{"id":307733,"date":"2023-09-06T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=307733"},"modified":"2023-09-06T08:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:48:58","slug":"dda-official-urges-public-to-jump-on-wcmf-early-bird-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/dda-official-urges-public-to-jump-on-wcmf-early-bird-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"DDA official urges public to jump on WCMF early bird prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_307734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307734\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-307734\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Nathalie-Walsh-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-307734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nathalie Walsh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Festival and Events Manager of the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA), Nathalie Walsh, has called on the Dominican public to take advantage of the ticket specials for the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) carded for October\u00a0 27-29, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur regular season ticket is EC$400, at the gate [it] is EC$450, however, there is a special on right now at $375\u2026,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you wait until the weekend of the festival, you will pay EC$450 at the gate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to her, this offer is for a limited time only.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh said the nightly price is EC$150 on Friday, October 27, for those who choose to purchase their tickets early, and at the gate, it will be EC$175.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Saturday night only, it\u2019s EC$200 and at the gate [it] is EC$250, so again, if you buy your nightly tickets now, you will save EC$50 and then on Sunday [it] is also EC$150 in advance and at the gate [it] is EC$175.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Persons can purchase their tickets at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dominicafestivals.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.dominicafestivals.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694053863195000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2sulFL18eNgnTmdqnZvDUf\">www.dominicafestivals.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walsh also announced that there are the party V.I.P season tickets at EC$1300 and the village V.I.P season tickets at EC$1650.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can also be purchased at Bullseye Pharmacy in Roseau, Portsmouth, or Grand Bay and at Depex Color Lab in Roseau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Festival and Events Manager of the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA), Nathalie Walsh, has called on the Dominican public to take advantage of the ticket specials for the 23rd Edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) carded for October\u00a0 27-29,&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":307734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,77,235,9,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-wcmf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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