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Honiara Independence Music Festival in Honiara
Solomon Islands marks Independence Day on 7 July, commemorating independence from Britain in 1978, and Honiara's capital status makes it the natural centre for related music and cultural performances, though a specifically named Independence Music Festival was not independently confirmed.
Solomon Islands became an independent nation on 7 July 1978, ending British colonial administration that had governed the islands as the British Solomon Islands Protectorate since the late nineteenth century.