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25 New Acts Added To 2025 WOMADelaide Festival

Emma Newbury

The expanded line-up will join already announced artists such as PJ Harvey, Khruangbin, and Róisín Murphy.

From left to right: Digable Planets, Yemi Alade, and Protoje & The Indiggnation
From left to right: Digable Planets, Yemi Alade, and Protoje & The Indiggnation(Supplied)

Music & arts festival WOMADelaide has just unveiled an additional 25 artists to their 2025 edition of the beloved South Australia festival, extending from an already star-studded list of talent. 

As of Friday, November 29th, event organisers announced that international performers such as 90s R&B trio Digable Planets (USA), Afropop singer-songwriter Yemi Alade (Nigeria), and Jamaican Reggae team-up Protoje & The Indiggnation would be taking to the stage, amongst 22 other new acts. 

With an initial line-up dropping in mid-October, WOMADelaide has already secured huge names such as Khruangbin and Sun Ra Arkestra to add colour to the weekend-long event. Also featuring at the festival for what will be their first Australian performances in eons is PJ Harvey, playing her first Australian set since 2017, and Róisín Murphy, who hasn’t played down under since 2019. 

Other exciting new additions to the line-up include plenty of home-grown talent, with Indigenous collectives Amaru Tribe, Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir and the Australia/PNG efforts culminating Ane Ta Abia by Aaron Choulai, Australian Art Orchestra and Tatana Village Choir. Sydney rising star Devaura and afro-futuristic Naarm ensemble Owelu Dreamhouse are also acts to keep an eye out for. 

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The 2025 edition of the festival will be held over the weekend of March 7-10 at Adelaide’s Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla. First-release tickets are available via the festival’s website.

WOMADelaide 2025

Additional 25 Performers Announced

Amaru Tribe (Aus)

Ane Ta Abia by Aaron Choulai, Australian Art Orchestra and Tatana Village Choir (Aus/PNG)

Bess Atwell (UK)

Bousta (Aus)

Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir (Aus)

The Cloud Maker (Aus/NZ)

Dear Stranger by Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Aus)

DEVAURA (NZ/Aus)

Digable Planets (USA)

Dojo Rise (Aus)

Dustyn (Aus)

Elisapie (Canada)

ilotopie – Les Gens de Couleur (France)

Kara Manansala (Aus)

Meena De Silva (Sri Lanka/Aus)

Ms Chipeta (Aus)

Nana Benz du Togo (Togo)

O. (UK)

Owelu Dreamhouse (Aus)

Protoje & The Indiggnation (Jamaica)

Saigon Soul Revival (Vietnam)

Sauljaljui (Taiwan)

Sofia Kourtesis (Peru)

TEK TEK Ensemble (Aus)

Yemi Alade (Nigeria) 

This piece of content has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia and Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body

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