WOMADelaide | Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla | 6-9 Mar 2026
WOMADelaide – World Of Music Arts & Dance – returns in 2026 to the City of Adelaide’s Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla for 4 days over the March long weekend.
WOMAD is an internationally acclaimed event and a truly unique part of the Australian festival landscape, showcasing the best, the essential – and the surprising – in music, arts, dance and ideas from around the world. It’s been over 30 years since WOMADelaide made its debut as an independent major event in 1993, and it is now an established pilgrimage for artists and audiences from around the world, hosting over 30+ countries.
Held in beautiful Botanic Park situated between the Adelaide Botanic Garden and the Adelaide Zoo, this event is suitable for the whole family and offers a full program of entertainment for all ages.
For kids and families the entertainment is endless away from the stage too, with the Planet Talks forum, KidZone, art and cooking workshops, the global village and much more. Kids 12 and under receive FREE entry to WOMAD.
WOMADelaide for FAMILIES
WOMADelaide is extremely family friendly. Many of you may have grown up with WOMADelaide, and they love seeing the next generations of tiny dancers appearing each year. There is always so much to keep the little ones entertained at WOMADelaide, and as with past years kids under 12 are still free.
You are more than welcome to bring prams or strollers. Parents with babies and toddlers can enjoy a shaded, comfortable and discrete Parenting Room, plus nursing parents at WOMADelaide have access to feeding chairs, baby changing facilities, a microwave and more.
KIDZONE
A world of fun awaits in the KidZone with daily activities programmed specially for kids 12 and under in a fun, family-friendly and safe environment.
Stay tuned for the 2026 program
2026 ARTIST LINEUP
Enjoy the sounds of Scandinavian folk, bilingual rap, secret Bhuddist language, and trad instrumentals, along with captivating dance, theatre and circus performances roving through the trees.
Some of the exceptional artists for 2026 include exclusive Australian performances from trailblazers Arrested Development, the first hip-hop artists to win Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards, and one of Africa’s greatest female voices and activists Oumou Sangaré, plus beloved Italian pop icon Jovanotti headlining the opening night.
Other sonic joys include Canadian jazz-fusion group BADBADNOTGOOD; The Netherlands/NZ blues-funk trio MY BABY; American gospel family band Annie & The Caldwells – whose latest album was been praised by the likes of Sir Elton John – and psychedelic Amsterdam-based six-piece Nusantara Beat whose music is a nod to their Indonesian roots. They join soulful blues guitarist/singer Fantastic Negrito from the USA; festival favourites KAIIT and Mama Kin Spender, and newcomers including Brazilian Australian artist Alcides Neto.
These artists join legendary Australian band Yothu Yindi; the Afro-funk Fred again.. collaborator Obongjayar; 82-year-old First Nations gospel singer Kankawa Nagarra; renowned Belgian choreographer and dancer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s groundbreaking dance work Rosas danst Rosas; Yolngu rapper and dancer Baker Boy; singer-storyteller Troy Cassar-Daley accompanied by a string quartet; London-based DJ Jyoty and all-female Moroccan group Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou.
Åkervinda (Sweden)
Alcides Neto (Brazil/AUS)
Alfio Antico & Go Dugong (Italy)
Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy (Ghana)
Annahstasia (USA)
Annie & The Caldwells (USA)
Any Young Mechanic (AUS)
Arrested Development (USA)
Ashkan Shafiei (Iran/AUS)
Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou (Morocco)
Australian Art Orchestra with Kojoe & Hikaru Tanaka — Raw Denshi (Japan/AUS)
BADBADNOTGOOD (Canada)
Baker Boy (AUS)
Balaganesan & Bageswari (India)
BARKAA (AUS)
Beoga (Ireland)
Bhutan Balladeers (Bhutan)
Blinky Bill (Kenya)
Bobby Alu (Samoa/AUS)
Born in a Taxi – Higher Order, Illuminati, Please Wait Here, Sleep Keepers & Zebras (AUS)
BVT (Philippines/AUS)
Chloe Loftus Dance – The Air Between Us (NZ/Belgium)
Cie Hors Surface – Le poids des Nuages & HOME, Damien Droin (France)
Crazy P (DJ set) (UK)
Daughters of Donbas (Ukraine/Canada)
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek (Germany)
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra (Macedonia)
Fantastic Negrito (USA)
Ganavya (India/USA)
GANNA (Ukraine)
Georgia Knight (AUS)
Iron & Wine (USA)
Jalen Ngonda (USA/UK)
Jovanotti (Italy)
Jyoty (UK)
KAIIT (PNG/AUS)
Kankawa Nagarra (AUS)
La Perla (Colombia)
The Lazy Eyes (AUS)
Lewis Major Projects – Triptych REDUX (AUS)
MĀ (NZ)
Mama Kin Spender (AUS)
Mantis (Vanuatu)
Marlon Williams (NZ)
Maryam Rahmani (Iran/AUS)
Meganesia (PNG/AUS/West Papua)
Megatronic (UK)
Mungo’s Hi Fi feat. Eva Lazarus (UK)
MY BABY (The Netherlands/NZ)
My Chérie (South Africa/AUS)
Nattali Rize (AUS/Jamaica)
The Necks (AUS)
Nusantara Beat (The Netherlands)
Obongjayar (Nigeria/UK)
Orange Blossom (France)
Osadía (Spain)
Oumou Sangaré (Mali)
Roberto Fonseca (Cuba)
Rosas – Rosas danst Rosas, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Belgium)
Sama’ Abdulhadi (Palestine)
SAN DRAGAN (Myanmar/China/AUS)
Stan’s Café – Of All The People In All The World & The Commentators (UK)
Troy Cassar-Daley (AUS)
Xylourides (Greece)
YASHA (Japan/AUS)
Yothu Yindi (AUS)
Yuka Okazaki (Japan/France)
The Zawose Queens (Tanzania)
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange (AUS)
With more than 600 artists in 69 groups from 38 countries, the 2026 edition of WOMADelaide promises to deliver an extraordinary four-day festival unlike any other in Australia.
VIEW THE 2026 LINEUP OF ARTISTS
FOOD & DRINKS
WOMADelaide is a food lover’s dream, offering an incredibly diverse selection of international cuisines prepared by some of Australia’s finest food vendors. They take great pride in presenting food choices above and beyond the standard festival fare, with dishes that draw inspiration from The Barossa to Bangalore. There will be a smorgasboard of over 50 of Adelaide finest eateries and festival favourites at this year’s event.
Check out the list of FOOD STALLS and BARS + DRINKS
TICKETS
Each adult ticket purchaser is entitled to bring up to two children 12 years and under for free. Additional children’s tickets can be purchased at $30 for a festival ticket or $10 per single day.
All children are required to be ticketed so please ensure that you include the number of free children in the ticketing selection when purchasing tickets. Children must enter with a responsible adult and unaccompanied children will not gain access.
A discounted Youth Pass price is offered to children aged between 13 – 17. Please note that it is a condition of the event Liquor License that after Midnight all people under the age of 18 must in the company and supervision of an adult.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS PRICES AND INFO
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For more information and all enquiries please visit the WOMADelaide website.
What: WOMADelaide 2026
When: Friday 6 – Monday 9 March 2026
Where: Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla | Adelaide, South Australia
Who: Everyone
At Play & Go Adelaide we make every effort to provide accurate information to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. We recommend confirming times, dates and details directly before making any plans as details may be subject to change.
Image Source: photos by Play & Go / graphics by WOMADelaide
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