | CONFERENCE ROOM 3 | CONFERENCE ROOM 4 | MENTORING ROOM | DAYCASE STAGE | FILMS |
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| 11:00 | 17:00 | Film Library | ||||||
| 11:00 | 11:45 | WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates Walter (DE), Brewster (UK), van Dodewaard (NL) | ||||||
| 11:30 | 12:30 | Ethics, Resistance and Decolonisation of Global Music Samrai (UK), Blair (JM/DE), Boonma (TH), Rymajdo (PL/UK) | ||||||
| 11:45 | 12:45 | A Lifetime in Roots Music Ohori (US), Gosling (US), Kertzer (US), Machado (US) | ||||||
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Associated Presentation Catalysing Global Music Initiatives Lowes (UK), Ford (UK), Jeanes (UK), Safo (UK) | Film Room Film Talk From Rock to Rituals: Film Talk With Vincent Moon Slater Johnson (UK), Moon (FR) | |||||
| 12:15 | 13:00 | Signal Flow: Local, Regional and Global Collaborations Spowage (UK), Maduafokwa (NG), Sarr (DE) | ||||||
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Aysanabee (CA) Intro: Amanda Rheaume (CA) | ||||||
| 14:15 | 15:15 | Pelkkä Poutanen (FI) Intro: Johanna Sauramäki (FI) | ||||||
| 15:00 | 15:45 | Beats for a Revolution Gaete (CL), Herrera (CL), Opazo (CL) | ||||||
| 15:00 | 16:00 | African Networking Session Kabubi (UG), Hatitye (ZW/ZA) | ||||||
| 15:30 | 16:30 | Education Networking Session Somogyi (UK) | ||||||
| 15:45 | 17:00 | Film Room Ch'ul be, Sacred Path Directed by Humberto Gómez Pérez | ||||||
| 16:00 | 17:00 | Women of the World Networking Session Silver (US) | ||||||
| 16:15 | 17:00 | Kuwaiti Pearl Diving Music Al-Mulaifi (KW/AE), Ben Hussain (KW), Bragin (US/AE) |
| THURSDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2024 | NIGHTTIME | Various Locations |
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| FROM | TO | THEATRE STAGE Manchester Central | WAREHOUSE STAGE A Aviva Studios | WAREHOUSE STAGE B Aviva Studios | HORIZONS STAGE Albert Hall | offWOMEX STAGE Aviva Studios, The Hall | FILMS HOME |
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| 20:15 | 21:45 | How We Have Loved Directed by Gustav Ågerstrand | |||||
| 21:00 | 21:45 | Katarina Barruk (NO/SE) | Amy Laurenson (UK) | ||||
| 21:30 | 22:15 | Casapalma (ES) | |||||
| 21:45 | 22:30 | Orchestra Baobab (BJ/TG/SN) | Barrut (FR) | ||||
| 22:30 | 23:15 | Mitsune (JP/DE) | Strange Boy (IE) | ||||
| 23:00 | 23:45 | Rei (NZ) | |||||
| 23:15 | 00:00 | Cristina Clara (PT) | Sarab (SY/FR) | ||||
| 00:00 | 00:45 | Kabaka Pyramid (JM) | Rioghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet (IE/UK) | ||||
| 00:30 | 01:15 | Tuulikki Bartosik (EE/SE) | |||||
| 00:45 | 01:30 | Kefaya & Elaha Soroor (AF/UK) | Stogie T (ZA) |
| FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024 | DAYTIME | Manchester Central |
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| FROM | TO | CONFERENCE ROOM 1 | CONFERENCE ROOM 2 | CONFERENCE ROOM 3 | CONFERENCE ROOM 4 | MENTORING ROOM | DAYCASE STAGE | FILMS |
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| 11:00 | 17:00 | Film Library | ||||||
| 11:00 | 11:45 | The UK Jazz Revival Marmot (UK), Budd (UK), Guérout (FR/UK) | ||||||
| 11:30 | 12:15 | Roundtable Mentoring Chawla (UK/US), Kassem (EG/AE), Serras Pereira (PT/ES) | ||||||
| 11:30 | 12:30 | Securing the Future of Folk Malhotra (IN/BE), Gibson (ZA/UK), van Mildert (NL), Nuut (EE) | ||||||
| 11:45 | 13:00 | Special Advocacy is Everyone’s Matter Daniel (UK), Möller (DE), Le Roux (ZA), Sharp (FR), Tucker (US) | ||||||
| 12:00 | 12:45 | Why are South Asia and its Diaspora the Next Big Thing? Almas (PK/AE), Sultana (BD), Tuladhar (NP) | ||||||
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Film Room Film Talk Cosmoaudiciones: Sound and Territory Buenrostro (MX/DE) | ||||||
| 12:15 | 13:00 | Music and Video Games Hime (BR), Ombler (UK), Vicars (UK) | ||||||
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Pankisi Ensemble (GE) Intro: Lu Edmonds (UK) | ||||||
| 14:15 | 15:15 | Madalitso Band (MW) Intro: Neil Nayar (UK/MW) | ||||||
| 15:00 | 15:45 | Women Artists in War Zawe (UK), Balola (CD), Kalwira (CD) | ||||||
| 15:00 | 16:00 | Pan Indigenous Networking Session te Hau (NZ), Ajnnak (SE), Hamon (NZ) | ||||||
| 15:15 | 16:15 | International Music Managers Networking Session Partridge (UK/EE), Roveta (ES) | ||||||
| 15:45 | 16:45 | Film Room - Terra Mater – Mother Land Directed by Kantarama Gahigiri - Wisisi Nit Meke Directed by Arief Budiman, Bonny Lanny, Harun Rumbarar | ||||||
| 15:45 | 16:30 | Roundtable Mentoring Chawla (UK/US), Kassem (EG/AE), Serras Pereira (PT/ES) | ||||||
| 16:00 | 17:00 | Queer Networking Session Shreeram (CA), Pearson (DK) | ||||||
| 16:30 | 17:15 | Music and Activism in the Global South Ribas (BR), Martins (BR), Rolla (BR) |
| FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024 | NIGHTTIME | Various Locations |
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| FROM | TO | THEATRE STAGE Manchester Central | WAREHOUSE STAGE A Aviva Studios | WAREHOUSE STAGE B Aviva Studios | HORIZONS STAGE Albert Hall | offWOMEX STAGE Aviva Studios, The Hall | CLUB SUMMIT O2 Ritz Manchester | FILMS HOME |
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| 20:15 | 21:30 | Song of Souls Directed by Sai Naw Kham | ||||||
| 21:00 | 21:45 | Les Mamans du Congo x Rrobin (CG/FR) | Cerys Hafana (UK) | |||||
| 21:30 | 22:15 | Ghazi & Boom.Diwan X Arturo O'Farrill (KW/AE) | ||||||
| 21:45 | 22:30 | Ali Doğan Gönültaş (TR) | Votia (RE) | |||||
| 22:30 | 23:15 | Kamakan (IR/FR) | Gnoss (UK) | |||||
| 23:00 | 23:45 | É.T.É (CA) | ||||||
| 23:15 | 00:00 | Ensemble Chakâm (IR/PS/FR) | Ëda Diaz (CO/FR) | |||||
| 00:00 | 00:45 | El Laberinto del Coco (PR) | Balimaya Project (SN/UK) | |||||
| 00:30 | 01:15 | Shauit (CA) | ||||||
| 00:45 | 01:30 | Erol Josué (HT) | BIM (Benin International Musical) (BJ) | |||||
| 01:00 | 02:30 | Godblesscomputers (IT) | ||||||
| 02:30 | 03:30 | D[Nowhere]J (ZA) |
| SATURDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2024 | DAYTIME | Manchester Central |
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| FROM | TO | CONFERENCE ROOM 1 | CONFERENCE ROOM 2 | CONFERENCE ROOM 3 | CONFERENCE ROOM 4 | MENTORING ROOM | DAYCASE STAGE | FILMS |
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| 11:00 | 17:00 | Film Library | ||||||
| 11:00 | 11:45 | Rhythms of Reconciliation Sabogal (CO), Daniel (UK), Delgado (CO) | ||||||
| 11:30 | 12:15 | Afrobeats Goes Global Israel-Ayide (NG), Rutabingwa (UG/UK), Ugwu (NG) | Roundtable Mentoring Ahrend (DE), Bourgeois (CH/BR), Fol (BE/FR) | |||||
| 11:30 | 12:30 | Indigenous Music Futurisms Kish (CA), Curruchich (GT), Hamon (NZ), Tuki (CL) | ||||||
| 11:45 | 12:45 | Music Leaders Networking Session Canals (ES/DK), Blain-Descormiers (FR/CA), Webley (CA) | ||||||
| 12:15 | 13:00 | Revitalising the South Asian Music Independent Ecosystem Nagaraj (SG), Banerjee (IN/UK), Shrutilaya (IN/SG) | ||||||
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Film Room Film Talk Communities, Scenes and Sounds on Film Udvardyova (SK), Stein (DE), Baima Poma (IT/ES), Kakarla (IN) | ||||||
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Ganna (UA/DE) Intro: Simon Broughton (UK) | ||||||
| 14:15 | 15:15 | Maegandang (KR) Intro: Birgit Ellinghaus (DE) | ||||||
| 15:00 | 16:00 | Music in Times of War Pope (UK), Semaan (LB/UK), Shabaka (SD/UK), Ziada (PS/UK) | ||||||
| 15:15 | 16:15 | Central, North, and South American Networking Session Covey (US), Caxaj (GT/CA), Kish (CA), Nogueira (BR) | ||||||
| 15:30 | 16:30 | Labels Networking Session Álvarez (CO), Robinson (UK) | ||||||
| 15:45 | 16:30 | Roundtable Mentoring Ahrend (DE), Bourgeois (CH/BR), Fol (BE/FR) | ||||||
| 15:45 | 16:45 | Film Room - Niranthea – A Portrait of Multiplicity in Five Movements Directed by Marco Donnarumma - Ultra Violet Neon Planet Directed by Jashan Walton - Untitled (To Describe You) Directed by Tibyan Mahawah Sanoh | ||||||
| 16:15 | 17:30 | Special WOMEX 3.0 Caxaj (GT/CA), Edmonds (UK) |
| SATURDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2024 | NIGHTTIME | Various Locations |
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| FROM | TO | THEATRE STAGE Manchester Central | WAREHOUSE STAGE A Aviva Studios | WAREHOUSE STAGE B Aviva Studios | HORIZONS STAGE Albert Hall | offWOMEX STAGE Aviva Studios, The Hall | CLUB SUMMIT O2 Ritz Manchester | FILMS HOME |
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| 20:15 | 21:45 | Machtat Directed by Sonia Ben Slama | ||||||
| 21:00 | 21:45 | Queralt Lahoz (ES) | Gwenifer Raymond (UK) | |||||
| 21:30 | 22:15 | Zarina Prvasevda (MK) | ||||||
| 21:45 | 22:30 | Sara Curruchich (GT) | Clare Sands (IE) | |||||
| 22:30 | 23:15 | Justin Adams & Mauro Durante (UK/IT) | Córas Trio (UK) | |||||
| 23:00 | 23:45 | Ão (BE) | ||||||
| 23:15 | 00:00 | House of Waters (JP/AR/US) | Sahra Halgan (FR) | |||||
| 00:00 | 00:45 | Rasha Nahas (PS/DE) | N’famady Kouyaté (GN/UK) | |||||
| 00:30 | 01:15 | Buzz’ Ayaz (CY) | ||||||
| 00:45 | 01:30 | Jonathan Ferr (BR) | Adédèji (NG) | |||||
| 01:00 | 01:15 | Lenhart Tapes (RS) | ||||||
| 02:30 | 03:30 | MPeach (VE/US) | ||||||
| 03:30 | 04:30 | Maraboutage presents “Indigo, The Cabaret Club” (World/FR) |
| SUNDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2024 | DAYTIME | Aviva Studios, The Hall |
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| FROM | TO | Aviva Studios, The Hall |
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| 10:00 | 12:00 | Networking Farewell |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | WOMEX Awards WOMEX 24 Professional Excellence Award In Place of War WOMEX 24 Artist Award Hermeto Pascoal (BR) |