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After taking a fallow year, the mighty WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) festival is returning to Wiltshire this summer – albeit at a new venue. And it has just revealed its first wave of acts.
Since launching in the 1980s, WOMAD has been committed to platforming music and cultural innovators from across the globe. And when we say the lineup spans practically the whole planet, we mean it.
This year, the festival will feature a drum and flute punk gang from Japan (Seppuku Pistols), a xylophone troupe from Uganda (Nakibembe Xylophone Troupe), a horn collective from Mexico (Mixanteña de Santa Cecilia), a rapper from Palestine (Tamer Nafar) and a Mercury Prize-nominated jazz experimentalist from Glasgow (corto.alto). Other acts hail from Senegal, Ireland, Iran, Colombia, the US and India.
You’d be hard-pressed to find a festival lineup more eclectic than this one except, maybe, at the inaugural WOMAD Glasgow, which you can read more about here. But, back to Wiltshire, here’s everything you need to know about WOMAD 2026.
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When is WOMAD 2026?
WOMAD will return from July 23-26.
Where is WOMAD 2026?
For 2026, WOMAD has moved from its previous home of Charlton Park near Malmesbury to Neston Park Estate.
WOMAD 2026 headliners
Topping the bill will be London-born neo soul star Greentea Peng, legendary Malian singer Oumou Sangaré, Jamaican reggae and dancehall icon Barrington Levy and Swedish indie-folk musician José González.
WOMAD 2026 lineup so far
- Greentea Peng
- Oumou Sangaré
- Barrington Levy
- José González
- K.O.G
- corto.alto
- ganavya
- Mádé Kuti
- Ana Lua Caiano
- Annie and the Caldwells
- Bénin International Musical
- Country Gongbang
- Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek
- Dudù Kouate
- Ganna
- Garifuna Collective
- Gisela João
- Kombilesa Mí
- Mixanteña de Santa Cecilia
- La Perla
- Lemoncello
- Leo Miyagee
- Lamisi
- Mohammad Reza Mortazavi
- Nakibembe Xylophone Troupe
- Noura Mint Seymali
- Secret Night Gang
- Seppuku Pistols
- Shangair Restoration Project
- Tebza Majaivane
- Sorvina
- Spafford Campbell
- Tamer Nafar
- Tian Qiyi
- Ustad Noor Bakhsh
- Wild Wild Women
When do tickets go on sale?
The second tier of tickets for WOMAD 2026 are on sale right now. You can find them here.
Ticket prices
WOMAD tier two ticket prices are as follows:
- Adult 4 days: £275
- Adult 3 days: £225
- Teenage 4 days: £200
- Teenage 3 days: £175
- Child (5-13y): £32
Those prices include entry, camping, access to showers, toilers and water and to the more than 100 workshops taking place across the festival site.
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