FAQs

WOMADelaide is held in close proximity to the Adelaide CBD in the beautiful Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla. Entry to the festival is via the gates on Frome Road and Hackney Road.  

As the lineup is announced it will be viewable on our lineup pages. Playing times are usually finalised and added two months prior to the festival.

For ticket types and prices visit our tickets page.

For further ticket information visit our ticket information.

• Friday    4:00pm - Midnight
• Saturday    11:00am - Midnight
• Sunday    11:00am - Midnight
• Monday    11:00am - Midnight

Cycling:

Parking is made available for patrons adjacent to each entrance. Please ensure that you bring your own bike lock to secure your ride in the allocated parking area

Parking:

No on-site parking is available, consider using public transport (including a dedicated festival bus shuttle and tram services). 

Or secure your WOMADelaide parking with UPark.

Pre-book for night and weekend parking at UPark Rundle, UPark Frome or UPark Pirie Flinders. Convenient and affordable parking that’s open 24 hours and just a short walk to Botanic Park.

Bus: 

Details of a dedicated Adelaide Metro bus shuttle that operates during the festival will be shared closer to the event. 

All other Adelaide Metro tram timetables can be found HERE. 

In keeping with the South Australian Government health regulations, WOMADelaide is a smoke-free event. Festival goers wishing to smoke will be able to do so in designated smoking areas marked on the festival map or listed in the APP.

At times Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla can become dusty.

Anyone who suffers from asthma should bring the specific medication they need and make note of the location of nearest first aid tent in case they do need any assistance.

For more information on asthma first aid please visit Asthma Australia's website.

There is strictly no camping on site at WOMADelaide as the venue is part of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide.

Please check our Apply page for all relevant information on getting involved with the festival.

We have an entire area dedicated to our little humans! A world of fun awaits in the KidZone with daily activities programmed specially for kids. Immersive activities, science discoveries, story telling, dress-ups, face painting and much more. KidZone is much more than just a place to keep the kids happy. 

For Children and Youth Ticket Prices and Information visit our ticket information.

Parents with babies and toddlers can enjoy a shaded, comfortable and discrete Parenting Room. Nursing parents at WOMADelaide have access to feeding chairs, baby changing and bottle heading facilities. 

All children must be wristbanded prior to entering the Festival. Please add children to your cart when purchasing. Write the responsible adult's mobile number clearly on the wristband. Parents or guardians should arrange with children to meet at the Info Booth if they get separated.

WOMADelaide follows a strict lost child/missing persons procedure. All lost children/persons are taken to the Info Booth.

Parents/guardians, please report a missing child/person at the Info Booth.

Lost property will be taken to the Info Booth on site. If you have lost anything please check here first.

Credit cards will be destroyed post-event. We’ll keep valuable items for two weeks after the event. 

All other serviceable items (blankets/chairs/sunglasses etc.) will be held and available for a collection at a location announced closer to the event. 

We are cashless.

Accepted cards are Visa, MasterCard, or pre-paid debit cards, processing EFTPOS and PayWave/PayPass.

If you wish to bring a chair, only low-standing, beach-style chairs will be permitted. We ask those who want to remain seated for a performance to sit at the outer edges and rear of the audience areas. For selected ‘seated’ performances, the audience will be asked by the stage MC to sit down and in these cases, those who want to stand or dance will be asked to move to the outer edges and rear of the audience area. Please also be aware that "staking" out a spot in front of a stage with chairs, rugs or blankets for any performance not designated as a "seated performance" is prohibited as these items can create safety and trip hazard concerns as large crowds can unpredictably converge toward the stages.

Please ensure that you keep clearways, marked with blue and white lighting clear, you will be asked to move by crowd control is you have set up within these walkways for the safety and clear navigation of site for all patrons. 

If you have any suggestions or comments, please write to us at info@womadelaide.com.au. 

During the festival itself, our friendly front of house staff, crowd care volunteers, or Info Booth staff will be able to direct any enquiries. Feedback forms and a QR code to directly submit feedback can be found and submitted at the Info Booth.

Yes, pass-outs are available. However, you must make sure you scan OUT if you want to return to the festival and scan IN again on the same day.

Bag Check-Ins are located at both the Frome Road and Hackney Road main entrances. A Tap ‘n’ Go donation is required to use the bag check-in, with all proceeds donated to the WOMADelaide Foundation. The bag check-in will close at 12.30am nightly.  All items are left at your own risk. WOMADelaide takes no responsibility for items left behind.

What you can check in:

• Handbags
• Small bags
• Daypacks

What you can’t check in:

• Valuables (wallets / purses, phones, cameras, signed Peter Gabriel vinyl)
• Coats / jumpers or loose items of clothing
• Prams / strollers
• Open bags (e.g. shopping bags)
• Sun shades, chairs and blankets
  
  

No, as a requirement of our agreement for the use of Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla across the 4 days and as courtesy to your fellow festivalgoers, we ask you take your belongings with you each night. Any possessions left unattended overnight will necessarily need to be removed and subsequently donated directly to local charities.

Thousands of people attend the festival each day and it's an on-the-move crowd, so please understand that you can’t "reserve a spot”.

Do bring: 

• Your wristband! (or your booking reference number/confirmation email)
  
  
• Valid photo ID
  
  
• Hat
  
  
• Sunscreen
  
  
• Medication (especially for asthma, allergies or hayfever as the park can get dusty at times)
  
  
• Clothes to suit the weather / rain poncho
  
  
• Reusable water bottle

Recommended:

• Portable phone charger
  
  
• Sturdy shoes
  
  
• Friends
  
  
• Sunnies
  
  

Please see our Conditions of Entry. 

Please visit our Access page for our Access Guide. 

Read our full Conditions of Entry.