WOMAD Aotearoa returns to the Bowl of Brooklands and Brooklands Park in New Plymouth, Taranaki, from 12 to 14 March 2027. The Bowl has been its home since 2003: a natural amphitheatre cut into native bush in Pukekura Park, with the main stage facing a small lake and the crowd on grass banks rising to the fern groves.
The first line-up is out, with more to come. Tinariwen, Beth Orton, Altın Gün, BCUC from South Africa, the Jamaican reggae artist Hempress Sativa and DakhaBrakha from Ukraine lead it, alongside Troy Kingi with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Tami Neilson celebrating Dolly Parton, the Bhutan Balladeers and El Laberinto del Coco from Puerto Rico.
Tickets are on sale, with prices held for a fourth year, a fee-free payment plan and free entry for children 15 and under with a ticket-holding adult. Bring a blanket for the banks and stay for sunset, when the lake catches the western light.
