The 019 World Music and Dance Festival begins on Wednesday, August 5, and a Pocket Schedule is now available on our Events Page. View the bilingual daily schedule images or download the full printable PDF. This year’s theme is “wish.” We have magic’ed the Bunda Stage into a new location, so also check out the updated Motomachi Park venue map.
Plan your festival, find your favourite artists, and look out for special extras including WMDF × LOFT SESSION at LOFT HAKODATE on Monday, August 10. As always, schedules may change due to weather or other unavoidable circumstances, so please check the latest online information before coming to the park.
The artist pages for WMDF019 have now been updated with confirmed performance and workshop schedules, making it easier than ever for you to plan your visit.
In June, we released artists’ profiles and their planned festival dates while preparations were still underway. Each page now includes:
– artist profile – artist video – confirmed performances/workshops – stage locations – artist links
WMDF019 • Theme: “wish”
We hope these updated artist pages help you discover new artists, reconnect with familiar favourites, and plan your Hakodate summer. We’ll continue refining the website as planning heats up, and please check back for the printable pocket festival guide coming soon! Inspired by this year’s theme, “wish”, we look forward to welcoming you to seven days of music, dance, art, food, and new encounters across cultures.
The artist pages for WMDF Edition 019 are taking shape!
Join us in Motomachi Park from Aug 5–11 for seven days of music, dance, art, street performance, food, and encounters across cultures. We have now uploaded a substantial collection of artist profiles, with more additions and updates still to come as planning continues.
WMDF 019 brings some exciting additions to our ongoing “100 Project” journey of welcoming artists from around the world. Inspiraciones Costarricenses bring the live music, dance, and pura vida spirit of Costa Rica. Tompuvan carry the soundscape of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo onto the WMDF stage for the first time. Tempvs Fvgit return from Corsica, the Mediterranean island whose polyphonic songs carry centuries of memory and tradition.
The current artist pages also introduce performers from Australia, Poland, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Japan, and beyond, with many familiar WMDF favourites returning to Hakodate.
Each profile includes planned appearance dates. Full daily stage lineups will be announced in July. Please keep checking the artist page as more profiles are added, and also follow our artist videos and updates through our social-media channels.
Around the world, artists are preparing. We look forward to sharing many more meetings of worlds as WMDF 019 takes shape!
