Name: WOMAD 2022
Start: 2022-07-28
End: 2022-07-31
Location: Charlton Park

WOMAD 2022

Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2022
Charlton Park , Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 9DG, England MAP
expect £225 for 4 days, £185 for 3 days

Daily capacity: 40,000

Last updated: Wed 29th Jun 2022

Bringing together many forms of music, arts and dance from countries and cultures around the world on seven separate stage and workshop areas, WOMAD stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance, and returns to the picturesque site at Charlton Park, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire from Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2022.

Along with the music there's the World of Words, World of Art, World of Children, World of Wellbeing, and Taste the World.

WOMAD plans to put Covid-safe measures in place.

Line-up

The line-upincludes The Flaming Lips; Angelique Kidjo 'remain In Light'; Kae Tempest; Fatoumata Diawara;
A Certain Ratio The Dhol Foundation Fantastic Negrito The Garifuna Collective Greentea Peng Les Amazones D'afrique Nitin Sawhney Sona Jobarteh Sugarhill Gang & The Furious Five The Selecter, and many more. for the details as available including day splits please see the lineup page.

Tickets

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4 day adult ticket including camping is £255.

3 day adult ticket including camping is £205.

see the ticket page for other ticket options.

Global village

WOMAD offers festie fodder from around the globe and a Real Ale Bar, a Cider Bar, and the 'Taste the World' tent where some of the artists will show off their cooking, and usually stage an impromptu gig.

Workshops

Music Workshops for adults, will include participatory sessions with WOMAD artists. Festival goers will be able to immerse themselves in the stories behind the music, learn the origins of rare and unusual instruments, and more.

Children

The festival is aimed at the whole family, and allows all children aged 13 years and under, in for free. 'The World of Children' will have the usual comprehensive programme of workshops, entertainment and activities, open from 9am-7pm with almost all activities free. They are held throughout the weekend culminating in the Children's Parade which starts from the Children's area traditionally at 6pm on the Sunday and winds its way through the main arena.

The 2019 theme for World of Children is SPACE. Experience space unicorns, cosmic clowns, riotous robots, space oddities, moon watch, Ziggy Stardust, spiders from Mars, shadow puppets, a solar coconut shy, alien invasions and loads more.