The 19th edition of Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival will be officially launched on Wednesday, 22nd June 2016 at the Anchorage Hotel.
Last year, what would have been Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival 19thedition was cancelled due to the passage of Tropical Storm Erika. Chief Executive Officer of the Discover Dominica Authority, Colin Piper, hopes that patrons will be pleasantly surprised with this year’s line-up.
“I think the Dominican people are ready. We’ve had Jazz and Creole and carnival and now we have World Creole Music Festival the first since the cancellation in 2015. What we want to do is just get out there and give people the reason to come to Dominica. I think as Dominicans we all need to evangelize that it is happening and it is here. The line-up is great and come for one night, come for three nights, come for not only the festival but anything that is happening around the festival leading up to the independence.”
Piper revealed that rigorous preparation has been on-going since the storm in 2015.
“A band selection committee have been meeting since November 17th to come up with a number of names of artistes that are available. As you know last year we had worked with some artistes and we need to look at the terms and conditions to see if everybody can come back based on the programming and some of the things we are trying to do differently. I believe that everybody will be pleasantly surprised with the line-up…”
The World Creole Music Festival will be held from October 28th to 30th 2016.
