Factory International

WOMEX 24 Festival: Thursday

This event has ended
Photo of Rei with his arm in the air wearing a black hat and jacket
Date
24 Oct 2024
Venue
Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ
Tickets
£30

9pm – 1.30am

To book access tickets please call 0161 817 4531 (Monday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm) or email access@factoryinternational.org

This event has ended

Suitable for ages 18+ Please bring ID
Running time: 4.5 hours

Accessibility features available for this event: Wheelchair Access

Discover sounds from across the globe at this year’s Worldwide Music Expo (WOMEX)! Book your Thursday night ticket here.

With 27 acts over 3 nights, immerse yourself in a vibrant mix of musical genres and styles, encompassing a global spectrum of folk, roots, jazz, and electronic music.

Aviva Studios lies at the heart of the WOMEX 24 Festival, playing host to three stages across the Warehouse and Hall. A perfect place to hang out, soak up the atmosphere and experience music representing diverse cultures and regions worldwide.

The full schedule including stage times is available on womex-festival.com. Please note this is subject to change, and final stage times will be released closer to the event.

Line-up

Eight members of Barrut wearing all-black – the photo is black-and-white

Barrut (France)

Barrut consists of seven singers and a percussionist who draw inspiration for their magnetic and wild songs from the vocal polyphonies of the French region of Occitania. In a powerful symphony, Barrut makes their intimate and political struggles resonate through pamphlets, fables, epics, and other poetic chronicles of today’s world.

Photo by Julien Bresson.

Photo of two members of Casapalma stood in a green field with their instruments

Casapalma (Spain)

Rediscovering Cantabrian folklore for the 21st century, Irene Atienza and Yoel Molina explore the jotas, tonadas and other traditions that Irene grew up with in her family home in Santander, and re-code them for the digital world.

Kabaka Pyramid wearing a white vest and gold chain

Kabaka Pyramid (Jamaica)

Kabaka Pyramid is a reggae artist from Kingston, Jamaica, who combines elements of roots reggae, dancehall, and rap. A key pillar of the reggae revival movement, he is a Grammy Award-winning conscious revolutionary lyricist with a signature musical style that blends the power, energy, and melody of reggae with the lyricism of hip-hop.

Katarina Barruk in the woods wearing a long purple robe

Katarina Barruk (Norway / Sweden)

From the Sábmie people, born in Sweden, and based in Norway is leading Sápmi singer Katarina Barruk. She is known for revitalising the Ume Sámi  language, her mother-tongue. She performs a fierce, yet deeply down-to-earth, mix of pop music, traditional yoik and improvisational elements. With a deep commitment to sustaining the language and representing her nation, Barruk’s music is imbued with a social, cultural and political urgency.

Photo by Sara Berglund.

Four members of Mitsune wearing traditional Japanese clothing

Mitsune (Japan / Germany)

Mitsune is a Japanese neo-folk fusion band based in Berlin, with members hailing from Japan, Australia, Germany, and Greece. Fronted by a powerful trio of female shamisen players, accompanied by percussion and double bass, Mitsune takes their love of Japanese folk music and infuses it with psychedelic, jazz, and cinematic influences to create an evocative musical fusion experience.

Photo by Shari Marks.

Photo of Rei with his arm in the air wearing a black hat and jacket

Rei (New Zealand)

Rei is a multi-award-winning artist in the new movement of Māori music from Aotearoa New Zealand, fusing his Māori musical heritage with electronic dance and hip-hop, scoring over 12 million Spotify streams and playing major festivals.

Collage of the six members of Sarab. Their black-and-white photographs are on an orange/brown background.

Sarab (Syria / France)

Sarab creates a compelling blend of Arabic music, jazz, and rock, emerging as one of the most captivating bands from the dynamic Paris music scene in recent years. Formed from the collaboration between Franco-Syrian singer Climène Zarkan and guitarist Baptiste Ferrandis, Sarab – meaning “mirage” in Arabic – transcends borders and genres. They navigate through Eastern and European tones, fusing energetic rhythms and harmonies from both cultures into an ingenious yet authentic musical fusion.

Headshot of Stogie T on a black background

Stogie T (South Africa) 

Born in Tanzania to exiled parents and currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Stogie Twhose real name is Tumi Molekane, has enjoyed a prolific music career spanning more than 15 years as an acclaimed rapper, poet, and hip-hop artist.

Photo of Tuulikki Bartosik sat by the water with her accordion

Tuulikki Bartosik (Estonia / Sweden)

Tuulikki Bartosik is a boundary-pushing, Swedish-Estonian musician and composer, taking her accordion on an innovative musical exploration from serene forest tranquillity to bustling urban energy, gaining international acclaim for her singular neo-classical Nordic electro-acoustica.

Ticket information

This ticket is for the WOMEX stages at Aviva Studios on Thursday night only. Tickets for Friday and Saturday night at Aviva Studios are available here.

Factory International members get early access to book day tickets at Aviva Studios:

Factory International members on sale: Thursday 19 September, 10am

General tickets on sale: Friday 20 September, 10am

3-Night and 1-Night Passes are also available giving you access to all other venues and showcases. Visit womex-festival.com to find out more.

For ticketing and box office related enquiries, please contact tickets@factoryinternational.org or call 0333 322 8679 (phone lines are open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm).

For more information please visit Ticketing and Sale of Goods Terms & Conditions – Factory International

Credits

WOMEX is produced by Piranha Arts. Manchester Music City is the local host partner for WOMEX 24. WOMEX 24 is supported by Manchester City Council, Arts Council England, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), Manchester Airport Group.

Access information

Our full address is Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ and the what3words is chop.feeds.chase.

You can approach Aviva Studios along Water Street (coming from Quay Street) or along Liverpool Road (coming from Deansgate or Castlefield). Both entrances to the building have double sets of glass doors.

Once inside Aviva Studios, there is step-free access to all areas of the venue. The flooring throughout the building is smooth concrete.

The entrance to the Hall is by lift, escalator or stairs from one side of the Social beside the brick arches. There is only one escalator, and this will take you up to the Hall before the show, and will be reversed so that you can travel down at the end of the performance.

The Social has a range of seating, including those with arms and backs.

The bars in the Social and Hall Foyer have lowered accessible service points.

Our building is large. We have portable stools available to borrow if you would benefit from resting along the way during your visit.

We have wheelchair spaces and seats at standing events for all events.

There are accessible toilets on all public levels of our building.

Accessible toilets are located inside the main toilets space in the brick arches of the Social.

Here you’ll find a mixture of accessible cubicles with left- or right-hand transfer, towards the back of the space, as well as ambulant accessible cubicles with grab rails, as well as a Changing Places facility.

The toilets in the brick arches of the Social are split into male, female and gender neutral – all of which contain accessible cubicles. There are shared handwashing facilities in each arch – they have soap dispensers under the mirrors to your left and dryers to the right. There are separate handwashing facilities inside the accessible cubicles.

There are additional single-room accessible toilets located in both Hall Foyers, at stalls and circle level.

There are additional single-room accessible toilets located in the Warehouse Foyer.

You do not need a key to use the accessible toilets at Aviva Studios.

Assistance dogs are welcome in our building, and we can provide mats and water bowls on request, just ask a host when you arrive. We can also take care of your assistance dog if you do not want to take your dog into the performance space. Please also refer to our assistance dogs policy.

If you are bringing an assistance dog to a ticketed event, please let us know in advance by contacting access@factoryinternational.org or calling our access phone number: 0161 817 4531 (phone lines are open 10am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday).

We are sorry that assistive listening is not available for this event. To explore events that do have this access provision available, check out our access performance information page.

Travel information

Our closest stations are:

Salford Central station: 0.4 miles

Deansgate station and Deansgate-Castlefield tram: 0.6 miles

St Peter’s Square tram: 0.6 miles

Manchester Victoria station is approximately one mile from Aviva Studios

Manchester Piccadilly station is approximately 1.3 miles from Aviva Studios

Click on the links above to find detailed access information for each station.

By Bike

There are 40 bike parking spaces at Aviva Studios including space for two accessible bikes.

National Cycling Route 6 passes close to the venue and this TfGM webpage can help with route planning.

You can also hire bikes from on-street docking stations across the city centre. The closest docking stations to our venue are currently on Deansgate by Liverpool Road and (400m from the building) and by King Street (500m from the building). Take a look at Transport for Greater Manchester’s webpage for advice on cycle hire.

By Walking and Other Active Means

Aviva Studios can be approached along Water Street via Liverpool Road (coming from Deansgate or Castlefield).

If you're coming from Quay Street, the safest route to avoid construction works is via the cut-through opposite Gartside Street and past Booking.com.

All footways in the surrounding area are well lit and there are appropriate crossings across all main roads.

Pedestrians with visual impairment are recommended to approach the building via Water Street, from Liverpool Road. This route has traditional carriageway and footway design with fixed street furniture which should help with navigation to the entrance.

A footbridge at Left Bank in Spinningfields provides an accessible link across the River Irwell to Salford Central station, and a further footbridge also links Aviva Studios with the Salford area of Middlewood Locks.

Free bus services stop at all city-centre stations, and near to Aviva Studios along Deansgate, Bridge St and Quay St. Buses on these free routes are wheelchair accessible. For full details of the free bus routes, please visit the TfGM website.

There is a car park approximately 0.6 miles from Aviva Studios at Water Street Car Park, New Elm Rd, Manchester, M3 4JH.

There is also a NCP car park (Manchester Spinningfields) approximately 0.5 miles away from Aviva Studios at Spinningfields, New Quay Street, Manchester, M3 3BE. It has 35 accessible bays.

There are a small number of Blue Badge spaces along Water St and Quay St. Otherwise head towards Liverpool Road, Great John St and Lower Byrom St – close to our neighbours, the Science and Industry Museum where there are a small number of additional Blue Badge spaces.

For a list of other parking bays available in the area, visit Manchester City Council website.

Become a Member

Experience extraordinary, all year round by becoming a Member. It’s just £45 for 12 months of benefits including priority booking, discounts, offers and much more. Are you in?

Join now →
Sign up ↓