This year's much-anticipated 26th WOMAD is to take place at the picturesque
Charlton Park near Malmesbury.
WOMAD stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance, expressing the central aim of the WOMAD festival - to bring together and to celebrate many forms of music, arts and dance drawn from countries and cultures all over the world.
WOMAD was originally inspired by
Peter Gabriel and aims to create awareness of the worth and potential of a multicultural society.
The WOMAD Festivals have been running since1982 and WOMAD has presented more than 145 events in 22 different countries and islands.
The Gazette and Herald will be at the event, bringing you all the latest news, reviews and pictures as they happen.
And stay tuned below for all the updates in the run up to the event.
 | Children's groups get ready for WOMAD | | 4:00pm Wed 18 Jun 08 | | WOMAD is once again giving children in Malmesbury the chance to take to the stage for this year's international Music festival at Charlton Park. |
 | Music man's in panic mode | | 2:19pm Thu 12 Jun 08 | | STUDENT Aaron Baldwin is hoping the success of the WOMAD international music festival in Charlton Park will rub off on his charity event a week later. |
 | WOMAD summer school has lots to offer | | 11:21am Sat 31 May 08 | | If you're looking for more WOMAD, the WOMAD Summer School is the perfect chance to extend your weekend of world music, arts and dance by participating in a collection of workshops brought to you by some of the performers at this year's festival. |
| Win festival tickets | | 1:53pm Thursday 29th May 2008 | | We have teamed up with the WOMAD festival, at Charlton Park near Malmesbury, to give away two weekend tickets with a value of £250. |
| Top artists in WOMAD finale | | 2:56pm Wednesday 28th May 2008 | | WOMAD will close this year with a grand finale involving some of the top artists gathering on the main stage. |
| WOMAD 2008 kicks off | | 12:21pm Friday 18th April 2008 | | WOMAD's year kicked off in style in March, with both WOMADelaide (Australia) and WOMAD New Zealand proving massive successes. Australasia hosted the first two WOMAD's of 2008, and they set a precedent for another incredible year of world music, arts, dance and food. |
| Drum and bass event added to WOMAD 2008 | | 2:26pm Wednesday 16th April 2008 | | Drum and bass event added to WOMAD 2008
Comment
WOMAD has become more diverse with the introduction of a Drum and Bass Event on Saturday 26 July. |
| Vow to beat the mud | | 2:23pm Wednesday 16th April 2008 | | Vow to beat the mud
By Lois Avery
CommentLast year's festival
WOMAD organisers have vowed to beat any rain storms this year by making the festival bigger and better than ever. |
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