Budapest To Host Womex Festival

  • 1 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
Budapest To Host Womex Festival
Hungary will host the first East Central European world music expo Womex on October 21-25, it was announced yesterday. Human Resources Ministry state secretary Péter Hoppál told a press briefing at the Palace of Arts that the festival will have an appropriate home in the country of Bartók and Kodály. The government is granting Ft 300-350 million to the event.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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