15-17 March, 2024
Brooklands Park and the TSB Bowl of Brooklands, Ngāmotu (New Plymouth)
Tickets on sale now from www.womad.co.nz
Following a triumphant return with its 20th anniversary at Ngāmotu’s stunning Brooklands Park and the TSB Bowl of Brooklands, WOMAD NZ is poised to host the 2024 festival on March 15-17.
To whet the appetite ahead of the full 2024 festival announcement, WOMAD NZ is thrilled to reveal that Ziggy Marley (Jamaica) is the first act to be announced to perform in March next year. Given Ziggy’s iconic status and tremendous resonance with fans across Aotearoa, this is a special first announcement, with more festival acts to be announced in September and October.
Ziggy Marley, the socially conscious reggae world music sensation, heralds an extraordinary beginning to what promises to be an unforgettable event.
Ziggy Marley is an eight-time Grammy winner, Emmy winner, musician, producer, activist and humanitarian who has cultivated a legendary career for close to 40 years. The eldest son of Bob and Rita Marley, Ziggy has hewed his own path as a musical pioneer, infusing the reggae genre with funk, blues, rock and other elements through mindful songcraft. Equal parts master storyteller and motivational guide, he deftly explores issues from environmental awareness to self-empowerment, social injustice to political inequity while returning again and again to the transformative power of love. And over the past 15 years with his own companies, Tuff Gong Worldwide and Ishti Music, Marley has complete control of his masters and publishing, alongside his charity URGE – benefiting the well-being of children in Jamaica, Africa and North America.
Tickets on sale now from www.womad.co.nz
WATCH: WOMAD New Zealand 2023 Highlights
“Womad leaves you with much more than just three days in the sun. It leaves you with new food, new artists, and sometimes even new genres you never knew you loved” – NZ Herald, 2023
“Summer finally gets a festival worth shouting about”
– The Spinoff, 2023
“I strolled through rivers of teenagers, young adults, families and elderlies, all moving their limbs with rhythm and enjoying the peaceful and spacious event” – Stuff.co.nz, 2023
“It’s really amazing to come to a festival where you are constantly surprised by the diversity of and intensity of music”
– Radio NZ National, 2023
“To fully appreciate the spirit, it is best to spend the three days here in the magical botanic gardens. To experience the WOMAGIC” – 13th Floor, 2023
“WOMAD is still a place for all ages and all people. We still want to hear the stories, sing the songs and fight the battles on behalf of the downtrodden, celebrate music and cultures in all their forms, just as Peter Gabriel envisaged” – Ambient Light, 2023
WOMAD THE FESTIVAL
WOMAD: World of Music, Arts and Dance, the internationally established festival, brings together artists from all over the globe. The central aim of the WOMAD festival is to celebrate the world’s many forms of music, arts and dance.
As an organisation, WOMAD now works in many different ways. Still, the aims are always the same – at festivals, performance events, recorded releases, and through educational projects, WOMAD aims to excite, inform, and create awareness of the worth and potential of a multicultural society.
WOMAD NZ is part of a festival family that has seen over three hundred festivals worldwide, with over ten thousand artists performing across six continents to an audience of millions over the past four decades. WOMAD UK has celebrated 40 years, WOMADelaide has celebrated 30 years, and 2024 will see WOMAD NZ celebrate the 21st anniversary of WOMAD NZ at the award-winning Bowl of Brooklands and Brooklands Park in New Plymouth.
First presented in Taranaki in 2003, over its 20 years, WOMAD NZ has presented over 500 acts and 1500 performers from 95 countries. the festival has had 150,000 visitors through its gates and generated over 100 million dollars for the local economy.
The festival’s success could not have occurred without the long-term support of Event Partner TSB whose continuous commitment has strengthened Taranaki’s position as the home of WOMAD.
Support at the local government level is vital to WOMAD NZ. Host City Partner, the New Plymouth District Council and Regional Partner – Venture Taranaki, are committed to the ongoing support of the event since 2003. Toi Foundation, as Community Partner, has contributed to the event thriving in the region through grant access.
WOMAD NZ is also fortunate to have Programme Partners, Tui Ora, BOON, OMV, Taranaki Offshore Partnership, and several Media Partners and Event Supporters, allowing the festival to present a world-class event to the people of Aotearoa.
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