WOMAD NZ Festival 2023 - ADG7, Avantdale Bowling Club, San Salvador + More Announced

The WOMAD New Zealand team have revealed a first glimpse at some of the stellar artistic talent appearing at next year's festival, celebrating their 20th anniversary at Ngāmotu New Plymouth's Bowl of Brooklands and Brooklands Park in March 2023. The beans have been spilled about an initial trio of musical headliners, including multi-award-winning South Korean traditional folk / pop fusion ensemble ADG7 (full name: Ak Dan Gwang Chil), Taite Music Prize winner Tom Scott's hip hop / jazz project Avantdale Bowling Club, and French polyphonic vocal / percussion six-pice collective San Salvador (who sing in the romance language of Occitan). Venturing beyond the sphere of musical performance, iconic Kiwi pop artist Dick Frizzell and OMV STEAM Lab meteorologist Lisa Murray have been announced as World Of Words speakers for 2023.

These names are simply the tip of the iceberg, as we await the full official lineup being launched on 20th October. Happening across eight stages and showcasing "an eclectic and cross-cultural line-up" from around the globe, the forthcoming World of Music, Arts and Dance festival welcomes international artists back to Aotearoa for the first time since 2020. Early bird tickets are already all gone, we recommend securing your spot while you can...

WOMAD New Zealand 2023
Friday 17th March to Sunday 19th March - Bowl of Brooklands and Brooklands Park, New Plymouth (all ages)

Featuring... ADG7, Avantdale Bowling Club, San Salvador, Dick Frizzell, Lisa Murray + more to be announced

Tickets to the three-day camping festival are on sale now from womad.co.nz

Watch the official WOMAD NZ 2023 video for the full scoop on the first artist reveal...

There's nothing minimal about ADG7's action-packed 2022 Tiny Desk Concert performance, bringing together Korean traditional and contemporary instrumentation...

Check out Avantdale Bowling club's teaser clip for new album TREES, launching on Friday 30th September...

Experience San Salvador's 2020 Live on KEXP performance...

Press release:

Today, WOMAD NZ 2023 has announced a small teaser of incredible talent performing at the 2023 festival this March. The festival will celebrate the 20th anniversary at the award-winning Bowl of Brooklands and Brooklands Park in New Plymouth with the brilliant multi-award-winning Korean folk-pop group ADG7, Aotearoa's genre-pushing jazz, hip hop project Avantdale Bowling Club, and modern Occitan troubadours San Salvador from France. These acts will perform alongside World Of Words speaker Dick Frizzell and OMV STEAM Lab meteorologist Lisa Murray, both from Aotearoa. The full official WOMAD 2023 Programme is being announced on October 20.

The World of Music, Arts and Dance festival boasts eight stages, each featuring an eclectic and cross-cultural line-up with talented musicians, artists, and inspiring speakers for three days and nights of extraordinary music and culture like nothing else in Aotearoa.

Loved by all ages, WOMAD NZ 2023 is a worldly fix without leaving the country—the ultimate culmination of sounds, scenery and good vibes.

Tickets to the three-day camping festival are on sale now from www.womad.co.nz .This year, WOMAD has teamed up with PayPlan making it easy for festival-goers to book tickets now, pay in regular, easy payments, and be dancing under the mighty Taranaki Mounga in March 2023. Camping and glamping options are available.