Womad

2023 - 3 - 16

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Petition asks Womad to ditch oil company sponsors: Stop using 'dirty ... (Stuff.co.nz)

A Climate Justice Taranaki petition, which asks Womad to move away from sponsorship by oil companies, had attracted nearly 2000 signatures by Thursday.

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Eight acts to see at Womad 2023 (Stuff.co.nz)

Here are our eight top picks, with four international artists and four kiwi acts. MEUTE (Germany). The 11-piece techno marching band from Germany is not to be ...

A bit psychedelic, a bit alt-rock and a bit pop, catch Kita at the more intimate Dell Stage at 7:45pm on Sunday. First catch Avantdale Bowling Club, which mixes Tom Scott's slick rap lyrics with a bit of jazz, on the Brooklands Stage at 9pm. Catch Cimafunk on the Bowl Stage at 8pm Saturday, or Brooklands Stage at 7:45pm Sunday. You can catch the rocker and band at the Brooklands Stage at 7pm Friday and the Bowl Stage at 6pm Saturday. They play their only show on the Bowl from 10pm Friday. Catch them on Friday at 8pm on the Bowl Stage and again on Saturday at 7pm Brooklands Stage.

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Womad returns to New Plymouth's Brooklands Park on 20th ... (RNZ)

The flags are up and the stages ready as Womad returns on Friday night after two years of Covid-forced cancellations.

It's typical music from the Balkans and it can be music to listen to, but it is also wedding music, for parties, people dancing. No, but it's a real nice country, we love it." "The only problem is [the New Plymouth festival is] very, very far. The next smallest is a million people in Adelaide, so you know it is really quite a big thing for our city and our region." It is the smallest city in the world to do a Womad. It's so wonderful."

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In pictures: The pics of Womad past - Taranaki 2003 to 2020 (Stuff.co.nz)

As Womad returns to New Plymouth for its 16th time, we look back in pictures at the first 15 festivals at the Bowl of Brooklands.

You can dance if you want to at Womad. ANDY JACKSON/Stuff Mark Taylor/Stuff Amy Macdonald and Paul Buisson, of Whangarei clean up their campsite after three days at the 2011 festival. Mark Dwyer/Stuff Cameron Burnell/Stuff Andy Jackson/Stuff Bradley Ambrose/Stuff Jonathan Cameron/Stuff On Friday, March 17, Womad New Zealand will hold its 16th festival at New Plymouth’s Brooklands Park. 2019 Andy Jackson/Stuff 2020 Andy Jackson/Stuff

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