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Radically inclusive global lineup includes Sampa the Great’s feminist pizzazz, Young Fathers’ twisted genre-splicing and Bixiga 70’s full-tent conga

Countries from Brazil and Senegal to Pakistan and Bhutan was represented at this year’s celebration of global music

The UK's summer festival scene has not only recovered from Brexit and Covid, it has never been more vibrant. And that includes the WOMAD international arts festival in the west of England where fans flock not just for the bigger names but "to hear music they've never heard before," the…

From the Isle of Wight to Camp Bestival, the summer festival season has only just begun

Tom Entwisle is spared a recorded conviction after being caught drink driving a WOMADelaide golf buggy through the city in March, in what the magistrate described as a "foolish decision".

Police arrest two Victorian men they say were caught riding a golf buggy along an Adelaide CBD street at 4:45am, after it was allegedly stolen from Womadelaide.

A WOMADelaide centrepiece involving thousands of feathers being poured over crowds should be removed from next year's schedule, PETA says. But the festival's director has defended its inclusion.

Sounds like a musician's dream come true: A duo from the African nation of Comoros was invited to Peter Gabriel's world music fest. But there was a daunting obstacle: Getting a visa to enter the U.K.

The international arts festival returned after a two-year absence with a triumphant celebration of music and dance from around the world