Read more about the festival...

World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival is an international arts festival. The central aim of WOMAD is to celebrate the world's many forms of music, arts and dance. WOMAD was founded in 1980 by Peter Gabriel, Thomas Brooman, Bob Hooton, Mark Kidel, Stephen Pritchard, Martin Elbourne and Jonathan Arthur. The first festival was in Shepton Mallet, UK in 1982. The audience saw Peter Gabriel, Don Cherry, The Beat, Drummers of Burundi, Echo & The Bunnymen, Imrat Khan, Prince Nico M' barga, Simple Minds, Suns of Arqa, The Chieftains and Ekome amongst others performing. Since 1982 WOMAD Festivals has ...