WOMADelaide

         Checked options for travel to the festival and after checking the ease of travelling to the WOMADelaide with a wheelchair we decided to try to find the nearest Disabled Parking. As luck would have it we were able to park right outside the main gate. 

    BONUS!!

      

    WOMADelaide takes place on the grass of Adelaide’s Botanic Park, another of the green spaces that surround the city. The disadvantage of having a festival take place on grass is that grass is not the easiest surface to push a wheelchair on especially one containing the Beekeeper.

  

    Oh well I always walk better when I’m pushing a shopping trolley……

   The festival site is huge with 7 stages. The staging is excellent, the sound good stage announcers well versed in pronunciation of the artists.

   Now who did we see?

Friday                                   Warm (30C)

The Alaev Family                             (Tajikistan / Israel)

 http://www.myspace.com/alaev

Amparo Sanchez                             (Spain)

http://www.amparosanchez.info/

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba           (Mali)

 https://soundcloud.com/outhererecords/bassekou-kouyate-ngoni-ba-jama

Illapu                                            (Chile)

http://www.illapu.cl/

The Cat Empire                            (Australia)

http://thecatempire.com/ 

LAU                                             (Scotland)

http://www.lau-music.co.uk/

Saturday                              Very Warm 32C

First stop was at the Willungra Country Markets where we tasted dukkah/ olive oil/ honey/ sauces/ olives/ tapenades/ almonds and WINE. A tasty way to start the day then back for more WOMADelaide.

Swamp Thing                                   (New Zealand)

http://www.myspace.com/swampthingrva 

Amparo Sanchez  (cooking)               (Spain)

Moriarty                                         (France)

http://www.moriartyland.net/

Antibalas                                        (USA)

 http://www.antibalas.com/

Illapu      (workshop)                         (Chile)

Clairy Browne & the Bangin Rackettes     (Australia)

http://clairybrowne.com/

Hugh Masekela                                 (South Africa)

 http://www.hughmasekela.co.za/

Sunday                                        Hot 34C

After a little yoga

Mara & Martenitsa Choir                    (Australia)

http://www.maramusic.com.au/

Arpaka Dance Company                    (Torres Strait Islands)

 http://www.ciaf.com.au/default.asp?PageID=212&n=Arpaka+Dance+Company+

Alim Qasimov                              (Azerbaijan)

 http://www.worldmusic.co.uk/alim_qasimov_ensemble

Golonka                                   (Australia)

http://www.myspace.com/golonkagypsy

Soweto Gospel Choir                    (South Africa)

http://www.sowetogospelchoir.com/

Shunsuke Kimura & Etsuro Ono          (Japan)

http://www.womex.com/virtual/muarts/shunsuke_kimura_x

The Correspondents                    (UK)

http://www.myspace.com/thecorrespondentsmusic

Salif Keita                              (Mali)

http://www.salifkeita.net/

Ayakhaan                              (Siberia)

http://vimeo.com/47845965

Jimmy Cliff                              (Jamaica)

http://www.eventfinder.com.au/artist/jimmy-cliff 

Monday                                        VERY HOT 38C

Savoy Family Cajun Band                         (USA)

http://www.savoyfamilycajunband.com/

East Journey                                   (Australia)

http://www.eastjourney.com.au/

Souad Massi                                   (Algeria/ France)

http://www.last.fm/music/Souad+Massi

Soweto Gospel Choir                         (South Africa)

Tuba Skinny                                   (USA)

http://tubaskinny.blogspot.com.au/

Seth Lakeman                              (UK)

http://www.sethlakeman.co.uk/

Sing Sing                                   (Australasia)

Compagnie Luc Amoros – Blank Page          (France)

http://www.lucamoros.com/en/loeil-nu/blank-page.html

Goran Bregovic with his Weddings &                (Serbia)

Funerals Orchestra

All in all a wonderful display of the world and how it can come together! Apart from all that we had a great time at WOMADelaide!!!!