Peter Gabriel To Appear At Womad Festival

A special guest appearance by Peter Gabriel will be made at the WOMAD festival, Charlton Park to celebrate 25 years of WOMAD in the UK. This performance on Friday 27 July by Peter Gabriel, WOMAD's co-founder, will be one of only a few shows in the UK this summer.

Peter says: "It has been wonderful to see what has happened with WOMAD over the last 25 years. It is different from any other festival I've ever been to, and although I usually get to enjoy it from the audience rather than the stage, I am delighted to come back as a performer for this 25th anniversary.

“Thomas Brooman has a wonderful, passionate team that has built something quite extraordinary, that is now becoming a national institution. I am very proud to have got the ball rolling."

We are also very pleased to confirm that Chambao (Spain), Chota Divana (India), Clube Do Balanço (Brazil), Gnawa Diffusion (Morocco), Humanature (Australia), Mari Boine (Norway), Seckou Keita Quartet (Senegal/Italy/Egypt/Gambia), Taj Mahal (USA), The Gloworms (UK) and Zawose Family (Tanzania) have just been added to this year's festival line-up, which will feature over 70 world-class artists from 40 countries performing over the festival weekend.

Set in a picturesque rural landscape in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, Charlton Park is the new home for the WOMAD Festival in its 25th anniversary year. This beautiful location presents an opportunity to experience the festival in a truly green, pleasant and spacious environment.

Charlton Park is situated just outside the historic abbey town of Malmesbury in North Wiltshire. Easily accessible by road and rail, the festival site is just seven miles from Junction 17 of the M4, only one hundred miles due west of London, and less than thirty miles away from Bath, Bristol and Swindon.

WOMAD Charlton Park will welcome an audience of 20,000 and will feature seven stages and workshop areas, including a children's village, many more activities and festival features, all in the idyllic environment of Charlton's open lawns and rolling fields.

Alongside the new attractions of Charlton Park, WOMAD's familiar feast of entertainment and celebration will remain: brilliant live music; weekend camping; a full programme of participatory workshops for adults and children; Taste The World sessions; late night dance, DJ's and grooves at Club WOMAD; relaxed entertainment on Thursday evening; a children's procession on Sunday; a chance to 'shop around the world' at over 250 international food, drink, arts, craft and merchandise stalls in our Global Village; sumptuous site decoration featuring hundreds of flags, projections, visual art and temporary structures; plus the unrivalled atmosphere that the audience simply loves.

TICKET DETAILS

Weekend ticket: £120
Local SN16 Weekend ticket: £50 (to residents of SN16 postcode area, limited availability)
Concession Weekend ticket: £100
'Thursday Camping' ticket: £10 (Allows access to festival site from 26 July)
All Weekend tickets include free camping from Friday - Monday.

Families are entitled to savings as two children aged 13 and under can come free with each adult ticket buyer.

BOOK ONLINE

Womadshop.com
Womad.org/charltonpark

GENERAL INFORMATION

Womad.org