In just over two weeks’ time, international and local musicians will perform in what is billed as the first world musical festival in the Rupununi.
The Rupununi Music & Arts Festival will kick off on Valentine’s night, February 14th at Rock View Lodge in Annai, North Rupununi and runs until February 16th. “This will be a golden opportunity in which local and international artistes from around the world will have the opportunity to share in a weekend of performances, workshops, discussions, and of course, sample Amerindian culture and have some real fun,” Bob Ramdhanie, Festival Director, was quoted as saying in a statement from the organisers.
“The idea of this first camping music festival in the Rupununi is both novel and challenging and demands a new creative approach. We have to convert the space around Rock View Lodge into a festival village and we are doing so in an eco-sensitive manner with benabs, washrooms and showers all being built from local materials. We want to
