ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, February 18, 2011 (Press-News.org) WOMADelaide is returning to the South Australia capital next month and is an opportunity for music fans to attend a festival with a difference.
It features performances and workshops from some of the world's best singers, dancers, musicians and DJs across seven different stages.
Street theatre, fine food - courtesy of the Taste the World cooking programme - and visual arts are also on the bill.
Acts from across the world have been lined up to play at WOMADelaide. Some of the big names include the UK's Afro Celt Sound System and Norman Jay, The Creole Choir of Cuba, Joanna Newsom from the US and Canada's Martha Wainwright.
Demand for tickets is likely to be high, after last year's event saw more than 81,500 people attend.
WOMADelaide takes place from March 11th to 14th 2011 at Adelaide's Botanic Park. Performances run from 18:00 to midnight local time on the opening day and between midday and midnight for the rest of the event.
Four-day passes cost AU$295, although concessionary rates and discounts for group bookings are available.
Camping is not permitted in the park grounds, but festival-goers looking for last minute hotel deals near the site can find a wide range of Adelaide hotels at LateRooms.com.
Visit http://womad.org/ for more information.
Editors Notes:
www.LateRooms.com is part of the B2C sector of TUI Travel PLC's Accommodation and Destination Division. Also within this sector are AsiaRooms.com and Hotels-London.co.uk.
LateRooms.com is the UK's leading online accommodation site offering late availability deals in over 37,000 properties worldwide, ranging from bed and breakfasts to five-star luxury hotels.
LateRooms.com offers customers a saving of up to 70 per cent off the normal room rate for a variety of independent and branded hotels. Customers can book online or by phone 24/7, whether booking 12 months or 12 minutes in advance - whatever time, whatever day. No other accommodation site offers this flexibility.
LateRooms.com arms customers with information to help them choose the right hotel. Users can read from over 540,000 true hotel reviews, written by customers who have booked through LateRooms.com and actually stayed at the hotel.
LateRooms.com is the first online site to use VisitBritain's official national classification system to rate its hotels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses. This ensures customers know the standards of quality they can expect when making a reservation.
To view LateRooms.com press pages, please see http://press.laterooms.com/au.
LateRooms.com - Enjoy WOMADelaide Festival at Adelaide Botanic Park
The event will see performances from the likes of Martha Wainwright and Joanna Newsom.
2011-02-18
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