WOMEX
SAVE THE DATES: #WOMEX26 Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 21–25 Oct 2026
WOMEX – Worldwide Music Expo – is the most international music meeting in the world and the biggest conference of the global music scene, featuring a trade fair, talks, films and showcase concerts.
Over 2,600 professionals (including 260 performing artists) come together every October from 90 countries, making WOMEX the leading networking platform for the world music industry. Its musical spectrum is unparalleled in the international showcase performance market, ranging from the most traditional to the new global local underground, embracing folk, roots, jazz, local and diaspora cultures as much as urban and electronic sounds from all over the globe.
WOMEX hosts 7 stages, around 700 exhibiting companies, 100+ speakers, films, an opening concert and an award ceremony across five packed networking days and rather short nights.
Malkit Singh | Live at WOMEX 25
Gordan | Live at WOMEX 25
The Zawose Queens | Live at WOMEX 25
Spafford Campbell | Live at WOMEX 25
Dawit Yifru | Live at WOMEX 25
3PEOPLEMUSIC | Live at WOMEX 25
Noura Mint Seymali | Live at WOMEX 25 Awards
Suraras do Tapajós | Live at WOMEX 25
Akram Abdulfattah | Live at WOMEX 25
Dal:um | Live at WOMEX 25
Yeison Landero | Live at WOMEX 25
Bobo & Behaja | Live at WOMEX 25
Gangstagrass | Live at WOMEX 25
Opening: Welcome From The Top Of The World! | Live at WOMEX 25
WOMEX 2025 Film Programme Teaser
6SENSE, Trailer, directed by Amilcar Patel & Chris Kets
Long Live the Dead!, Trailer, directed by Sofie Hanegreefs & Kris Pannecoucke
Them Fado Bicha, Trailer (ENG), directed by Justine Lemahieu
Singing to the Winds, Trailer, directed by Adelina Sasnauskaite
Cosmic Balance, Trailer, directed by Andreas Johnsen
WOMEX 25 Showcase Teaser | 2nd Announcement
WOMEX 25 Showcase Teaser | 1st Announcement
THIS IS WOMEX
WOMEX 25 Travels To The Happiest Country In The World - Finland
N’famady Kouyaté | Live at WOMEX 24
Gwenifer Raymond | Live at WOMEX 24
Amy Laurenson | Live at WOMEX 24
Balimaya Project | Live at WOMEX 24