WOMADelaide has announced the first 47 artists in its 2025 line-up, including English singer and multi-instrumentalist PJ Harvey, fado star Mariza, and 47SOUL – the Palestinian band at the centre of controversy when they were ‘uninvited’ this year.
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WOMADelaide is the place to make new music discoveries, and ahead of this year’s event Annette Tripodi shares tips for some must-see acts spanning Ukrainian folk, Balkans ska-rock, West African funk and more.
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Nigerian singer and saxophonist Seun Kuti is one of the final four international artists announced for this year’s WOMADelaide and is promising to present a powerful show with the band originally formed by his Afrobeat pioneer father Fela Kuti.
An immense, joyful fresco – that’s how Gratte Ciel director Stéphane Girard describes the French company’s feather-fuelled aerial show unfurling across the night skies over Botanic Park during this weekend’s WOMADelaide.
The headline acts may grab attention, but there are plenty of lesser-known music gems waiting to be discovered at WOMADelaide. Festival associate director Annette Tripodi suggests eight must-see artists in the 2023 line-up.
SA arts and culture news in brief: WOMADelaide announces final 35 artists for next year, award-winning play Euphoria among highlights of Country Arts SA’s 2023 program unveiled this week, and Cabaret Festival’s Variety Gala proves a hot ticket.
WOMADelaide has revealed a further 30 acts bound for Botanic Park in 2023, including Senegalese star Youssou N’Dour, Scottish folk-rockers The Proclaimers, English singer-activist Billy Bragg, and multiple-ARIA-winning artist Sampa the Great.
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