Posts Tagged ‘2012’

RWMF ticket sales at AZAM’s event at Boulevard this Friday

RWMF ticket sales at AZAM’s event at Boulevard this Friday

Festival goers will have the chance to make advance purchases of Rainforest World Music Festival entrance ticket at the new Wing of the Boulevard Shopping Mall, here on Friday, July 6 from 5.00 pm to 9.30 pm. A spokesman from the project committee said that this would give opportunity for festival goers to make early [...]

Great music from the Czech Republic coming soon

Great music from the Czech Republic coming soon

Completely energetic, rock roots, a huge collection of exotic instruments, ethnic groove and an unforgettable lead singer – this is Čankišou. They are one of the top world music bands in the Czech Republic and their most recent album made 17th in the World Music Chart Europe in November 2011. The beat is insistent. The [...]

#TwtUpKch short-listed for DiGi WWWOW Awards

#TwtUpKch short-listed for DiGi WWWOW Awards

The organizers of Tweet-Up Kuching (#TwtUpKCH) have received an email from the organizers of the DiGi WWWOW Awards 2012 stating that the event held in The Sping Mall Kuching last year has been short-listed as the top ten social media events for the award. Sarawak Bloggers in releasing the news tweeted that “#TwtUpKCH achieved yet another unexpected [...]

Miri May Fest begins

Miri May Fest begins

Mirians have reason to rejoice as the Miri May Fest started last Tuesday with numerous events lined up. Among the events lined up are a FAMA Fair, KFC Chicky Fun Zone, National Taiji Qigong Shibashi Mass Exercise, Chinese Writing Skill Camp 2012, Miri Bikes Week 2012, Borneo Jazz 2012 and many more. The fest which [...]

Indonesian rising star to perform at the Borneo Jazz

Indonesian rising star to perform at the Borneo Jazz

Rising star of Classical and Jazz in Indonesia Nita Aartsen will be performing at the up-coming Borneo Jazz 2012. She has held the post of State Pianist for 15 years and had the privilege of playing for world dignitaries including the president of the United States. Nita, in her own indomitable style has taken from [...]

WWWOW Awards voting begins

WWWOW Awards voting begins

The DiGi WWWOW Awards voting has begin with the social media event of the year #TwtUpKch 2011 being one of the many running for a place. A statement from Sarawak Bloggers said that they are not looking to win the awards considering the massive competition, but it would be good if #TwtUpKch could give the [...]

Fever begins for Kyan!me Convention 2012

Fever begins for Kyan!me Convention 2012

Kyan!me 2012 officially kick-started last yesterday with the Kyan!me Auditions at the Hills Shopping Mall. The audition was filled with performances from past favorite contestants and young upcoming talents. Among those who performed on Sunday was the yoyo guru, Ryan Han who was one of the performers at Kyan!me Convention 2011. He demonstrated a wide [...]

The Collective are official partners for #TwtUpKch again

The Collective are official partners for #TwtUpKch again

The Sarawak Bloggers main comitee has revealed that The Collective is set to participate yet again in this year’s Tweet-Up Kuching as they will be the official photographer and videographer of the massive event. According to Cyril Dason of Sarawak Blogger, the collaboration between The Collective and Sarawak Bloggers has expanded beyond #TwtUpKch as other projects are [...]

Pesta Benak 2012 thrills the crowd in Sri Aman

Pesta Benak 2012 thrills the crowd in Sri Aman

The 2012 Pesta Benak or Tidal Bore Festival started with a bag yesterday with numerous activities happening including the newly introduced ‘Jet Ski performances’. The fest which was introduced to promote Sri Aman through tourism is also done to promote harmony among local communities. The benak fest is set to go on until Sunday (April [...]