Crowds enjoy music and atmosphere at WOMAD 2024

Children playing on a colourful sign that says WOMAD in a festival fieldImage source, Ryley Morton /Borkowski Arts
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The WOMAD festival is on at Charlton Park until Sunday

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Festivalgoers have praised "the atmosphere" and "great music" on the third day of Wiltshire's biggest festival.

Artists Alison Goldfrapp and Deerhoof were among those performing at the World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival, which takes place at Charlton Park near Malmesbury until Sunday.

Beyond music, the festival is also known for its workshops and children's activities.

Simone Kruger-Bridge, who has been attending the event for the last 30 years, said: "We just love the atmosphere.

"We love the music, we love the multiculturalism and the cosmopolitanism."

Musician Peter Gabriel first started the event in 1982 at the Bath and West Showground to showcase music from around the globe.

WOMAD, which was attended by 40,000 people last year, has acts from all genres including hip-hop, blues and punk.

A crowd cheering on a performer on a stage in green lightingImage source, Mike Massaro/ Borkowski Arts
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"We just love the atmosphere," said Simone Kruger-Bridge

Three people wearing glasses and yellow sunglasses with diamantes and stubble on their painted faces smilingImage source, Ryley Morton /Borkowski Arts
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The festival has acts from all genres including hip-hop, blues and punk

A person with dark hair wearing a ivory coloured embroidered tunic singing passionately into a microphoneImage source, Mike Massaro/ Borkowski Arts
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The event was started in 1982 to showcase music from around the world

A person wearing a colourful bandana, dreadlocks with beads around their neck and a tattoo across their chest pointing at the cameraImage source, Ryley Morton /Borkowski Arts
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The festival is also known for its workshops and children's activities

Six artists performing on a large stage in orange lightingImage source, Mike Massaro/ Borkowski Arts
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Artists Gogol Bordello and Goldfrapp are the headline acts for Saturday

Two people smiling and dancing in a crowd at the festivalImage source, Ryley Morton /Borkowski Arts
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Musician Peter Gabriel first started the event in 1982 at the Bath and West Showground

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