WOMADelaide
Adelaide · AU
WOMADelaide is one of the world's great outdoor music and arts festivals, held each March in Adelaide's Botanic Park, presenting a spectacular global program of world music, roots, and contemporary acts across multiple stages over four days. The festival actively supports emerging artists through its Academy Stage program in partnership with Northern Sound System, open to South Australian artists aged 18-30; general artist expressions of interest can be submitted year-round via the festival's apply page. The Academy Stage program expressions of interest for 2027 reopen in September.
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Playing this festival
Applications usually open in May.
The next window usually opens in May.
The festival itself usually takes place in March.
The programming team makes most of its decisions between July and October.