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Night one of WCMF 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tourism Minister Denise Charles has announced that planning has begun for the staging of the 23rd Edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) this year.<\/p>\n

She made the announcement during an interview with State-Owned Radio DBS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe planning has begun, we actually have a committee which has met and has proposed the line-up and so we are in the process of finalizing things, putting systems in place,\u201d Charles said.<\/p>\n

She stated also that this year\u2019s event is expected to be bigger than last year\u2019s festival since, \u201cmany more people learned about our creole festival last year and already have booked their tickets to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe already have challenges with access to the country, so we are working with some airlines to have charter services,\u201d she said. \u201c…I\u2019m hoping between a month or two we can announce some other air services, so people from the US [United States] market could come to Dominica for the World Creole Music Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the public will be kept informed about the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tourism Minister Denise Charles has announced that planning has begun for the staging of the 23rd Edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) this year. 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