WOMADelaide Becomes First SA Festival to Run All Stages on Renewable Energy
This is part of WOMADelaide’ s continued effort to lead the way in sustainability innovation.
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WOMADelaide is doing its bit to tackle climate change and create a sustainable future for the planet by announcing that this year’s festival stages will be powered using 100% renewable energy.
This is a major accomplishment and makes WOMAD South Australia’s first festival to power the majority of its event with renewables.
2026 will see the festival use renewable energy as its primary source of electricity, with the majority of liquid fuel being 100% renewable. How are they doing this, you might ask? By using a mix of B100 fuel – a biodiesel fuel made entirely from organic matter – and HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) fuel, which is made from used cooking oil and animal fat waste and produces approximately 90% less greenhouse gas than diesel.
“Sustainability is something we’re all really passionate about, and we’ve been working hard to reduce and offset the festival’s carbon emissions while minimising our environmental impact,” said Festival Director Ian Scobie AM.
“We’re really thrilled to introduce HVO to the festival, as that means we will now be powering all the stages at the festival from 100% renewable energy. This is a significant step which will lower the festival’s total carbon emissions and bring us closer to a fossil-fuel free event.”
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This initiative is the latest in a long line WOMADelaide has implemented in its journey to reduce and offset its carbon footprint. Over the years, the festival has introduced the “three bin recycling” system at festivals, used reusable cups at all bars and compostable plates, bowls and cutlery for all food vendors, invested $3 of every ticket sold into planting trees in regional SA via its collaboration with Greening Australia and segmented recycling and organic waste bins across the festival site.
“WOMADelaide truly is the world’s festival, so it’s our duty to care for the world we celebrate. Ensuring our event is sustainable is important, and powering all stages with renewable energy is a major milestone – not only for WOMADelaide, but the whole Australian festival landscape,” Scobie said.
More information about WOMADelaide's sustainability activity can be found here.
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)
