Fat Freddy’s Drop join WOMADelaide 2019 lineup

Genre-blurring Kiwi party band Fat Freddy’s Drop will return to WOMADelaide in March, having previously endeared themselves to Botanic Park crowds at the 2014 festival. The group will make a slight detour from a previously announced run of Australian shows to appear on Saturday, March 9.

Although the group has yet to issue a full length follow up to 2015’s Bays, a new single titled Trickle Down was released in 2018. They’ll join a weekend-long musical spread that includes the legendary Angelique Kidjo, Liz Phair, John Butler Trio, Las Cafeteras, Christine and the Queens and Tkay Maidza.

The festival’s Artists In Conversation program has been bolstered by a session with previously announced performers Angelique Kidjo and Fatoumata Diawara. Senator Penny Wong and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham will join ABC Radio National’s Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas’ Party Room podcast, hosted as part of the Planet Talks program. Comedian and The Project regular Peter Hellier will also join the Kidzone to read excerpts from his series of children’s books.

In addition to those additions, the festival has partnered with UniSA’s innovative museum MOD. to host an exhibit titled Feeling Human over the weekend, housed in a converted shipping container dubbed ‘WOMOD.’.

WOMADelaide
Botanic Park
Friday, March 8 to Monday, March 11
womadelaide.com.au

Full WOMADelaide 2019 lineup

5AngryMen -“The Bells”
Adrian Eagle
Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet
Amaru Tribe
Amjad Ali Khan with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Angelique Kidjo
Arrived
Baloji
BCUC
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir
Christine and The Queens
Compagnie BiLBoBaSSo Amor
Cool Out Sun
Dangerous Song & Bukhu
Danny Krivit
Digital Afrika
DJ Harvey
DJ SAMA
Dona
DuOud
Ephemeral City
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Fatoumata Diawara
Gwenno
Harts
Jamie Smith’s MABON
Janis Claxton Dance POP-UP DUETS (fragments of love)
Jason Heerah & Otentik Groove
John Butler Trio
Julia Jacklin
Kaiit
Khruangbin
La Dame Blanche
LaBrassBanda
Las Cafeteras
Le Phun – The Leafies
Leftfield
Liz Phair
Lord Echo
Maalem Hamid El Kasri
Maarja Nuut & Ruum
Mambali
Marrugeku – Le Dernier Appel (The Last Cry)
Mojo Juju
My Baby
Ollie English
Punctum’s Public Cooling House
Rebetien
Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar
Sharon Shannon Band
Silkroad Ensemble
Sona Jobarteh
Taiwu Ancient Ballads Troupe
Tara Tiba
TEEKS
Thando
The Bamboos
The Colour of Time
The Correspondents
The Maes
The Original Gypsies
The Seven Ups
Thelma Plum
Timberwolf
Tkay Maidza
Ukulele Death Squad
Yo, Carmen by María Pagés Compañía
Yohai Cohen Quintet
Zephyr Quartet