WOMADelaide 2025 Artist Playing Days Revealed
See who is playing each day and start planning your festival experience.
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WOMADelaide has announced the artist playing days for the 2025 festival. While the timetable is still forthcoming, you can now start planning your days around what acts you want to see.
Once again held at Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla, the 2025 edition of WOMAD runs from Friday, March 7 to Monday, March 10, 2025. The lineup is stacked with local, national and international talent, with next year’s festival headlined by British singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, psychedelic trio Khruangbin, Berlin-based composer Nils Frahm and pioneering electro-pop star Róisín Murphy.
Recently added to the bill are Nigerian Queen of Afropop Yemi Alade, Jamaican Grammy-nominated reggae and dancehall superstar Protoje & The Indiggnation and iconic 90s hip hop trio Digable Planets.
WOMAD 2025 also includes sets from Canadian Inuk artist Elisapie, contemporary UK folk singer-songwriter Bess Atwell and Peruvian-born, Berlin-based DJ Sofia Kourtesis.
Check out the artist playing days below and secure your ticket via the WOMADelaide website.
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Along with all the great music, WOMAD is known for its experiences, with workshops, interactive installations and other activities making up the festival.
The WoMarkets return in 2025, with over 40 retail stalls selling wares from different cultures along Plane Tree Drive, while an enviable lineup of international food trucks will be on hand to keep punters satisfied. There’ll also be plenty of bars to keep everyone hydrated during the day and long into the night.
Also returning is the fine-dining experience of the Sanctuary Restaurant at Adelaide Zoo, the KidZone to keep the young ones entertained and the three-day conversational forum Planet Talks.
WOMADelaide Festival Director, Ian Scobie AM had this to say about next year’s festival: “WOMADelaide is when Adelaide throws its arms around the world to welcome, share, discover and celebrate music, arts and dance and today’s announcement of 47 groups from 28 countries demonstrates why it truly is the world’s festival.”
Minister for Tourism South Australia, Zoe Bettison adds: “True to WOMADelaide’s roots, this impressive line-up showcases the best of music, dance, art, and thinking from every corner of the world. We know for more than 30 years WOMADelaide has attracted music lovers and festivalgoers from across the state, country, and world to the heart of our city – and with this diverse line-up, 2025 will be no different.
“This is exactly why the State Government has committed to supporting WOMADelaide for the next five years, to help ensure the festival continues to bring world-class acts, attract visitors, and fill hotel rooms. Now is the time to start locking in your March long weekend plans in South Australia, to discover why Adelaide is the nation’s only UNESCO City of Music.”
WOMADelaide is held at Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla from Friday, March 7 to Monday, March 10, 2025. Tickets are on sale now via womadeliade.com.au.
WOMADelaide 2025 Lineup
Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla from Friday, March 7 to Monday, March 10, 2025
3% (Aus)
47SOUL (Palestine/Jordan)
Amaru Tribe (Aus)
Ana Carla Maza (Cuba)
Ane Ta Abia by Aaron Choulai, Australian Art Orchestra and Tatana Village Choir (Aus/PNG)
Andrew Gurruwiwi Band (Aus)
Bala Desejo (Brazil)
Bangarra Dance Theatre – The Light Inside (Aus)
Bess Atwell (UK)
Bonny Light Horseman (USA)
Bousta (Aus)
Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir (Aus)
Chris Kamu’ana Rohoimae - Pacific Break winner (Solomon Islands)
Cie Paris Benares - Chamôh (Camel) (France)
The Cloud Maker (Aus/NZ)
Dear Stranger by Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Aus)
Delgres (France)
DEVAURA (NZ/Aus)
Digable Planets (USA)
DJ Paulette (UK)
Dojo Rise (Aus)
Dream Engine – Heliosphere (UK)
Duo Ruut (Estonia)
Durand Jones & The Indications (USA)
Dustyn (Aus)
Ela Minus (Colombia)
Eleanor Jawurlngali – (Aus)
Elisapie (Canada)
Elsy Wameyo (Kenya)
Emily Wurramara – (Aus)
Etran de l'Aïr (Niger)
Goran Bregović & His Wedding & Funeral Band (Serbia)
Hewa Rwanda (Rwanda/Senegal)
ilotopie – Les Gens de Couleur (France)
John Grant (USA)
The Joy (South Africa)
Kara Manansala (Aus)
Khruangbin (USA)
Lindigo (Réunion)
The Lofty Mountain Band (Aus)
Majnun (Senegal)
The Mande Spirit (Aus)
Mariza (Portugal)
Meena De Silva (Sri Lanka/Aus)
Miss Kanina (Aus)
Ms Chipeta (Aus)
Nana Benz du Togo (Togo)
Ngaiire (PNG/Aus)
Nils Frahm (Germany)
Nitin Sawhney (UK)
Norsicaa (UK/Aus)
O. (UK)
O.TA.I.KO ZA MYOJIN (Japan)
Owelu Dreamhouse (Aus)
PJ Harvey (UK)
Protoje & The Indiggnation (Jamaica)
Queen Omega (Trinidad & Tobago)
Restless Dance Theatre – Seeing Through Darkness (Aus)
Saigon Soul Revival (Vietnam)
Satish Vyas & U Rajesh (India)
Sauljaljui (Taiwan)
Shabaka (UK)
Silent Observers (Aus)
Sofia Kourtesis (Peru)
Sun Ra Arkestra (USA)
Talisk (Scotland)
TEK TEK Ensemble (Aus)
Trio da Kali (Mali)
UPK Allstars (Aus)
Wrong Way Up (South Sudan/Aus)
Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
Yoann Bourgeois Art Company - The unreachable suspension point (France)
