25 years of WOMADelaide! Fire artists Cie Carabosse return with a special installation The Exodus of Forgotten Peoples in Frome Park – the first use of that space at the festival. Philip Glass Ensemble perform live to the screening of Godfrey Reggio’s KOYAANISQATSI. Austrian electro-swing stars Parov Stelar, the curious experiential theatre of Cie Ekart, the eclectic sounds from the traditional Hanoi Masters, and the dynamic Inna Modja all performed exclusively in Australia for WOMADelaide 2017.

Other crowd favourites included A.B. Original, Archie Roach, Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, The Soil and The Specials.

“Since 1992 WOMADelaide has always been an extraordinary meeting point of cultures, performances and artistic creativity from around the world and the WOMADelaide 2017 lineup truly showcases this diversity of cultural experience for the widest possible audience” -  Director, Ian Scobie.

"It is truly a celebration of this diverse and talent-filled world that we live in, and is without doubt one of the most important cultural festivals in Australia" - Double J 

"Womadelaide 2017 … Australia’s most diverse and surprising festival" - The Guardian

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2017 Poster

WOMADelaide 2017 Lineup

Music & Dance
  • 30/70 (Australia)
  • 9Bach (Wales)
  • Aaron Thomas (Australia)
  • A. B. Original (Australia)
  • A Guy Called Gerald (UK)
  • Alma Flamenca (Australia)
  • Ana Tijoux (Chile)
  • Archie Roach w/ Uncle Jack Charles (Australia)
  • Aurelio (Honduras)
  • Aziza Brahim (Western Sahara / Spain)
  • Baba Zula (Turkey)
  • Bamba Wassoulou Groove (Mali)
  • Bebel Gilberto (Brazil)
  • Bokanté (USA)
  • Brushy One String (Jamaica)
  • Caiti Baker (Australia)
  • Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc & Senyawa - “Attractor” (Australia / Indonesia)
  • D. D. Dumbo (Australia)
  • Dope Lemon (Australia)
  • The East Pointers (Canada)
  • EkosDance Company - “Cry Jailolo” (Indonesia)
  • Electric Fields (Australia)
  • Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra (Serbia)
  • FLAMINGO (Australia)
  • Fuel Fandango (Spain)
  • Gawurra (Australia)
  • Hanoi Masters (Vietnam)
  • Hemingstein (Australia)
  • The Hot 8 Brass Band (USA)
  • Inna Modja (Mali)
  • Jesse Davidson (Australia)
  • Joy & Sparks (Australia)
  • Kelly Menhennett (Australia)
  • Kiasmos (Iceland)
  • L-FRESH the LION (Australia)
  • La Bomba: Afro-Latino Dance (Australia)
  • La Mambanegra (Colombia)
  • Lamine Sonko & the African Intelligence (Senegal / Australia)
  • MANE (Australia)
  • The Manganiyar Classroom (India)
  • Mercedes Peón (Spain)
  • Montaigne (Australia)
  • Nattali Rize (Jamaica / Australia)
  • Nhatty Man & Gara (Ethiopia / Australia)
  • Oki Dub Ainu Band (Japan)
  • Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro (Argentina)
  • Oumou Sangaré (Mali)
  • Parov Stelar (Austria)
  • Philip Glass Ensemble “KOYAANISQATSI” LIVE! - Life out of Balance (USA)
  • The Piyut Ensemble (Israel)
  • Rahaan (USA)
  • Rich Medina (USA)
  • Senyawa (Indonesia)
  • Sinkane (Sudan/USA)
  • Skratch Bastid (Canada)
  • The Soil (South Africa)
  • The Specials (UK)
  • Sudha Ragunathan (India)
  • TAGO (South Korea)
  • Tangents (Australia)
  • Toni Childs (USA / Australia)
  • Uncle Jack Charles (Australia)
  • The Waifs (Australia)
  • Warsaw Village Band (Poland)
  • William Crighton (Australia)
  • Xanga (Australia)
  • Xylouris White (Greece / Australia)
Site & Roving Artists
  • AES+F (Russia)
  • Astrid Mendez (Chile / Australia)
  • Cie Carabosse (France)
  • Cie Ekhart (France)
  • Les Goulus (France)
  • Sans Compagnie Fixe (France)
  • Tyrone Sheather (Australia)
  • [big] String (Australia)
The Planet Talks
  • Carmel Johnston (USA)
  • Erin Rhoads (Australia)
  • Father Bob Maguire (Australia)
  • Fiona Walsh (Australia)
  • Jon Dee (Australia)
  • Josh Richards (Australia)
  • Karen O’Brien (Norway)
  • Kyle Wiens (USA)
  • Lewis Yerloburka (Australia)
  • Miriam Corowa (Australia)
  • Nicholas Chileshe (Australia)
  • Philippa Rowland (Australia)
  • Prof Mohamad Abdalla (Australia)
  • Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black (Australia)
  • Richard Fidler (Australia)
  • Robyn Williams (Australia)
  • Sir Tim Smit (UK)
  • Sonya Feldhoff (Australia)
  • Vanessa Morrish (Australia)
  • Veena Sahajwalla (Australia)
  • Veronica Perrurle Dobson (Australia)
  • Zaachariaha Fielding (Australia)
KidZone
  • Carclew
  • Evelyn Roth’s Nylon Zoo
  • Allan Sumner - Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri Stories
  • Mem Fox
  • The Nature Village
  • SA Museum Explorers’ Tent
  • Adelaide City Libraries Bedtime Stories