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'''WOMADelaide''' is an annual four-day festival of music, arts and dance in [[Botanic Park, Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. One of many [[WOMAD]] festivals held around the world, it is an event that presents a diverse selection of music from artists around the world, as well as side events like talks and discussions.

==Description==
The event is hosted by the [[WOMAD]] festivals organisation, which aims "to excite, to create, to inform and to highlight awareness of the worth and potential of a multicultural society".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://womad.org/about/|title=About WOMAD {{!}} Womad.org|website=womad.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-05-02}}{{self-published source |date=March 2025}}</ref>{{self-published inline |certain=y |date=May 2025}} The festival encourages people to experience the music of cultures other than their own as a way of developing global understanding,<ref>[http://womad.org/about/about.lasso?-session=womad:A1DEACD56BB55FC366F5BFED379A708C WOMAD - World of Music, Arts and Dance]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''About Us'', Accessed 26/2/07 {{self-published source |date=March 2025}}</ref>{{self-published inline |certain=y |date=May 2025}} and aims to entertain all age groups and people from all backgrounds.<ref name=history/> WOMADelaide has won the Helpmann Award for "Best Contemporary Music Festival" in 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2008/past-nominees-and-winners/contemporary-music|title=Past nominees and winners {{!}} Helpmann Awards|website=www.helpmannawards.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref> and 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2016/past-nominees-and-winners/contemporary-music|title=Past nominees and winners {{!}} Helpmann Awards|website=www.helpmannawards.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref> the Australian Event Awards "Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event" in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eventawards.com.au/about/archives/2015-winners-and-finalists.html|title=Australian Event Awards - 2015 Winners and Finalists|website=www.eventawards.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603110145/http://www.eventawards.com.au/about/archives/2015-winners-and-finalists.html|archive-date=3 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the [[Fowlers Live]] / [[SA Music Awards]] "Best Live Music Event" for five years in a row (2012–2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.womadelaide.com.au/info/awards|title=Awards|website=www.womadelaide.com.au|access-date=2017-05-02}}{{self-published source |date=March 2025}}</ref>{{self-published inline |certain=y |date=May 2025}}

==Programming==
WOMADelaide draws its performing artists from all over the world. A specific emphasis is placed on traditional music and performances of various cultures although some more contemporary, popular acts are included. The festival runs from 6{{nbsp}}pm to 1{{nbsp}}am on Friday, from 12{{nbsp}}noon until 1{{nbsp}}am on Saturday and from noon until midnight on Sunday. In 2010, WOMADelaide was extended to include Monday from noon until midnight, making the festival four days in length. Artists also lead workshops demonstrating and discussing aspects of their performances on smaller stages. There are also artists who do roving performances through the park and installation pieces, such as La Compagnie Carabosse, who set up large fire installations at the 2005 festival.

==Festival site and layout==
WOMADelaide is held in Botanic Park, which is situated north-east of central [[Adelaide]], between the [[Adelaide Zoo]] and [[Adelaide Botanic Garden]]. The {{convert|adj=on|34|ha}} park is fenced off for the duration of the festival. The main stages are set up around a backstage compound with Stage 1 in the middle and Stages 2 and 3 on either side, all facing out from the backstage area. There are an additional four smaller stages (Zoo Stage, Moreton Bay Stage and two in Speakers Corner). There are also visual arts exhibitions, a KidZone, a Global Village market area with over 100 food, crafts and display stalls, as well as several bars. All front-of-stage areas, the KidZone and the food and drink area are designated [[Smoking ban|smoke-free]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

WOMADelaide has worked closely with the Office of Zero Waste SA in [[waste minimisation]]. After the 2005 festival, some {{convert|6|t|lb}} of compost from WOMADelaide waste were returned to the [[Adelaide Botanic Garden]], in an effort to preserve the delicate [[ecosystem]] in which the event is located. In 2007, WOMADelaide joined forces with [[Greening Australia]], Australia’s largest environmental organisation, to remove the [[global warming]] impact of the event. The carbon generated through artists' travel, and the festival site lighting and power was offset through the re-vegetation of native bushland in South Australia, which also helped to restore native habitat for rare and [[endangered species]], and to reduce the effects of salinity.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

== History ==
===1990s===
WOMADelaide was first run in 1992 as part of the [[Adelaide Festival of Arts]] from an invitation by Rob Brookman to the UK WOMAD organisation to run an event in Adelaide after seeing the success of other WOMADs in Europe.  It was due to be held in Long Gully Oval, [[Belair National Park]] on a single stage but got moved to Botanic Park at a late stage and after flyers had been printed due to bush fire threats.  Three-day passes were priced at {{AUD|98|link=yes}}, equivalent to {{AUD|{{Inflation|AU|98|1992|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation/year|AU}}, reduced to {{AUD|80}} for concession entitled, with one person under 15 years of age admitted free for each adult ticket. A full day-and-night ticket costs $60 ($45 concession), and individual sessions start at $25.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

From 1993 the festival officially moved to Botanic Park, after the threat of bush fires in 1992, and ran every two years (in odd-numbered years) to not conflict with subsequent editions of the Adelaide Festival. Three-day passes were priced at $98 ($80 concession), with one person under 15 years of age admitted free for each adult ticket. Full day-and-night tickets cost $60 ($45 concession). 1993 also saw the first time festival founder [[Peter Gabriel]] appear in Australia. Peak audience attendance in 1993 was 33,000.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

The 1995 audience attendance was 55,000. Stage 4 was added, as well as The Virtual Artists' internet tent. At the time, a futuristic component of the program with  [[Netscape (web browser)|Netscape]] web browser and [[CU-SeeMe|CUCME]] video conferencing software launching that week. [[The Discovery Channel]] made a documentary on WOMADelaide's 10-[[megabyte]] connection.  A one-off [[Compact disc|CD]] compilation of artists playing this year, ''[[Womadelaide '95]]'', was also released.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

From 1996, the management and production of WOMADelaide was taken on by the Adelaide-based company Arts Projects Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artsprojects.com.au/about-us| title=arts projects australia - ABOUT US|website=www.artsprojects.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123801/http://www.artsprojects.com.au/about-us|archive-date=7 March 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There was also a small event, the one-off WOMAD [[Indian Pacific]] train trip from [[Perth]] to [[Pimba, South Australia|Pimba]] across the [[Nullarbor Plain]] on a chartered Indian Pacific train featuring performances on board the carriages and culminated in a finale concert at Spud's Roadhouse at Pimba, {{convert|480|km}} north of Adelaide. The lineup comprised the following.
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*[[Archie Roach]] and [[Ruby Hunter]] with [[Dave Steel]] (Australia)
*[[Francis Bebey]] (Cameroon)
*[[Mara!]] (Australia)
*Paul Kelly (Australia)
*[[Purna Das Baul]] and the Bauls of Bengal (India)
*[[Remmy Ongala]] (Tanzania)
*Shu-De (Tuva) and The Well Oiled Sisters (Scotland)
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1997 peak audience attendance across the weekend: 60,000. A sibling event, WOMAD Pacific, in New Zealand, also founded in [[Auckland]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Womad and New Zealand music - Article {{!}} AudioCulture | url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/womad-and-new-zealand-music | access-date=2025-04-20 | website=www.audioculture.co.nz}}</ref> the weekend after WOMADelaide, also bi-annually.  

1998 saw another one-off event called ''WOMAD in the Vales'',<ref>{{Cite web | title=Womad in the Vales (1998) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3159816/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212054506/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3159816/ | access-date=2025-04-20 | archive-date=2017-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Womad In the Vales 1998 | url=https://www.ukrockfestivals.com/womadelaide-1998-known.html | access-date=2025-04-20 | website=www.ukrockfestivals.com}}</ref> held at McLaren Vale Oval on 15 March 1998 to celebrate the end of [[Robyn Archer]]'s 1998 [[Adelaide Festival of Arts]]. The lineup comprised the following.
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*[[The Barkers]] (Australia)
*[[Geoffrey Oryema]] (Uganda)
*[[My Friend the Chocolate Cake]] (Australia)
*Pa Jobarteh (Gambia)
*[[The Sabri Brothers]] (Pakistan)
*[[Shooglenifty]] (Scotland)
*Southern Pipes and Drums (Australia)
*Tiddas (Australia)
*[[Yulduz Usmanova]] (Uzbekistan)
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1999 introduced Stage 5 (formerly the Workshop Stage), {{incomprehensible span |date=May 2025 |reason= |text=Angus Watt's flags in collaboration with Anangu Pitjantjatjara Inma artists have since become a mainstay (previously seen, and still present,{{as of? |date=May 2025}} at [[Glastonbury Festival]] and the UK WOMAD sites<ref>{{Cite web | title=WOMAD: Artist celebrates 30 years of festival flags - BBC News | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lk2x2pjyyo | access-date=2025-04-20 | website=www.bbc.co.uk| date=26 July 2024 }}</ref>),<ref>{{Cite web | title=Angus Watt's Festival Flags – Portland Flag Association | url=https://portlandflag.org/2015/01/31/angus-watts-festival-flags/ | access-date=2025-04-20 | website=portlandflag.org| date=31 January 2015 }}</ref>}} KidZone, off-site school based workshops and finally, the WoZone nightclub at the nearby [[Adelaide University]] bar. The WoZone ran on Friday and Saturday from midnight till 5{{nbsp}}am, after curfew finished at Botanic Park. Three different rooms for live acts, [[DJ]]s and chilling out with projections and ambient music. A CD compilation of festival highlights for the Australian and New Zealand events started this year, rather than being a one-off as in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WOMAD '99 [sound recording] : Southern Hemisphere. |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21968319?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcreator%5D=Che+Fu,+1974-&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject_text%5D=Popular+music.&search%5Bpath%5D=items |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=natlib.govt.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Womad '99 Southern Hemisphere |date=1999 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7166094-Various-Womad-99-Southern-Hemisphere?srsltid=AfmBOoqsbrgs6F4KDocVtqxxzfPB1dYMZPWJqWtsK6qEssN3u6padFsS |access-date=2025-04-21 |language=en}}</ref>

===2000s===
In 2001, to celebrate the United Nations [[International Year of Volunteers]], 18 volunteers operated the first information booth, and Stage 5 changed locations. [[Papa Wemba]] replaced late cancellation [[Femi Kuti]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=Womadelaide 2001 Botanic Park | url=https://fac.flinders.edu.au/dspace/api/core/bitstreams/e699ea04-ed9d-444a-b68d-c572b0acae90/content | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601024139/https://fac.flinders.edu.au/dspace/api/core/bitstreams/e699ea04-ed9d-444a-b68d-c572b0acae90/content | archive-date=2023-06-01}}</ref>

2002 saw another one-off small scale event, called ''The WOMAD Warm-Up'', three concerts and three workshops held in September at the [[Adelaide Festival Centre]]. The lineup comprised the following.
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*[[Chartwell Dutiro]] (Zimbabwe)
*[[Sally Nyolo]] (Cameroon)
*[[Trio Mocotó]] (Brazil)
*[[Ruby Hunter]] (Australia)
*[[Seckou Keita]] (Senegal)
*Mara and Llew Kiek (Australia)
*Ben Baddoo (Ghana)
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In 2003, WOMADelaide became an annual festival, following a decision by the [[Rann government]] to financially support the event until at least 2009.<ref name=":0">AdelaideNow, 13 Jan 2004", Womad's decision to go annual is paying off".</ref> That year, WOMADelaide Foundation Limited was also established as a [[not-for-profit]] organisation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acnc.gov.au/RN52B75Q?ID=F8AA1573-6BFB-49C0-8411-331803A26BD5&noleft=1|title=Womadelaide Foundation Limited}}{{dead link|date=September 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The Foundation presented subsequent festivals and special projects for remote [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] arts communities.<ref name="history">[http://www.womadelaide.com.au/info/history/WOMADelaide_history.pdf WOMADelaide History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410232509/http://www.womadelaide.com.au/info/history/WOMADelaide_history.pdf |date=10 April 2008 }}, WOMADelaide Foundation Limited, Accessed 26/2/7 {{self-published source |date=March 2025}}</ref>{{self-published inline |certain=y |date=May 2025}} The festival also moved to February and March to avoid the summer heat. 2003 also introduced the remedial therapy and relaxation area called ''Sanctuary'' but later renamed ''Healing Village''. The sibling WOMAD Pacific became ''[[WOMAD New Zealand]]'' and an annual event, and moved to its permanent setting in Brooklands Park, [[New Plymouth]] in [[Taranaki]]. Weekend passes were $158 per adult, $135 for groups of 10 or more, $114 for concessions, with each adult able to bring a child under 12 for free and $52 for each additional child. On Saturday and Sunday, day and night passes were $92, $78, $66 and each additional child $38 respectively. Similarly, Friday and Sunday night passes were $62, $52, $45 and $32 for each additional child respectively, and finally Sunday night passes were $79, $68, $55 and $32 for each additional child respectively. WoZone tickets were $20 at the door, and $10 with a festival ticket stub.  

2004 was the year Taste The World was introduced. An innovation that also went to subsequent New Zealand and UK festivals. Also the WOMADelaide Parade began this year. The last WoZone, prices for this were only $5 at the door.  

Changes in 2005 included Stage 4 being renamed ''Zoo Stage'', Stage 5 renamed ''Moreton Stage'' and Stage 6 renamed ''Dell''.  Festival was officially [[carbon neutral]] for the first time, and on-site [[ATM]]s were introduced.  

The 2006 event saw Speakers Corner introduced as well as the Parachilna Garden Cafe, the on-site restaurant run in partnership with Andrew Fielke from the Prairie Hotel in the Flinders Ranges. Also, Talvin Singh had the honour of being the first DJ in Botanic Park when he played on Stage 3. Tickets were priced at $172 for the weekend, discounted Friends of the Adelaide Festival or groups of 10 or more were $149, and concessions at $125. Three days passes were priced at $220 for the weekend, discounted Friends of the Adelaide Festival or groups of 10 or more were $184, and concessions $165. Friday tickets were $75, $68 and $60 respectively, and Saturday and Sunday were $98, $85, $73 respectively.

2007 a cinema and pharmacy were added, and DJs closed the festival each night in Speakers Corner.  Workshops were help for visual arts at the Park Arts and Functions Complex, and weekend pass tickets were $182 for adults, $154 for groups of 10 or more, and $135 for concessions.  

In 2008 a one-off Eco Village joined the site.

In 2009 the first WOMADelaide Forest was planted, in partnership with [[Greening Australia]] in South East Australia. KidZone had a stage from 2009, and track matting pathways were also added to combat both dry and wet conditions.

===2010s===
[[File:WOMADelaide 2011-2.JPG|thumb|right|Crowd at WOMADelaide, 2011]]

In 2010, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Adelaide Festival of Arts, WOMADelaide extended to four days. Due to overwhelming popularity, the festival has continued at this length.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-05 |title=Womadelaide to become four-day event - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/05/2919082.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608023745/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/05/2919082.htm |archive-date=2010-06-08 |access-date= |website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref> That year, WOMADelaide was produced and presented by the WOMADelaide Foundation, was managed by Arts Projects Australia and WOMAD Ltd, and was presented in association with the [[Government of South Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womadelaide.com.au/sponsors/ |title=Womadelaide |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2017-03-06 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022140325/http://www.womadelaide.com.au/sponsors/ |archive-date=22 October 2009 }}{{self-published source |date=March 2025}}</ref>{{self-published inline |certain=y |date=May 2025}}

In 2015 the [[South Australian Tourism Commission]] (an agency of the Government of South Australia) replaced the Government of South Australia as the event's new principal partner. As of 2017, the South Australian Tourism Commission remains the event's principal partner.

In 2017, WOMADelaide became a [[smoke-free]] event, with provision for smoking in three designated areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.womadelaide.com.au/info/green-and-global|title=Green + Global - WOMADelaide| website=WOMADelaide|access-date=2017-03-21}}{{self-published source |date=March 2025}}</ref>{{self-published inline |certain=y |date=May 2025}} In addition to a festival highlights CD, a [[DVD]] was also released this year as a one-off.

===2020s===
The last annual festival highlights CD was released in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/239638121 | title=Trove }}{{author missing |date=May 2025}}{{title missing |date=May 2025}}{{year missing |date=May 2025}}{{ISBN missing |date=May 2025}}{{publisher missing |date=May 2025}}</ref>{{full citation needed |date=May 2025}}

In 2021, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]], WOMADelaide was held in [[Ityamai-itpina|King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina]] instead of its usual location at Botanic Park, so that the venue could comply with the [[COVID-19 restrictions]].<ref>{{cite web | title=WOMADelaide | website=[[Adelaide Festival]] | url=https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/womadelaide/ | access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=radiorodney>{{cite interview | title=Who was Ityamai-itpina (King Rodney)? | website=ABC Radio | date=2 December 2020 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/adelaide/programs/mornings/ityamia-itpina-king-rodney-park/12942940 |interviewer-first=Troy |interviewer-last=Sincock|first=Frank (Uncle)|last= Wanganeen|series=Mornings with Spence Denny|format=Audio (6' 37") | access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref> The format was changed to a series of seated concerts on a single stage, opening with [[Archie Roach]] and closing with [[Midnight Oil]] and First Nations collaborators on their ''Makarrata Live'' project.<ref>{{cite web | title=Playing Times | website=WOMADelaide | url=https://www.womadelaide.com.au/playing-times | access-date=7 March 2021}}{{self-published source |date=March 2025}}</ref>{{self-published inline |certain=y |date=May 2025}} This was also the first year of [[WOMADelaide x NSS Academy]], a collaboration with the youth music centre [[Northern Sound System]], which was established to provide training and development program for emerging [[Aboriginal South Australians]] and [[multicultural]] artists. The program identified 10 artists in its first year or operation, with musical duo [[MRLN x RKM]] selected to support [[Vika and Linda]] and Midnight Oil at WOMAD.<ref name=womad2021>{{cite web | title=WOMADelaide & Northern Sound System Announce New Artist Development Program | website=WOMADelaide | date=2021 | url=https://www.womadelaide.com.au/news/2021/1/womadelaide-and-northern-sound-system-announce-new-artist-development-program | access-date=14 July 2022}}{{self-published source |date=March 2025}}</ref>{{self-published inline |certain=y |date=May 2025}}<ref name="CityMag 2021">{{cite web | title=The WOMADelaide x NSS Academy is fostering diverse voices in SA | website=[[CityMag]] | date=1 February 2021 | url=https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/the-womadelaide-x-nss-academy-is-fostering-diverse-voices-in-sa/ |first=Angela |last=Skujins| access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>

In 2022 the festival returned to Botanic Park for the festival's 30th celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://murraybramwell.com/?p=3397|title= Back to the Park: WOMADelaide 2022 Returns to Full Strength|date=2022-02-21|access-date=2025-04-25}}</ref>

In 2023 the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia waned, and the event sold out its first three days (Friday–Sunday)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tourism.sa.gov.au/news-articles/womadelaide-2023-the-year-that-broke-all-records|title=WOMADelaide 2023; the year that broke all records|publisher=South Australian Tourism Commission|date=2023-06-25|access-date=2025-02-14}}</ref> for the first time, and was nearly sold out for its final day on the public holiday Monday.

== Reception ==
A day only event (with full weekend tickets also available, no camping on site), WOMADelaide has grown steadily in audience size from 30,000 in 1993 to over 90,000 over the four day events annually since 2014. "About 95,000" people attended in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-10/record-crowd-attends-womadelaide-event-in-2015/6292614|title=WOMADelaide Festival attracts record crowd in 2015|date=2015-03-10|work=ABC News|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en-AU}}</ref> All prior attendance records were broken in 2016 when over 95,000 people attended over the course of the weekend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2016/03/16/womadelaide-smashes-attendance-records-in-2016/|title=WOMAdelaide Smashes Attendance Records In 2016|website=theMusic|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-03-21}}</ref>

In 2008 WOMADelaide won the FasterLouder Festival Award for best Sound and Production.<ref name="fasterlouder">[http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/festivalawards/2008/results/winners/ FasterLouder Festival Awards: 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103084140/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/festivalawards/2008/results/winners/ |date=3 January 2009 }}</ref> WOMADelaide also received the 2008 [[Helpmann Award]] for Best Contemporary Music Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s%3Dwinners%26year%3D2008 |title=Winners |access-date=20 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021071438/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=winners&year=2008 |archive-date=21 October 2008 }}</ref>

== Awards ==
===National Live Music Awards===
The [[National Live Music Awards]] are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.
{{awards table}}
|-
| [[National Live Music Awards of 2016]]<ref name="2016noms&wins">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/nominees-2016/|title=Nominees 2016|website=NLMA|date=2016|access-date=5 September 2020}}</ref>
| WOMADelaide
| South Australian Live Event of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Live Music Awards of 2020]]<ref name="2020noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2020/09/08/nominees-announced-for-2020-national-live-music-awards-public-voting-opens/|title=Nominees announced for 2020 National Live Music Awards|website=NLMAs|date=7 September 2020|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>
| WOMADelaide
| Best Live Music Festival or Event
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Live Music Awards of 2023]]<ref name="NLMA2023wins">{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/industry/genesis-owusu-and-amyl-the-sniffers-win-big-at-the-2023-national-live-music-awards/ias3nZyfnoE/11-10-23|title=Genesis Owusu And Amyl & The Sniffers Win Big At The 2023 National Live Music Awards |website=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]|date= 11 October 2023|access-date= 12 October 2023}}</ref>
| WOMADelaide
| Best Live Event in SA 
| {{won}}
|-
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===South Australian Music Awards===
The [[South Australian Music Awards]] (previously known as the Fowler's Live Music Awards) are annual awards that exist to recognise, promote and celebrate excellence in the South Australian contemporary music industry. They commenced in 2012.<ref name=PastWinners>{{cite web |url= https://southaustralianmusicawards.com.au/about/past-winners/ |title= Past Winners |website= South Australian Music Awards |access-date= 29 March 2021 |archive-date= 14 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220314205854/https://southaustralianmusicawards.com.au/about/past-winners/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> WOMADelaide won five awards.

{{awards table}} {{small|(wins only)}}
|-
| 2012
| WOMADelaide
| Most Popular SA Live Music Event 
| {{won}}
|- 
| 2013
| WOMADelaide
| Favourite SA Live Music Event  
| {{won}}
|- 
| 2014
| WOMADelaide
| Favourite SA Live Music Event  
| {{won}}
|- 
| 2015
| WOMADelaide
| Best Festival / Music Event  
| {{won}}
|- 
| 2016
| WOMADelaide
| Best Festival / Music Event 
| {{won}}
|- 
{{end}}

==See also==
* [[WOMADelaide line-ups]]

==References==
{{Reflist |30em}}

==External links==
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{{Adelaide Festivals}}

[[Category:Festivals in Adelaide|WOMAD]]
[[Category:Music festivals in South Australia]]
[[Category:Music in Adelaide|WOMAD]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1992]]
[[Category:World music festivals]]