Womad - The World’s Festival

Welcome To WOMADelaide

WOMADelaide 2012 will be held from Friday 09 - Monday 12 March outdoors in Adelaide's beautiful Botanic Park.

WOMAD is the World of Music, Arts & Dance. WOMADelaide began in 1992 and has gone on to become one of Australia's favourite festivals; the 2010 festival attracted 81,500 attendances over four days (not including children 12 and under, who are admitted free).

The program features performances and workshops on seven stages by the world's best musicians, dancers and DJs, alongside street theatre artists and visual artists, the popular Taste the World cooking program, Artists in Conversations sessions and an All-Star Gala finale, plus around 100 food, crafts and display stalls and a KidZone.

CLICK HERE to see the incredible line up for WOMADelaide 2012.

Primary School workshops almost full! CLICK HERE for details

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Change to Tinariwen line-up due to conflict in Mali

Two members of the Grammy-Award winning band, Tinariwen, are no longer able to perform at WOMADelaide on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 March due to a dramatic escalation in the conflicts between the MLNA (Mouvement de Liberation National Azawad) and the Malian Government army in the drought and famine-stricken region of north Mali in which they live.

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Final line up additions revealed!

The final line up additions for WOMADelaide 2012 were revealed Wednesday 11 January and have resulted in a lot of excitement for many of the artists announced.

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