WOMADelaide

WOMADelaide
Festival logo
GenrePerforming arts festival
FrequencyAnnually
LocationsBotanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Coordinates34°54′52″S 138°36′39″E / 34.914581°S 138.61075°E / -34.914581; 138.61075
Years active13 March 1992 (1992-03-13) – present
Inaugurated13 March 1992 (1992-03-13)
FoundersPeter Gabriel, Thomas Brooman
Most recent
6–9 March 2026
Next event
5–8 March 2027
Attendance110,000 (2023 - total across the 4 day event, daily capacity is 30,000)
Organised byWOMADelaide Foundation
Websitewww.womadelaide.com.au Edit this at Wikidata
View of Botanic Park

WOMADelaide is an annual four-day festival of music, arts, and dance held in Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia which encourages people of all ages and backgrounds to experience the music of cultures other than their own as a way of developing global understanding. The event is hosted by the WOMAD festivals organisation, which aims "to excite, to create, to inform and to highlight awareness of the worth and potential of a multicultural society", and is one of many WOMAD festivals held around the world. As well as presenting a selection of music from a wide range of countries and cultures, WOMADelaide also holds side events such as talks and discussions.

WOMADelaide has won a number of awards, including a Helpmann Award for "Best Contemporary Music Festival" in 2008 and 2016, the Australian Event Awards "Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event" in 2015, and the Fowlers Live / SA Music Awards "Best Live Music Event" for five years in a row from 2012 to 2016.