In a bold initiative to address the escalating global climate crisis and work in partnership with others, the Rupununi Music & Arts Festival continued its tree planting programme at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Georgetown. On February 14, exactly 10 years to the day the Festival launched its 1st festival at Rock View in Annai, Region 9, British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller…

One of Guyana’s most popular musician, and a Director of the Rupununi Music & Arts Festival, Gavin Mendonca was in New York recently and had the pleasure of reuniting with one of the Festival’s favourite performers, Iryna Muha. Iryna is a Ukrainian and has performed at the festival twice, at the inaugural event at Rock View in 2014 and at the last performance before the Covid lockdown …

Gavin is the first and only Guyanese to participate in and share Guyanese folk music at an Ethno event
Musician and Director of Rupununi Music & Arts Festival, Gavin Mendonca, is once again blazing a trail across the world, taking Guyanese folk music and culture to new places – this time at Ethno Sweden.
Gavin performed Guyanese folk songs …

Dominican Republic – a nation that shares an island with Haiti and has a rich and vibrant culture, amazing food, warm weather, jungles and mountain and sun-soaked beaches. Beaches such as Playa El Valle in Samana – home of the annual eco/camping festival called Quelonios (this year the 5th edition was hosted from March 4-6). The festival is dedicated to encouraging community and good vibes while highlighting the importance

We are delighted to announce that The Baroness Valerie Amos, one of the Festival’s founding Patron was ‘appointed a member of the Order of the Garter, England’s oldest and most senior order of chivalry, becoming the first Black person in 700 years to receive the honour’. Val, as she is affectionately