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Cardiff wins international bid to host WOMEX World Music Expo in 2013
Cardiff has been selected as the city to host WOMEX, the leading world music expo, in 2013. The announcement made yesterday at the Wales Millennium Centre comes at the end of a year-long campaign to bring the event to the Welsh capital.
Described by UNESCO as the most important international professional market of world music of every kind, WOMEX evening performances will be held at the Wales Millennium Centre, and the day time showcases, trade fair, conference and film screenings will be held at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff.
The fully programmed, prestigious international showcase event is expected to include around 60 concerts featuring 300 plus artists, a trade fair exhibiting in the region of 650 companies from over 90 countries, as well as more than 400 national and international journalists, and will take place between 23-27 of October, 2013.
