WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2010

WOMAD returns to Abu Dhabi Corniche and Al Jahili Fort in Al Ain, in United Arab Emirates for the second year from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 24th April 2010.

Line-up

Headlining this year's festival is Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley (Jamaica), Hakim (Egypt), Rachid Taha (Algeria/France), Transglobal Underground (UK), The Drummers of Burundi (Burundi) and Tinariwen (Mali).

Full programme is as follows:

Thursday 22nd April 2010

The Drummers of Burundi, Hanggai, Le Trio Joubran, Faiz Ali Faiz and Titi Robin, Babylon Circus, Femi Kuti, Hakim.

Friday 23rd April 2010

Rango, ABRI, Chemirani's, Transglobal Underground, Sierra Maestra, Rachid Tah.

Saturday 24th April 2010

Debashish Battacharya, Amparo Sánchez, Mayra Andrade, Tinariwen Collaboration with Mehdi Haddab and Kyp Malone & Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio), Ilham Al Madfai, Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley.

The schedule of artists for WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2010 at Al Jahili Fort, Al Ain is:

Thursday 22nd April 2010

Desert Cultures, Chemirani's Debashish Battacharya, Musafir Gypsies of Rajasthan, ABRI, Tinariwen, Habib Koité

Friday 23rd April 2010

Desert Cultures, Drummers of Burundi, !Gubi Family, Le Trio Joubran, Musafir Gypsies of Rajasthan, Faiz ali Faiz, Hanggai, and Tinariwen.

FREE

The festival is free to attend, but there is no camping offered on site.

On site

During the free festival, spread over three stages, WOMAD-goers will see performers from countries including the UAE, UK, Cuba, India, Palestine, Tanzania and many more. WOMAD Abu Dhabi's far-ranging and musically adventurous selection of performers will have something for everyone's tastes. One particular style - always popular - will be the drum-based groups, igniting the rhythm!

In addition to the line-up of performers WOMAD Abu Dhabi is offering family-orientated workshops featuring music, dance and visual art brought by the programme WOMAD Beyond.

This element of WOMAD Abu Dhabi will be experienced in the Tri-Span Tent on the Corniche, where a variety of schools across the Emirate are taking part. Food is an artistic side dish in the "Taste The World" segment, where artists cook up favourite dishes from their native countries, inviting the audience to sample them.

Also part of WOMAD is the "Desert Cultures" tent, in Al Jahili Fort in Al Ain. This highlights the heritage of the Arabic host emirate, presenting Abu Dhabi's traditional hospitality and cultural richness to a world audience.

Inspired outreach - especially to young WOMAD-goers - will stimulate creative expression in an educational and entertaining experience.

Venues

The three-day open-air world music festival will take place on Abu Dhabi Corniche on all three days and at Al Jahili Fort in Al Ain on Thursday and Friday.

Getting there

Abu Dhabi offers a range of accommodation options, travel is easy by by air to two international airports, the nearest of which (Dubai International Airport) is only an hour-and-half drive and the farthest (Fujairah International Airport) is hardly two-and-half hours away on freeways. By land, Abu Dhabi is accessible from border crossings with Saudi Arabia and Oman.

More info

For more information, see the WOMAD Abu Dhabi website.

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