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You have to see WOMADelaide festival’s 2018 lineup

The Avalanches, Kamasi Washington and Dan Sultan are among the acts confirmed for next year's fest

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WOMADelaide‘s 2018 lineup has just been revealed ahead of tomorrow’s general onsale, and it’s SO good. 

Among the 18 names confirmed for the Botanic Park festival are Aussie favourites The Avalanches and Dan Sultan.

WOMADelaide 2018 - First Announcement

The full lineup takes shape like so:

WOMADelaide 2018 Lineup (so far)

Adrian Sherwood – UK
Anoushka Shankar – India/UK
Architects of Air “Arboria” – UK
The Avalanches – Australia
Bixiga 70 – Brazil
Chico Trujillo – Chile
Dan Sultan – Australia
Daymé Arocena – Cuba
Havana Meets Kingston – Cuba/Jamaica
Kamasi Washington – USA
Le Vent du Nord – Canada
Noura Mint Seymali – Mauritania
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band – Ghana
Rahim Alhaj Trio – Iraq
Rodrigo y Gabriela – Mexico
Tinariwen – Mali
Violons Barbares – France/Mongolia/Bulgaria
Yirrmal & the Miliyawutj Band – Australia

“These artists — and the many more yet to be announced — represent some of the world’s most dynamic musical traditions, all excitingly reinvented and celebrated,” says WOMADelaide Director Ian Scobie AM.

WOMADelaide takes place at Botanic Park, Adelaide between 9 – 12 March 2018.

Ticket onsale times:

General public onsale – Friday 13 October at 10am (local time)