 With two stages, a fringe pub, Horace X, and Baka Beyond, ROTW became more of a festival.This increase in potency started to interest larger numbers of local music professionals.With the benefit of these professionals and supporting volunteers ROTW 2000 was on a different level to the previous years; a purpose built stage dominated the Market Place, along with four others, and world music bands such as the Dhol Foundation, Bollywood Brass Band and Kiki Dee featured.