WOMADelaide, the world music extravaganza of the Adelaide Festival, turns 21 next year, and has invited and received very positive RSVPs from a number of VIPs across the globe.
WOMADelaide runs over four days in Botanic Park in inner-city Adelaide with performances and workshops on seven stages by the world's best traditional and contemporary musicians, dancers and DJs.
Included on the line-up are reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, Parisian based bohemian band Moriarty, incredible South African gospel group the Soweto Gospel Choir, swing/hip hop duo The Correspondants and all round music maverick, Hugh Masekela.
You can also tune in for:
Antibalas
Tallest Man on Earth
The Cat Empire
Amparo Sánchez
Tuba Skinny
The Herd
Abigail Washburn & Kai Welch
Ayarkhaan
Jordi Savall
LAU
Zoë Keating
Manjiri Kelkar
Sudha Ragunathan
Savoy Family Cajun Band
Nidi d’Arac
Mara! & Martenitsa Choir
Hugo Mendez
Mari Boine
Psarantonis
Seth Lakeman
Shunsuke Kimura x Etsuro Ono
Swamp Thing
Christine Salem
Dhafer Youssef
A bunch of other music making machines from around the globe will be lending their sound to the festival, also.
There will also be KidZone activity area, street theatre and visual artists, the Taste the World cooking program, The Planet Talks environmental discussions program, Artists in Conversation and around 100 amazing food, retail and charity stalls.
Oh, by the way, you're invited to the birthday party too - earlybird tickets are onsale now.