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2018 WOMADelaide

Wednesday, November 20

96,000 flock to 2018 WOMADelaide

GALLERY: Around 96,000 people converged at WOMADelaide over the long weekend to see 70 acts including jazz musician Kamasi Washington, sitar player Anoushka Shankar, the mesmerising Manganiyar Seduction and controversial feather-filled aerial show Place des Anges.

Ian Scobie's must-see shows at 2018 WOMADelaide

Around 70 solo musicians and groups from around the world will perform at WOMADelaide in Botanic Park this long weekend. Here, director Ian Scobie gives InDaily his top 10 must-see musicians and shows.

WoMade highlights SA designers at WOMADelaide this weekend

The entire world is on offer at WOMADelaide this weekend, but it will be local designers taking the spotlight at the festival’s WoMade makers market.

Havana Meets Kingston brings Caribbean vibes to Botanic Park

WOMADelaide fans will be treated to a dynamic show featuring some Caribbean music legends when Havana Meets Kingston melds the Afro-Cuban and jazz sounds of Cuba with the roots reggae and bass culture of Jamaica.

A voice from the front lines of climate change

At WOMADelaide this year, poet and activist Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner will bring immediacy to the climate change debate with her first-hand experience of its consequences on her home, the Marshall Islands.

WOMAD to welcome 'middle-aged ratbags from Mullum'

A group of 28 men who describe themselves as “possibly the most handsome Russian choir this side of Vladivostok” say they’re fired up to make their debut at WOMADelaide this weekend.

'Fresh New Prince' Baker Boy is ready to rap at WOMADelaide

Emerging Indigenous rapper Baker Boy, AKA the “Fresh New Prince of Arnhem Land”, is hoping to make the audience “go crazy” at WOMADelaide after a whirlwind year on the national stage.

Peter Greste: Why we all need to fight for press freedom

Former foreign correspondent Peter Greste hopes his talk at WOMADelaide will help people understand why press freedom must be protected and remind them of the crucial role journalists play in holding governments to account.

Peter Greste, Tim Flannery lead Womad talks program

Foreign correspondent Peter Greste will be one of the key speakers at WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks sessions next year, examining the current state of press freedom and its effect on democracy around the world.

Crossing boundaries: WOMADelaide reveals full 2018 program

WOMADelaide has added more than 50 extra acts to complete a 2018 line-up spanning everything from Israeli hip-hop, New York gypsy punk and Scandinavian folk to Indigenous rap and vintage Aussie rock.