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BBC Radio 3 Stage line-up announced for WOMAD

Seth Lakeman, Frank Yamma, Genticorum, A Moving Sound, & more

By Scott Williams | Published:

WOMAD 2012 - Seth Lakeman
Photo credit: Andy Pitt


The line-up has been announced for the BBC Radio 3 Stage at this year's WOMAD - World of Music, Arts and Dance held at Charlton Park, near Malmesbury, in Wiltshire.

Seth Lakeman
The acts confirmed for the tree line stage are A Moving Sound (Taiwan), Abdallah Oumbadougou (Niger), Breabach (Scotland), Chrissy Crowley (Cape Breton), Claudia Aurora (Portugal), Diabel Cissokho (Senegal), Frank Yamma & David Bridie (Australia), Genticorum (Quebec), Habadekuk (Denmark), Jose Hernando Arias Noguera with Angelica Lopez and Papayera (Colombia), Michel Montrond (Cape Verde), Nazaket Teymurova (Azerbaijan), Justin Vali & Paddy Bush(Madagascar/UK), and from the UK Seth Lakeman, and She Koyokh.

The line-up includes Linton Kwesi Johnson & The Dennis Bovell Dub Band, Patrick Wolf, Robert Plant's new project Sensational Space Shifters, Hugh Masekela, Jimmy Cliff, The Manganiyar Seduction by Roysten Abel, Femi Kuti, Khaled, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Toddla T & MC Serocee, DJ Yoda & The Transiberian Marching Band, Balkan Beat Box, The Correspondents, NZShapeShifter, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Peatbog Faeries, Raghu Dixit, Mama Rosin, Ben l'Oncle Soul, Balkan Alien Sound, Alaev Family, Ane Brun, Boubacar Traore, Buena Vista Social Club, Dizraeli and the Small Gods, Kimmo Pohjonen and DakhaBrakha, Marewrew, Secousse DJs featuring Etienne Tron and Mo Laudi, Jupiter Okwess International, Ballet Nimba, Keb' Mo', The Wilderness of Manitoba, Grupo Fantasma, Lo'Jo, Joe Driscoll & Seckou Kouyate, Narasirato, Spiro, Terem Quartet, Vadoinmessico, Pine Leaf Boys, Soul Rebels Brass Band, Portico Quartet, Jamie Catto, Revere, Damien Dempsey, Spoek Mathambo, Kareyce Fotso, Batida, Omar Pene, Carlou D, Blick Bassy, Hot Water, Urbain Phileas, Owiny Sigoma Band Soundsystem, Maga Bo, Deolinda, Nuba Nour, Apsilies, Chet Nuneta, The Malmesbury Schools Project and Youth Music Voices, The Barons Of Tang, and Lions Of Africa. With many more to be announced. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Tickets have already been selling fast with the full allocation to people living in the Malmesbury already sold out along with the option to park and camp next to your vehicle, and Meadow Park & Camp are disappearing fast.

A weekend ticket - which are valid from the Friday until Sunday are priced at £135 (Thursday arrivals will also need a Thursday camping ticket costing £25).

WOMAD will also be offering a family friendly 4 monthly payment plan so that WOMAD festival goers can spread their total payments over a longer period of time.

Other ticket prices & options available will include:
Teenage Weekend Ticket (aged 14-17) - £70
Early Bird Disabled Weekend Ticket - £135
A campervan ticket is priced at £40

Children 13 and under can come free with each adult ticket holder, but need a free child ticket. All children must hold their own ticket and must be accompanied by a ticket holding parent or guardian over the age of 21. One ticket holding parent or guardian can only accompany up to 4 people under the age of 18. Thursday tickets do not need to be purchased for children aged 13 and under.

To buy tickets, click here.