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Rainforest World Music Festival
StatusActive
GenreMusic Festivals
FrequencyAnnually
VenueSarawak Cultural Village
Location(s)Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Coordinates1°44′57.1″N 110°18′57.9″E / 1.749194°N 110.316083°E / 1.749194; 110.316083
CountryMalaysia
Years active1998 - Present
Most recent23 - 25 June 2023
Next event28-30 June 2024
Attendance23,650 (2019)[1]
BudgetRM 4 million (unofficial figures, 2018)[2]
Organised bySarawak Tourism Board
WebsiteRWMF.net

The Rainforest World Music Festival (often abbreviated as RWMF) is an annual three-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls, and main-stage evening concerts. The festival has been awarded 25 of the best International Festivals by Songlines for six consecutive years; from 2010 to 2015.[3]

The festival features a wide range of performances from traditional music, to world fusion and contemporary world music. The festival emphasizes the use of traditional acoustic world instruments, although electric accompaniment instruments are common.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2019edition was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Rainforest World Music Festival comes of age, The Borneo Post. 14 July 2018.
  3. ^ Rainforest World Music Festival 2016, Sarawak Tourism Board. 15 April 2016.

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