Last month, we announced the first wave of Jury-selected Showcase artists for WOMEX 2025, taking place 22–26 October in Tampere, Finland. Today, we’re excited to reveal the second half of the Showcase programme and the full Club Summit lineup. Together with the first Conference announcement, the 31st edition of WOMEX is taking shape!
Stay tuned for more updates in the coming weeks on the Conference, Film programme, offWOMEX, Opening artists, and the WOMEX 25 Award recipients.
The Second Set of Jury-selected WOMEX 25 Showcase Artists are:
- 3Peoplemusic (Taiwan)
- BITOI (Sweden / Denmark)
- Bobo & Behaja (Madagascar / France)
- Compota de Manana (Cuba / Spain)
- Dawit Yifru (Ethiopia)
- Etuk Ubong & the Etuk Philosophy Band (Nigeria)
- Gangstagrass (USA)
- Jawa (Syria / Belgium)
- Kankou Kouyaté et Les Etoiles de Garaná (Mali)
- Malkit Singh / Golden Star (India / UK)
- Suraras do Tapajós (Brazil)
- The Handover (Egypt / Belgium / Norway)
- The Klezmatics (USA)
- The Zawose Queens (Tanzania / UK)
- Yaràkä (Italy)
CLUB SUMMIT
- Jako Maron (La Réunion)
- K‘boko (Brazil / Germany)
- Missex (Colombia / Spain)
- MzRizk (Lebanon / Australia)
- Tamarugo (Chile)
See the full list of artists here.
Don't miss out on the new Showcase Teaser available on our YouTube channel!
article posted by:Zuzanna Kleban, Piranha Arts