WOMEX
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WOMEX (short for Worldwide Music Expo) is an international world music support and development project based in Berlin, whose main event is an exposition held annually in different locations throughout Europe. It integrates a trade fair, showcases, conferences, film screenings, networking sessions, and awards. Musicians and their labels have the possibility to make contacts for international touring and album distribution.[1]
Not to be confused with WOMAD.
WOMEX was founded in 1994 by Christoph Borkowsky[1] and Ben Mandelson.[2]