PEOPLE enjoy going to Womad for the diverse line-up featuring artists from across the world, but there’s lots more than just the music.

The festival, which took place at Charlton Park near Malmesbury over the weekend, was an action-packed discovery into culture featuring plenty to do alongside seeing great music.

A vast array of food from across the world, drumming workshops and heaps of educational things for children to do, among other things, made it a weekend to remember.

Stuart Wilson, 50, from Glasgow, said: “I went to the first ever Womad in 1986 when it was in Shepton Mallet and have been to quite a few since then.

“I started coming back after I had children as it’s the perfect festival for young people. I wanted them to experience it too.

“It’s so diverse – there’s so much to see and so much to do. The children absolutely love it here as they can try out loads of different things such as drumming.

“It’s also pretty safe, they can run around and you don’t have to supervise them too much.”

Just away from the main site at this year's festival featured ‘Track’ by artist Graeme Miller, a moveable installation which people were pushed along on for a different approach to viewing art

Mark Jones, 23, from London, said: “The track installation was wicked and a really cool addition to the festival.

“I’ve been coming to Womad since I was about five. This year is the first time I’ve been since they rearranged the site layout so it’s been a bit strange getting to know it again but it’s been really nice as always.

“Part of the fun of Womad is stumbling across things you didn’t know about and that’s what keeps me coming back, it’s my favourite festival alongside Bestival.”

Malmesbury Town Council uses WOMAD as an opportunity to promote the town, which is only a 10 minute drive from the site.

Malmesbury councillor Sue Poole said: “We’ve come to Womad every year since it moved here and we try and persuade people visiting Womad to visit Malmesbury too while we're here.

“We’ve got lots of information, maps and beautiful pictures and we talk to people about the town.

“Residents in Malmesbury love Womad. There was a bit of trepidation when it first moved here but visitor numbers really do shoot up over the weekend.”

Other non-music highlights included the new physics pavilion and a Brazilian procession of dance and circus skills.