Rainforest World Music Festival to offer virtual experience for free

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The virtual experience will feature past RWMF acts and new performances from Sarawakian artistes.

KUCHING (June 9): This year’s Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) will be a free virtual experience featuring a retrospective of past performances and new pre-recorded sessions with homegrown acts.

A press release yesterday said registration is now open for the festival, which will be shown on rwmf.net on June 18-20 from 6pm to 7.30pm.

Sarawakian talents Alena Murang, Kemada, Sang Rawi, At Adau, Tuku Kame, Suk Binie’, Nading Rhapsody, and Mathew Ngau will perform in between flashbacks of favourite musical acts from previous years.

There will also be interviews with festival forerunners and personalities, as well as giveaway sessions.

“With Covid-19 hampering world travel, it’s important for us to remember the iconic Rainforest World Music Festival during the pandemic. RWMF 2021 attempts to recreate a virtual experience for those who are missing the excitement and merriment of our annual RWMF and build up their anticipation for RWMF 2022,” said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah in the statement.

“I believe that RWMF 2021’s theme – ‘Entranced, Liberated, Immersed’ – captures the spirit of the RWMF as a whole, and we look forward to being able to hold it in a big way for RWMF 2022, which is tentatively scheduled for June 17-19.”

Viewers at home can relive the feel of the RWMF with a choice of musical acts, workshops, and even food delivery via GrabFood at rwmf.net.

They can also catch daytime workshops and performances from previous years on the workshop page much like the physical festival.

Through GrabFood and Shopee, RWMF’s official delivery and e-commerce partners, viewers can order and dine in at their own leisure or order exclusive and limited edition merchandise such as a T-shirt or cloth face mask to mark RWMF’s first-ever virtual experience.

Viewers who register will be eligible for giveaways held during the online streaming, with prizes such as RWMF 2022 tickets, discounts to select hotels, and RWMF merchandise up for grabs.

To qualify for a goodie bag, participants have to like the official RWMF page; post a photo or video of themselves at previous RWMFs or watching the virtual experience; include #rwmf2021virtual or tag the RWMF official Facebook page; and share the post on their own Facebook page.

For more information, visit www.rwmf.net.