WOMBA 2022

WOMBA Conference was held close to the Festival arena, from 8 to 10 July, at the magnificent new SPA resort in the National Park Fruška gora, „Fruške terme“. Conference included more than 100 delegates from the music industry who were discussing topics such as: Hidden and Authentic Balkans, Building Bridges, The Conscious Music is Coming, and Music Export Offices & World Music.

The very first edition of WOMBA was also supported by Foundation “Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture” within the Fortress of Peace Arch, City of Novi Sad- Council in charge for Culture, and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia.

The Showcase took place at specially designed and relocated Pachamama Stage overlooking the Danube River, dedicated to the World and Conscious Music. This was a unique opportunity to encounter the Balkans World Music scene, a hidden gem that emerged from the complex historical clashes of civilisations which made this sound profoundly unique, authentic, and exotic.

The performers and participants in the first ever WOMBA Showcase, who presented themselves at the EXIT Festival 2022, were the emerging talents selected by the jury of the MOST Music project, and they were: Almir Meskovic & Daniel Lazar Duo (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Divanhana (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Naked (Serbia), Oratnitza (Bulgaria), Dina e Mel (Croatia), Flying Nomads (Bulgaria), Lenhart Tapes & Tijana Stanković (Serbia), Perija (North Macedonia), Shkodra Elektronike (Albania) and E.U.E.R.P.I (Bulgaria).