tickets for WOMAD 2009 are now on sale

From today tickets for WOMAD, which stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance, are on sale. The festival returns for a third year at the picturesque site at Charlton Park, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July.

Discounted early bid tickets for the 2009 festival have gone on sale at a lower price than 2008. There is a 'teenager special' discounted ticket available to those aged between 14-17. Adults will be able to take an unlimited number of children aged 13 and under to the festival for free. There are also more 'SN16' tickets available for local residents.

There are a limited number of Early Bird Weekend Tickets for WOMAD Charlton Park 2009 on sale until 16th December 2008 or until sold out. The standard price of £125 per weekend ticket will apply thereafter.

Early bird tickets are priced as follows:
Adult weekend ticket is priced at £110.
Disabled weekend ticket is priced at £110.
Weekend SN16 resident ticket is priced at £75.
Teenagers (aged 14-17) weekend ticket is priced at £60.
All those under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Thursday camping ticket is priced at £25.
This gives entry to the festival campsite from 8am and the arena from 2pm on Thursday 23 July.
Children 13 and under can come free with each adult ticket holder, but need a free child ticket.

To buy tickets, click here.

WOMAD brings together many forms of music, arts and dance from countries and cultures around the world on seven separate stage and workshop areas. There are no confirmed acts yet for 2009. The full line-up will feature around 100 artists from 40 countries performing over the festival weekend. There's also a full programme of adult and childrens workshops (limited spaces available - turn up early!), a cabaret tent, fun fair, comedy, DJ sessions and live performance in the late night 'CLUB WOMAD', as well the normal festie fodder, and a huge market of world crafts.

WOMAD's famous Global Village offers a dizzying choice of over 40 types of food from all over the globe and the Real Ale Bar is expected to return.

WOMAD festivals are held all over the world, and allow audiences to gain an insight into cultures other than their own through the enjoyment of music. WOMAD aims to excite, to inform, and to create awareness of the worth and potential of a multicultural society. It has a friendly and family-safe atmosphere, as well as fantastic music from all around the globe.

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