Gibraltar World Music Festival | |
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1st Gibraltar World Music Festival held at St. Michael's Cave
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Genre | Fado, Jazz, Samba, Bossa nova, Sephardic music, Jazz |
Dates | June 8, 2017 |
Location(s) | St. Michael's Cave, Gibraltar |
Years active | 2012-present |
Founded by | Gibraltar Productions |
Website | |
gibraltarworldmusicfestival |
The Gibraltar World Music Festival (GWMF) is an annual music festival held in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The event has a different theme every year, past themes have been Sephardic, Asia minor, China and India, Maghreb, Morocco, Lusophone Culture and Afreeka.
In 2016, the theme was the Portuguese language (Lusophone) year and called Obrigado, meaning thank you in Portuguese, with Artists from Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde. Tickets for the event were sold at £30 (General Public) & £25 (Senior Citizens and Students) for the event in St. Michael's Cave.
In 2017 the theme will be Africa and called Uprising.
Carminho at GWMF 2016
Márcio Faraco at GWMF 2016