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WOMAD

23 Jul–26 Jul 2020 Charlton Park, Wiltshire

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WOMAD is about so much more than incredible music; as well as these brilliant artists it has; live literary events and conversation at the World of Words; mind-expanding talks, experiments and performance at the Physics Pavilion, pampering and relaxation at the World of Wellbeing and WOMAD Spa, an exclusive installation in World of Art, Fantastical activities and interactive workshops in The World of Children and the only stage in the world where artist perform and cook for the audience, the legendary Taste the World.

Lineup

Thu 23rd

2 acts

Fatoumata Diawaraunknown stage
The Selecterunknown stage

Unknown Day

42 acts

A Certain Ratiounknown stage
Ak Dan Gwang Chilunknown stage
Alla Leake Percussionunknown stage
Angélique Kidjounknown stage
Ásgeirunknown stage
B.Danceunknown stage
Bab L'Bluzunknown stage
Barmer Boysunknown stage
Cimafunkunknown stage
Dizraeliunknown stage
Dublin Calling All Star Bandunknown stage
Dudu Tassa and The Kuwaitisunknown stage
Fajardounknown stage
Fantastic Negritounknown stage
Fra Fraunknown stage
Gypsy Hillunknown stage
Isaac Birituro and The Rail Abandonunknown stage
Johanna Juhola Reaktoriunknown stage
Joseph Tawadrosunknown stage
Kate Tempestunknown stage
Kefaya And Elaha Soroorunknown stage
King Kong Companyunknown stage
King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boysunknown stage
Lazy Habitsunknown stage
Les Amazones D'Afriqueunknown stage
Marizaunknown stage
Mesadormunknown stage
MINYO CRUSADERSunknown stage
Mokoombaunknown stage
Nihiloxicaunknown stage
Ramunknown stage
Sahba Motallebiunknown stage
Sahra Halganunknown stage
Seed Ensembleunknown stage
Son Rompe Peraunknown stage
Sona Jobartehunknown stage
The Alostmenunknown stage
The Flaming Lipsunknown stage
The Mauskovic Dance Bandunknown stage
Too Many T'sunknown stage
Vassvikunknown stage
Wovoka Gentleunknown stage

Camping

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Location & Map

Charlton Park, Wiltshire

Malmesbury, Wilts, Wiltshire, SN169DG

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Past Reviews

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4/5

Womad 2026 Smashes the Patriarchy (and much more)

"If the mark of a top festival is leaving you wanting more, then Womad sits at the pinnacle. I almost wept at the thought of waiting a whole year until the next one as I left its beautiful new venue. "

28 Jul 2026
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5/5

Emotional Womad elicits tears and cures physics trauma

"There are festivals and then there is Womad. Over an extended Wiltshire July weekend it reliably serves up a vision of a better world, where all ages, creeds"

Neil del Strother 2 Aug 2024
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5/5

Womad serves up heady mix of war, wet and wonder

"Every year Womad reliably serves up an embarrassment of musical riches. There’s a seemingly inexhaustible list of extraordinary and – to me at least..."

Neil del Strother 2 Aug 2023
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4/5

Middle-Aged Womad Offers Embarrassment of Riches

"Womad is the most magical of festivals. Forty years old, it still maintains an innocence, humility and sense of wonder that few, if any, other festivals can rival"

Neil del Strother 16 Aug 2022
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4/5

Womad 2019 is some way beyond brilliant

"n truth Womad 2019 wasn’t perfect, but it was bloody brilliant, if not some way beyond it. And my right-on-it teenage daughter thought so too..."

Neil del Strother 7 Aug 2019
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