Event: Penang World Music Festival 2012
Date: 30th March 2012- 1st April 2012
Venue: Quarry Park, Penang Botanic Garden
After a three year hiatus, the Penang World Music Festival returns, bigger and better than before!
Music lovers will be in for a good deal as there will be a potpourri of well-known international and local musicians to serenade them amid the resounding rhythms of nature.
Organized by Penang’s State Tourism Development and Culture Office together with UCSI Communications Sdn Bhd, an Event Management Consultant, the upcoming Penang World Music Festival 2012 promises to be an exciting event to look out for next year!
To be staged at the picturesque Quarry Recreational Park, Botanic Gardens, the upcoming festival will feature musicians from all corners of the world and together they will cook up a musical storm that will definitely rock the Pearl of the Orient. The bands are from Australia, India, China, Korea, Africa as well as local Malaysian bands.
The open-air festival which will be held at the well landscape garden amidst the green flora and foliage will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2012, is expected to add colors to the already interesting Visit Penang 2012.
The festival will also be supported by KDU College, Penang Campus as well as Virtual Malaysia. KDU College will assist with providing the more than 100 volunteers needed to run the festival while Virtual Malaysia will provide the IT support.
Hard Rock Hotel has also come on board as the official hotel festival and this international-chain hotel will house all the musicians and the invited foreign media during the festival.
During the festival dates, various interesting programs have been lined-up for the festival goers to enjoy and these include music workshops in the afternoon, Kidz World in the evening and concert at night. Several music workshops will be held simultaneously at the festival venue and these workshops start from 2pm.
The night concert which begins from 7pm, will showcase a magical ensemble of the traditional, the not-so-old and modern musical instruments perform by musician with the lush greenery and the evening sky as the backdrop.
Tickets for the festival are priced at
RM90.00 per all day multiple entry for adults
half price RM45.00 for children aged five to 12 years old.
3 day passes are priced at RM220 each for adults and RM120.00 for children
