GWMF was born in 2012 and since then, every year brings to Gibraltar the best world music artists through unique shows. Each year GWMF tells the story of a region of the world or a specific style of music with the ambition of delivering a strong message of peace, universalim and spirituality.
Headliners of previous festivals:
GWMF2012 - Sephardic Divas: Sarah Aroeste, OFIR, Françoise Atlan and Mor Karbasi.
GWFM2013 - Passage to Asia: En Chordais, The Sweet Canary Ensemble, Mark Eliyahu and Yasmin Levy and Mediterranean Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon.
GWFM2014 - Chindia: Nathan Conroy, Guo Gan & Mieko Miyazaki, Itamar Doari & Tomer Moked and Nitin Sawhney
GWMF2015 - Khamsa: Neta Elkayam, Jazz Oil, David Morales, Dhafer Youssef, Abir El Abed, Françoise Atlan
GWMF2016 Obrigado!- Carmen Sousa, Marcio Faraco, Carminho
GWMF2017 Uprising - Yossi Fine and Ben Aylon, Gili Yalo, Bassekou Kouyate
GWMF2018 Borders - Quarter to Africa, Orphy Robinson and the Voicestra Polyphonic Collective