WOMAD

WOMAD. Its all about sharing. Whether it be the music or the food. We all like sharing our new experiences, so why not share the car journey there too?

Advantages to sharing your car journey.
1. You make new friends. (Yippee)
2. You get to share snacks, gossip and play games.
3. The cost of the journey is soooo much cheaper which gives you more spending money for food and beer and trinkets.
4. Think about how green you're being by only taking 1 car instead of two or three or four. Yes, you are saving the planet, a little bit at a time.

Get involved and head to

• goCarShare.com

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WOMAD at Bristol Zoo is back. Join us, a bundle of super duper artists, a few gorgeous flags and of course, the Bristol Zoo contingency on Saturday 30th June 2012 for an afternoon and evening like you've never had before.

• WOMAD at Bristol Zoo offer

The time has come. We have a bag of artists scrabbling to get out and reveal themselves.

And they are (drum roll please...)

The Alaev Family (Tajikstan/Israel)
Ane Brun (Norway)
Boubacar Traoré (Mali)
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo (Cuba)
Dizraeli and the Small Gods (UK)
Grupo Fantasma (USA)
Lo'Jo (France/Algeria)
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate (USA/Guinea)
Narasirato (Solomon Islands)
Peatbog Faeries (Scotland)
Raghu Dixit (India)
Sensational Space Shifters - a new collaboration between Robert Plant, Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara and more. (UK/Gambia)
Spiro (England)
Terem Quartet (Russia)
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Japan)

Keep an eye out for our line up page where you can read and watch the first artists coming to WOMAD UK.

• WOMAD UK 2012 lineup
• WOMAD lineup announcement in the Guardian

Dear WOMADers

Tomorrow, Friday 24th February- 1 month earlier than usual- we will be announcing the first artists performing at WOMAD UK.

Oh boy. We have some excellent musicians to give you. It is incredibly exciting!

We thought we'd tease you by offering you a clue to one of the musicians...

Their song 'Black Jack' was the theme tune to the PS2 game 'Sly Cooper & the Thievius Raccoonus' (what a funny name!) in their country... Who are they and where do they come from?

Good luck...

Do you remember us asking you to send in your WOMAD memory?

Well, we loved them so much that we thought we'd put them onto our womad.co.uk website for you all to enjoy.

Thank you to everyone who sent their memories in. They are great.

• WOMAD memories