Sinead O’Connor, First Aid Kit Among New WOMADelaide 2015 Acts

The 2015 lineup for world music festival WOMADelaide is now a little bit more worldly, with big-name acts such as Ireland’s Sinead O’Connor, North America’s Sharon Van Etten, Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit and Australia’s own Robert Forster with Jherek Bischoff & The Zephyr Quartet being added to the festival program. The Adelaide event, set for March next year, has added a total of 25 acts to its 2015 lineup.

Other notable additions include NSW duo Willow Beats, The Painted Ladies, Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, seven-piece genre-mixers Myele Manzanza & The Eclectic and the Northern Territory’s desert-reggae group Tjintu Desert Band.

Also newly announced for WOMADelaide 2015 is Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist Jairo Zavala, aka Depedro. Zavala’s third album, La increíble historia de un hombre bueno, combines Latin folk, flamenco, Afro-beat and rock, and even features Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning.

WOMADelaide’s first lineup announcement arrived in early October, and included acts such as The Gloaming, Bombino, Rufus Wainwright and Soil & ‘Pimp’ Sessions.

WOMADelaide 2015 will run from Friday, 6th March to Monday, 9th March at Adelaide’s Botanic Park. The festival is a family-friendly event with children under 12 admitted for free. Limited discounted early-bird tickets are still available for purchase. All details below.

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WOMADelaide 2015

Friday, 6th March – Monday, 9th March 2015
Botanic Park, Adelaide
Tickets: WOMADelaide

WOMADelaide 2015 Lineup – Second Announcement

Astronomy Class feat. Srey Channthy
Myele Manzanza & The Eclectic
Typhoon
Toumani & Sidiki Diabate
Tjintu Desert Band
Timberwolf
The Painted Ladies
Tara Tiba
Soley
Sinead O’Connor
Sharon Van Etten
Robert Forster w/ Jherek Bischoff & The Zephyr Quartet
Nick Waterhouse
Willow Beats
Max Savage & The False Idols
Margaret Leng Tan
Kamerunga
Julia Henning
Gruff Rhys
FourPlay
First Aid Kit
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift
Emma Donovan & The PutBacks
Depedro
Buffy Sainte-Marie

…joining

Youssou N’Dour
The Gloaming
Abdullah Ibrahim Quartet
Balkan Beat Box
Bombino
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Charlie Musselwhite
Che Sudaka
Criolo
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Flavia Coelho
Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys
Jambinai
Jupiter & Okwess International
Lake Street Dive
Live Live Cinema
Luzmila Carpio
Marrugeku
Cut The Sky
Malawi Mouse Boys
Meeta Pandit
Neneh Cherry With RocketNumberNine+
Public Service Broadcasting
Ramzi Aburedwan And Ensemble
Dal ‘Ouna
Rufus Wainwright
Soil and ‘Pimp’ Sessions