The 14th edition of Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival will be launched earlier than usual this year.
The festival is one of Dominica’s premier events and is an avenue to showcase local music and culture to the wider world.
Director of Tourism Colin Piper revealed the event could be launched in May with at least three of the main stage acts, adding “and let people know that it’s on, let them know who to expect and let people know that we are in the planning stages.”
The World Creole Music festival emerged in 1997, and since then has attracted well-known musicians, not only from the creole-speaking region.
Last year, the festival was launched in August with renowned artists like Maxi Priest and Morgan Heritage forming part of event’s line up during the independence season. World-famous zouk band Kassav, and compas music star Sweet Mickey were among the other foreign acts on the main stage.
Locals WCK Band, Michele Henderson, Swinging Stars, Triple Kay International and the MFR Band also formed the line up for the 13th World Creole Music Festival.
DNO Correspondent
The Festival is promoting Reggae Artists from all over the world and are not too interested in promoting local talent..Ras Judah,Atunyah,Mel-C,Dr.Silk just to name a few…When are we goin to give our local guys a chance on the big stage???
Please lets have some roots & culture bands like T@i-owe: he Twinkle Brothers…… Bless
Comment to Rude Boy. Eddie Toulon did not name the World Creole Music Festival. I Mc McCarthy MARIE did. I am not a linguist but when I came up with the name creole I definitely knew what I meant and I definitely meant the music that is associated with the KWEYOL language as spoken in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti, French Guyana, Trinidad, Seychelles. I would readily admit that I am mad, but I am definitely not stupid to have meant something as patently absurd as using creole to mean a combination of any set of languages since every language would thereby be a creole; making the word meaningless and useless
This is one piece of fiction we need to get rid of to move the festival forward.
IM HAPPY THAT WCMF IS ON AGAIN BUT I NEED TO GET PAID FOR LAST YEAR MR PIPER PLEASE PAY FOR LAST YEAR IM HUNGRY
It is time that the organizers look into inviting small group who are trying to make it to higher grounds they are beening pressed by the very people who are saying that there need to be grow up GIVE THEM A BRAKE. Mr PM take a very good look at what is happening this year.
we need some of reggae artist starting with our very own……..Atunyah Allan and Nasio Fontaine, then we would like riche spice, jah cure, gypitan, sizzla and queen ifrica etc.
That’s promising! Just interviewed Freddie McGregor…He would love to come to Dominica….I think Freddie McGregor, Chino and Stephen will be a great combination for Reggae Act…old and young alike will enjoy the act….Jah Cure is another favorite of mine….
Hope organizers can deliver a great show…people still love WCMF and still big it up wherever they go no matter how disappointed they may get…we still know it’s worth!
U all need to understand creole is not just French, every Country in the world has its own CREOLE learn that people.
I AM TIRED WITH THE SAME S…T EVERY YEAR. I WASTED MY MONEY LAST YEAR.
PLS PEOPLE GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER THIS IS 201O.
Now all you talking business. I’ve already started saving towards my ticket. PM not giving an increase to public officers, but never mind, i know how to pinch my pennies. As for garbs, well is by the lady in Hillsborough Street store i heading to.
hope that you guys will look into getting some of the dominican groups that are out there in the diaspora that are doing good things, by now we should be tired of the same( big act every year) add a little veriety now and then.the festival is good but it can be better, speed up the acts start early and give the other clubs to have a little play also. good luck this year.
yea man irrie sin…. at ppl will have and idea of who to expect to perform very early….. especially da women… according to da artists coming we have to plan our dressin early…..i want to be HOTTT FOR THE 14TH WCMF… I IN DAT!!!
I agree with all the comments especially with dat of gaza; the music festival is creole, not bam bam, blaw, they could be used as a pre festival concert and give us real creole music for the three nights, …. out there have enough creole band, ……… Louisiana, Sheshells, on the African west coast, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, eh eh, …….. Mr. Piper do your home work please and you will surely get support because people like the creole fess
continue the good work!!
RUDE BOY NO FEAR go learn what is the meaning of creole before you speak…to save you the time and work of finding what it means i did the work for you…A creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable language that originated from a mixture of various languages…that said it means that any country or island can have it’s own creole language. It does not have to be the french creole that we speak…Jamaica has it creole, Trinidad has it’s creole language and they don’t have anything to do with french..so when the theme “WORLD CREOLE MUSIC FESTIVAL” was chosen by Eddie Toulon and the rest it was with the mindset of this definition of the word creole. this is why from the inception of the event there has always been different geners of music including reggae…
take that rude boy no fear
let thiw year be bigger and better. one suggestion put the bars in the park it is some what rediclous that after every act the park gets empty because everyone goes to the bar.
looking foward to this year me and the familly
was mr. cuffy fired because of his bad attitude? it was confirmed by his response when he was contacted for a response on the matter.
Not interested in Creole Music Festival at all……I have taken a backseat on after last creole festival. It is just a waste of time and money….and waiting for the next band to perform…..Its time we make this a bit more professional and show-biz-like. The first thing is to declare the financial statement of the festival. …. what a joke.
GREAT!!
plan early an give people there monies worth not who all u like or wat type of music u all like get the public invlove in band slection process find out whitch artist is hot at the time bering mind your main focus is on creole music eg zouk, cardance,compa& soukous you can include your local music like wck and the others but you have to let them guys know the kind of things they are presently doing there with de drum machine and chanting all kind of bull dats not music get real or we will never get no where musicaly . ok
i”ll be there…..
Choose carefully please. At least one big act. I mean a big star please
i have always felt a festival can be promoted generally despite confirmed acts, as people come for the spirit of the festivities and as time and planning progresses new additions to the marketing and promotions could fall into place. In the past DFC would only start promotion if and when they confirmed the acts which were usually too late in my opinion, finally someone understands this is not necessary to bring visitors to experience our festival and island. Good work and looking forward to the early start.
14 years Already!!!!!!!!! Wow. Am iI that old. LOL. It feels like it was just a little while back the WCMF started.
Anyway Keep it up. Good Idea to start early Promo
somebody serious in charge
They should also include the other bands in the country not only the bands which are said to be POPULAR! The organizers of the event needs to do something different, every year is the same! Three nights of Pulsating riddim
What about having an activity every night after the Lime’s Creole in the park with the Local Bands….Probably name it Pre Festival Warm Up….
So the Visitors here who we assume like to party can spend more and has somewhere to go! and also get a taste of our very own Boyoun Music. The show can start from 8 and end at 11!
Easily!
… I say yeah! for early promo. Ain’t no fete like the WCMF. Whoever came up with the idea to have the WCMF did a wonder-thing-ful (cordi Felix).
Give us a lil “sipsion” nuh Mr. Piper, of at least one big name allu targeting.
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!