Photo credit: Matthew Clode
WOMAD remains a place to bring artists together from all over the globe to break down barriers, educate, inform and inspire. Through this they allow audiences to gain insight into cultures other than their own.
“Creating awareness of the worth and potential of a multicultural society has always been a core attention of WOMAD, that ethos is more important than ever… At a time when the world seems to be becoming less tolerant and more fearful, WOMAD has never been a stronger as a force promoting the arts and intercultural understanding”.
– Chris Smith (WOMAD, UK Events & Operations Director)
WOMAD NEW ZEALAND 2020
Dates have been announced: 13-15 March, 2020
Brooklands Park and the TSB Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth
Keep an eye on the WOMAD website for ticketing info and updates.
Photo credit: Andy Jackson
“The festival’s mantra of diversity, inclusion and tolerance were a welcome antidote to the heart-wrenching updates that punctured the bubble on Friday. So instead of crying and raging (though sometimes as well as), we danced and sung, embraced friends and loved ones and celebrated life in all its glorious colour and texture. WOMAD might be a bubble, but it’s a beautiful one.”
– The Spinoff
“And right before she sang the haunting ‘La Luna’, Hector (Las Cafeteras) called out to the crowd that the moon shines brightest on the darkest night. If ever there was a metaphor for WOMAD, this was it. What WOMAD does – unite, celebrate, shed light and love – shone more brilliantly than ever through New Zealand’s darkest hour.” – The 13th Floor
“WOMAD is a multicultural, all-ages celebration of the unifying forces of music and dance. The festival celebrates our differences and the ways in which we are all the same, and there is no other place I’d want to be right now.” – Kirsten Johnstone, RNZ.
“by the end of the first two days, WOMAD only proved that the festival is now more important than ever” – Radio13
Hon. Andrew Little opened the festival on Friday night by saying “Let us celebrate what WOMAD stands for – diversity, tolerance and love.”
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WOMAD 2019 performer, BCUC
In lieu of a minutes silence, BCUC encouraged a minute of clapping.
Photo credit: Jordan Hales
WOMAD 2019 performer, BALOJI
“I will talk about how we are all unified right now.”
Photo credit: Jordan Hales
WOMAD 2019
The gates opened on a stunning, sunny Saturday in Taranaki with a karakia on the TSB Bowl Stage, “to remember our fallen brothers and sisters in Christchurch, our wider whanau around Aotearoa and to guide and protect the WOMAD family and artists.”
Photo credit: Jordan Hales
WOMAD 2019 performer SILKROAD ENSEMBLE
“We’ll pay tribute the only way we know how. By sharing our love of music.”
Photo credit: Ruby Wilkinson
WOMAD 2019 performer SONA JOBARTEH
Sona Jobarteh radiating all that is good and light dedicated a traditional Gambian song to“peace and the absence of suffering.”
Photo credit: Trevor Villers
WOMAD 2019 performer, THE BLACK SEEDS
“This goes out to our Muslim brothers and sisters around the world.”
Photo credit: Tim Graur
WOMAD 2019 performer, ANGELIQUE KIDJO
“This festival represents all the things I stand for:
knowledge, respect and LOVE for other cultures.”
Photo credit: Gareth Shute
WOMAD 2019 performer, LA DAME BLANCHE
“…with my music, which is my only weapon, I hope I can bring you a little bit of peace.”
Photo credit: Gareth Shute
WOMAD 2019 NZ ALBUM CHARTS
The Official New Zealand Music Charts are in and as every year, WOMAD features heavily with entries in the Top40 Albums, Top20 NZ Albums and the official WOMAD compilation reaching the number one spot on the Top10 Compilations.
Compilations:
#1 WOMAD 2019.
Top40 Album chart:
#9 One Piece At A Time by Finn Andrews.
#12 Fasiya by Sona Jobarteh.
#32 Foolishman by The Correspondents.
Top20 NZ Album chart:
#2 One Piece At A Time by Finn Andrews.
#9 Rules Of Engagement by Ria Hall
#15 Fabric by The Black Seeds
#16 Preservation by Nadia Reid
WOMAD, 2019
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