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5 Definite Highlights from George Town Festival 2017 Week One

Jimmy Nelson gives a talk in Bangunan UAB on 30 July 2017 (picture credit by Marco Ferrarese)

This is a busy year for Joe Sidek’s Productions: right after curating the first edition of Kuching’s Rainforest Fringe Festival, the team returned to Penang to kick off a new edition of George Town Festival, in its eighth edition. We have attended a number of events over the first of the festival’s six weekends. We… Continue reading 5 Definite Highlights from George Town Festival 2017 Week One

The 3 Highlights of Kuching’s Rainforest Fringe Festival 2017

At Adau, one of Kuching's most promising world music bands, rocking it at Sada Kamek (picture by Marco Ferrarese)

You may wonder why a Penang-focused blog wanted to publish a post about the 20th edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching, Sarawak. Well, you may not know, but I love Kuching. The city shares a lot with Penang: a burgeoning art scene, a walkable waterfront, some of Malaysia’s best hotels, mouth-watering food,… Continue reading The 3 Highlights of Kuching’s Rainforest Fringe Festival 2017