International Newsletter Number 24 | march 2011 www.efwmf.org OFFEST – Melingo & Maldito Tango 1 Content 3 EFWMF 20 years - let’s celebrate! 4 20 years of worldwide music festivals 6 overview of the EFWMF members 11 Memberslist March 2011 15 new member : Timitar Festival 16 KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant 18 Unesco prize for Førde Folk Music Festival 19 We Are more 20 APAP 2011 : Artist Fellows program 22 Past_Present_future 23 colophon 2 2 EFWMF 20 years – let’s celebrate! The European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals is As we celebrate 20 years in the spirit of cooperation, a network of festivals sharing the vision that the world we hope you will join us. During Babel Med in is a patchwork of a multitude of local traditions and Marseille, all delegates are invited to the EFWMF’s music, each different in expression and content yet birthday party! equal in value. This year, we celebrate the Forum’s 20th The Forum also held its annual general meeting in anniversary. Marseille these days. I will take this opportunity to thank the organizers of Babel Med for their hospitality The EFWMF network started as a small club of and support of our stay here. enthusiastic festival organisers, and has evolved step by step during these 20 years, not only in number In the years to come, I believe that our ability and of members, but also in importance. It is now an possibility of collaboration, share of knowledge and important forum for exchange of knowledge and learning from others, across all borders, will be of experience, and a good platform for cooperation great importance for all of us in our daily work. I between artistic directors of festivals across Europe am therefore convinced that the Euroepan Forum of and abroad. It has also become an important force in Worldwide Music Festivals, as a platform for exchange the international world music scene in general. The and collaboration, and as a driving force of the world EFWMF member festivals organize yearly over 3400 music scene, will continue to develop in importance concerts with more than 2000 bands; and in total, and strength also during the next 20 years! these festivals are visited by almost 3 million people each year. In a network organization like EFWMF, it is the members’ willingness to share knowledge and experience and their ability of cooperation that gives the biggest gain for each member festival. It is just that, the human resources in the network, which constitutes its strength. I am proud to be a member and leader of a network with so many knowledgeable, interesting and enthusiastic people! Hilde Bjørkum president EFWMF (and artistic & managing director Førde Folk music Festival, Norway) 3 20 Years of Worldwide By Patrick De Groote music festivals In 2011 the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals celebrates its 20th anniversary. The network started as a small club of enthusiastic festival organisers. We were all struggling to get our festival and the music we loved on the map. At that time ‘world music’ hardly existed, we were just programming unheard music from around the world, hard to get any attention for this! But times have changed and now the EFWMF has become one of the driving forces of the European and Global World Music scene. The EFWMF gathers an eclectic but adventurous group that is crucial in introducing new acts and projects for a European audience. The network has recently opened up to the rest of the world, challenging the opportunities that a true global collaboration brings. Members from Asia, the Pacific, Africa and Latin America are opening new horizons for the EFWMF. In 2010 the EFWMF made a survey of it’s member festivals. Hard to compare the micro cosmos of the highly specialised ‘La Zampogna’ festival in Italy to globally exposed festivals as Roskilde, but somehow we touch common ground, and in our meetings and exchanges we are all on equal terms, forging new collaborations and setting up exciting projects together. 4 20 Years of Worldwide music festivals So who are these festivals that call themselves the EFWMF? What do they represent? How diverse are they really? Young and Old Festivals Working at a festival Our oldest member is Roskilde (1971), followed Staff numbers vary a lot, depending on the scale of the by Sfinks Mixed (1976). Quite some festivals were festival, but in total we employ close to 400 people, born in the late ‘80ies and early ‘90ies, world music probably all working too hard for too little money. booming times. But we’re happy to see that new To compensate for this low employment figure over festival concepts also find their place in the network. 35.000 volunteers are deployed to make things work. Esperanzah! Is the youngest one (2004). Money talks, 70 million euro annual turnover 3 million people at EFWMF-festivals each year The organisation structure of the festivals is linked We might think that Europe is The Festival Continent, to its goals and local situation. Some are government and it certainly has a enormous number of festivals, organized, and depend for 100% on government Timitar (Agadir, Morocco) has by far the largest funding, some are private initiatives that are totally audience (600.000 visitors). The most intimate of our self-supporting. On average some 25% of our budget members is the Palestinian organised ‘Jerusalem’ that comes from entrance fees, 45% from public funding, gathers 650 enthousiasts. Most festival capacities are 18% from private partners and 12% from other between 20-40.000. And if we sum it all up, we come sources. The accumulated total budget of all festivals is to the astonishing figure of almost 3 million visitors… over 70 million euros. Artists? What Artists? The programming of all these festival is very varied,some specialise on specific styles and regions (Oud Festival, Afrika Festival, Gypsy Festival, …) but most of the programming mixes local (European) traditions with cultures from overseas. Some 2.000 bands are responsible for over 3.400 concerts each year. The problematic visa situation has reduced the number of artists with visa playing at our festivals, and some festivals do not ask for any visa anymore. But others still have 50% of their programming based on artists needing visa. In total over 2000 indivudual artists received visa last year to play our festivals. AMStErdAM RootS FEStIvAl June 23 – 26, 2011 | amsterdam, The Netherlands | www.amsterdamroots.nl The 14th edition of the Amsterdam Roots Festival takes place from June 23 till June 26. Four days of music from every corner of the world, at five different locations in Amsterdam, bring the roots of music from every culture to one Festival. Featuring renowned artists and emerging talent, the Festival showcases latest developments and crossovers in music , all with roots from cultures outside Western Europe. COulEur CAFé FEStIvAl 22nd June 24 – 26, 2011 | brussels, belgium | www.couleurcafe.be This urban music festival offers the best of hip hop, soul, funk, world, reggae, dub, dancehall & latin. African reggae artist Tiken Jah Fakoly is the first confirmed act. 24-25-26 june 2011 Previous acts include James Brown, Nas & Damian Marley, Ben Harper, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Tracy Chapman, Youssou ‘N Dour, Cesaria Evora, Ziggy Marley, George Clinton, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Amadou & Mariam, Michael Franti, … drugA gOdbA INtErNAtIONAl FEStIvAl may 7 - June 20, 2011 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | www.drugagodba.si The 27th Druga godba international (That Other Music) Festival will take place from May 7 to June 20 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It ranks among Europe’s best festivals. This year’s edition of the festival will present 12 concerts of topical and original music which gives alternative prospective to contemporary music and its industry based on western pop, rock or classical music. ESpErANzAH! august 5 – 7, 2011 | Floreffe, belgium | www.esperanzah.be From 5 till 7 August, Esperanzah! will celebrate its 10th anniversary in the prestigious setting of the Abbey of Floreffe, near Namur (Belgium). In 3 days, Esperanzah! welcomes more than 34 groups coming from the whole world on 3 scenes, artists with recognised talents as well than some to be discovered. Esperanzah! it’s also street artists, a film festival, a kids’ village, craftsmen and world restaurants, two camping sites... and a place to change the world. EtNOSOI! FEStIvAl November 8 - 13, 2011 | helsinki, Finland | www.etnosoi.fi Etnosoi! festival has been organized in Helsinki, Finland annually since 1988. The festival welcomes artists from all over the world and from all different musical styles underneath the world music umbrella. Etnosoi! festival is organized by Global Music Centre music institute. www.globalmusic.fi Etnosoi! Leader of Samo from Tajikistan, mr Shanbe Mamadgaminov in action. (photo: Riikka Hiltunen) 6 FEStIvAl MuNdIAl June 18 -19, 2011 | Tilburg, The Netherlands | www.mundialproductions.nl Always on the lookout for exiting talents, new vibes, interesting gigs and surprising encounters, Festival Mundial gives visitors a present-day view on world music and culture. Artists from all over the world, who are inspired by their roots, perform roots and rock, world and funk, reggae and salsa, hip-hop and urban. Festival Mundial is a true journey around the Globe! FIEStA dES SudS October 2011 | marseille, France | www.dock-des-suds.org Created in 1992 and born from the love of ferias, carnivals, fairs and all such kinds of cultural events, the Fiesta des Suds has rapidly become a great success by defending and honoring local creation while maintaining an open dialog with other cultures and new forms of musical expression. Each year in October, at the Dock des Suds in Marseilles (France), the festival brings together the best of what music has to offer, with all styles and genres represented.