Open call: Womex’s ongoing applications for artists’ participation at the line-up opening event

WOMEX Festival is scheduled for October 2021, in Porto. The application period for artists to take part in the line-up at Casa da Música is ongoing. The World Music Expo, one of the most relevant music support and development projects in the global music scene will make its absolute debut in Portugal, in the city of Porto and it will gather thousands of music lovers and music makers in the Invicta, from over 90 countries.

The show line-up will be decided in accordance with the applications submitted, as announced the Why Portugal, the business association for Portuguese music internationalisation and partner and sponsor entity of WOMEX 2021 inaugural evening.

All music professionals in Portugal, from artists to companies, agents, producers and others who wish to put forward proposals and present them to an independent jury, who will curate the musical moment for the inauguration evening, can apply.

Womex 2021 opening will feature “Folk music tradition and roots” in Portugal and in musically connected territories, as further announced Why Portugal. Proposals can be submitted either by companies or by individuals.

The deadline for applications is 10th February. For more information, consult the Open Call published on the Why Portugal website.

WOMEX crafted the global music industry in more than one way, by liaising all things music, uniting cultures, sharing knowledge and trading experiences and it is on its way to crafting many more the coming year at the Invicta, from 27th to 31st October 2021, at Porto Customs.

Berlin based, Womex’s major annual event will head to Porto in 2021, following Budapest, in Hungary, Tampere, in Finland, in organising the festival. This global project features a conference cycle, over 300 stands at the trade fair in the Customs building; also, several stages in town such as Rivoli, Coliseu Porto Ageas and Casa da Música will be home to concert bursts and let’s not forget film screenings and an award giving ceremony that will acknowledge the best music makers in multiple styles of music the world over. And, more than 300 journalists from around the world will be in Porto to report it.

The fact that WOMEX 2021 is hosted in Porto is the outcome of efforts on the side of the Portuguese Government and also by the Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, who has been a supporter of this initiative since day one.