Festival offers 20 pct early bird discounts on tickets

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File photo shows the crowd at last year’s Rainforest World Music Festival.

File photo shows the crowd at last year’s Rainforest World Music Festival.

KUCHING: The Rainforest World Music Festival will offer 20 per cent early bird discounts on tickets from Jan 20 to mark its 20th anniversary.

The limited time promotion is while stocks last with 1,500 daily tickets available.

“This year heralds 20 great years of world music in the rainforests of Sarawak and a collaboration between us, the organisers, and the audience who support us and make this festival possible,” said Sarawak Tourism Board director of events and corporate relations Angelina Bateman.

The festival from July 14-16 at Sarawak Cultural Village will feature music from around the world on three stages – two outdoors and one indoors, mini sessions in the afternoon, workshops for children, drum circles, as well as a variety of food, and a craft bazaar.

For the 20th edition, there will be more activities including holistic and wellness programmes from 11am.

“The 20th anniversary celebrations are going to be a huge experience and we are planning more activities around the music,” added Bateman.

Starting with an audience of only a few hundred in 1998, the festival has grown to an internationally-recognised one with awards including Top 25 Best International Festivals awarded by Songlines Magazine for six consecutive years.

Go to www.rwmf.net for festival tickets and updates.

The event is supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia and Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak, and endorsed by Tourism Malaysia with Malaysia Airlines as partner.