BOUGAINVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL

 

Reuniting & reigniting Bougainville through music

Last year's winners Black Temple from Tinputz, North Bougainville.

 

BY PETERSON TSERAHA in Arawa

BUKA town is going to come alive during the independence celebrations because the second Bougainville contemporary show will be hosted.

The Bougainville Music Arts Academy (BMAA) will be hosting the event from  September 15-16 to coincide with Papua New Guinea's 47^th independence celebrations.

 "Bougainville Contemporary Music Show", it is a three day event that is planned to assemble Bougainville Contemporary music bands and artists to display the different category of music they play by blending together traditional and modern using both traditional & modern instruments.

The event is arranged in the month of September 2022 by the Bougainville Music Art Academy. 

The event focuses on promoting Bougainville Contemporary Music and re-uniting people through music, promote community spirit and nationalism while on the broader scale, enhance socio and economic activities.

This music event is a journey in Bougainville Music where the young can appreciate and understand those who pioneered the development of music in Bougainville and is expected to be visited by youths, adults - men & women (young & Old).

 With the help of attractive themes and innovative ideas, BMAA intends to make this event a huge success and are pleased to invite you to be one of the sponsors for our upcoming event.

BMAA Executive Director Neville Kapapal said the event is the second time around now since the last years one was the first hosted in Arawa.

“Ours is a music training provider, we provide music lessons both in theory and practical for beginners to advance and our firm is based in Arawa, Autonomous Region of Bougainville. 

"We venture into music events by creating and pairing together our passion for business (Music School) and music events,” Kapapal said.

“Our team understands that a properly executed music event can be leveraged to support organization’s strategic vision, incorporated into a company’s marketing plan, or used to build networks and client loyalty.

“We are currently seeking sponsorship right now and our sponsorship are categorized in three categories Gold Sponsorship and that is worth K100,000 Silver Sponsorship that’s is K60,000 and bronze sponsorship K40,000.

“The Gold sponsor will have the naming rights and all other sponsors will be marketed on social media and the main stream media,” Kapapal said.