Grace Jones to Headline WOMADelaide 2026 Saturday Night

The global popstar joins fellow headliners Iron & Wine and Arrested Development.

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Global superstar Grace Jones has joined the WOMADelaide 2026 lineup and will take to the stage as the Saturday night headliner.

Emerging from the legendary Studio 54 nightclub in Manhattan, Jones made her mark with hit tracks such as ‘Pull Up to the Bumper’, ‘My Jamaican Guy’ and ‘Slave to the Rhythm’. Her 1981 album Nightclubbing is a disco classic and was an influence for many artists who came after Jones’ trailblazing pop success of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.

WOMADelaide 2026 takes place across four days at Adelaide’s Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla over the March long weekend (6-9) and features an incredible and diverse lineup of artists, including hip hop trailblazers Arrested Development, legendary Aussie group Yothu Yindi, Canadian jazz-fusion outfit BADBADNOTGOOD, Yolngu rapper and dancer Baker Boy, American gospel family band Annie & The Caldwells and many more.

The 2026 edition of the festival will feature more than 600 artists in 69 groups from 38 countries, highlighting the diversity of WOMADelaide and why it is constantly rated as one of the world’s best festivals.

Check out the full lineup so far and grab your tickets for WOMADelaide 2026 via womadelaide.com.au.

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Speaking on the addition of Grace Jones to the lineup, WOMADelaide Director, Ian Scobie, said, “We are delighted to have the one and only Grace Jones join us for WOMADelaide. She is guaranteed to bring a thrilling and memorable energy to the 2026 festival.”

Minister for Tourism South Australia, Zoe Bettison, said, “Adding Grace Jones to the already strong WOMADelaide lineup is hugely exciting for the festival and our State. Each year, WOMADelaide transforms our glorious Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla into another world celebrating art, culture, and connection in the heart of Adelaide – and 2026 will be no different. I welcome everyone to lock in their plans and experience why South Australia is officially the Best Event State.”

WOMADelaide is held on Kaurna Land at Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla from Friday 6 March to Monday 9 March. Tickets on sale now via womadeliade.com.

WOMADElaide 2026 Lineup

Åkervinda (Sweden)

Alcides Neto (Brazil/AUS)

Alfio Antico & Go Dugong (Italy)

Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy (Ghana)

Annahstasia (USA)

Annie & The Caldwells (USA)

Any Young Mechanic (AUS)

Arrested Development (USA)

Ashkan Shafiei (Iran/AUS)

Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou (Morocco)

Australian Art Orchestra with Kojoe & Hikaru Tanaka — Raw Denshi (Japan/AUS)

BADBADNOTGOOD (Canada)

Baker Boy (AUS)

Balaganesan & Bageswari (India)

BARKAA (AUS)

Beoga (Ireland)

Bhutan Balladeers (Bhutan)

Blinky Bill (Kenya)

Bobby Alu (Samoa/AUS)

Born in a Taxi – Higher Order, Illuminati, Please Wait Here, Sleep Keepers & Zebras (AUS)

BVT (Philippines/AUS)

Chloe Loftus Dance – The Air Between Us (NZ/Belgium)

Cie Hors Surface – Le poids des Nuages & HOME, Damien Droin (France)

Crazy P (DJ set) (UK)

Daughters of Donbas (Ukraine/Canada)

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek (Germany)

Džambo Aguševi Orchestra (Macedonia)

Fantastic Negrito (USA)

Ganavya (India/USA)

GANNA (Ukraine)

Georgia Knight (AUS)

Grace Jones (Jamacia)

Iron & Wine (USA)

Jalen Ngonda (USA/UK)

Jovanotti (Italy)

Jyoty (UK)

KAIIT (PNG/AUS)

Kankawa Nagarra (AUS)

La Perla (Colombia)

The Lazy Eyes (AUS)

Lewis Major Projects – Triptych REDUX (AUS)

MĀ (NZ)

Mama Kin Spender (AUS)

Mantis (Vanuatu)

Marlon Williams (NZ)

Maryam Rahmani (Iran/AUS)

Meganesia (PNG/AUS/West Papua)

Megatronic (UK)

Mungo's Hi Fi feat. Eva Lazarus (UK)

MY BABY (The Netherlands/NZ)

My Chérie (South Africa/AUS)

Nattali Rize (AUS/Jamaica)

The Necks (AUS)

Nusantara Beat (The Netherlands)

Obongjayar (Nigeria/UK)

Orange Blossom (France)

Osadía (Spain)

Oumou Sangaré (Mali)

Roberto Fonseca (Cuba)

Rosas – Rosas danst Rosas, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Belgium)

Sama' Abdulhadi (Palestine)

SAN DRAGAN (Myanmar/China/AUS)

Stan's Café – Of All The People In All The World & The Commentators (UK)

Troy Cassar-Daley (AUS)

Xylourides (Greece)

YASHA (Japan/AUS)

Yothu Yindi (AUS)

Yuka Okazaki (Japan/France)

The Zawose Queens (Tanzania)

Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange (AUS)

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