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WOMAD 2023

27 Jul–30 Jul 2023 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 performances at the Physics Pavilion; pampering and relaxation at the World of Wellbeing and WOMAD Spa, a complete 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 27th

7 acts

Kate Rusby All Stages
Jungle Brothers All Stages
DJ Andy Skank All Stages
Mojam Collective All Stages
Molly's Party Band All Stages
Mister Tooley All Stages
Jamo Jamo Arts and Malmesbury School All Stages

Fri 28th

36 acts

Bombay Bicycle Club All Stages
Emicida All Stages
Ibibio Sound Machine All Stages
Mokoomba All Stages
Susana Baca All Stages
Alicia Edelweiss All Stages
Amjad Ali Khan Amaan Ali Bangash Ayaan Ali Bangash All Stages
Amrat Hussain Brothers Trio All Stages
Amy Montgomery All Stages
Ana Carla Maza All Stages
Baldosa All Stages
Balimaya Project All Stages
Dakh Daughters All Stages
DeMo MoDe All Stages
DJ Chris Tofu and Friends All Stages
Dutty Moonshine Big Band All Stages
Dutty Moonshine Dj Set All Stages
Faith i Branko All Stages
Israel Fernandez All Stages
Jack Baldus All Stages
Kings Of Ping All Stages
King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys All Stages
LEENALCHI All Stages
Los Wembler's De Iquitos All Stages
Mellowmatic All Stages
Montparnasse Musique All Stages
Paolo Tossio All Stages
Polobi and The Gwo Ka Masters All Stages
Queen Omega and The Royal Souls All Stages
Riot Jazz Brass Band All Stages
Rokia Kone All Stages
Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys All Stages
Sanke All Stages
Snapped Ankles All Stages
Theon Cross All Stages
Vassvik All Stages

Sat 29th

36 acts

The Cinematic Orchestra All Stages
Mariza All Stages
47soul All Stages
Ana Tijoux All Stages
Enny All Stages
Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan All Stages
The Comet Is Coming All Stages
Ajate All Stages
Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy All Stages
Amaraterra All Stages
Carmen Consoli All Stages
Catrin Finch and Cimarron All Stages
Cha Wa All Stages
Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra All Stages
DeMo MoDe All Stages
DJ Lils All Stages
DJ Hiphioppapotamus All Stages
Jack Baldus All Stages
Justin Adams and Mauro Durante All Stages
Kings Of Ping All Stages
Liraz All Stages
Lokkhi Terra All Stages
Luke Una All Stages
Madam Electrifie All Stages
Mari Kalkun All Stages
Mesadorm All Stages
Mista Trick Collective All Stages
NAKHANE All Stages
Orchestra Qawwali Project Ft Rushil Ranjan And Abi Sampa All Stages
Pongo All Stages
Reem Kelani All Stages
Rory McLeod All Stages
salami rose joe louis All Stages
The Scribes All Stages
Ukulele Death Squad All Stages
Wiyaala and The Yagayagas All Stages

Sun 30th

29 acts

Femi Kuti and the Positive Force All Stages
Soul II Soul All Stages
Horace Andy With Dub Asante Band Ft Matic Horns All Stages
Jamz Supernova All Stages
Souad Massi All Stages
Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou All Stages
DJ Format All Stages
Jack Baldus All Stages
Kathryn Joseph All Stages
Kuunatic All Stages
Lia de Itamaracá All Stages
Lova Lova All Stages
MADMADMAD All Stages
Malkit Singh All Stages
Man & The Echo All Stages
Marina Satti All Stages
Mc Yallah and Debmaster All Stages
Nihiloxica All Stages
Oh My God! It's The Church All Stages
Paprika All Stages
Puuluup All Stages
Raz and Afla All Stages
Dj Sacha Dieu All Stages
Sahra Halgan All Stages
Saramaccan Sound (suriname) All Stages
Soumik Datta All Stages
Staples Jr Singers All Stages
Star Feminine Band All Stages
The Olllam All Stages

Femi Kuti and The Positive Force
Bombay Bicycle Club
Kate Rusby
Mariza
Horace Andy With Dub Asante Band
The Comet is Coming
Mokoomba
Souad Massi
Susana Baca

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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
Review

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