{"id":2124664,"date":"2025-10-30T12:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2124664"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:34:37","slug":"popular-wiltshire-music-festival-reveals-new-home-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/popular-wiltshire-music-festival-reveals-new-home-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Wiltshire music festival reveals new home for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ross Crane<\/span>West of England<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival (WOMAD) was last held in 2024<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A popular arts festival has revealed its new home for the event’s return in 2026, after a year’s hiatus.<\/p>\n

World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival (WOMAD) has been running for more than four decades and had been held Charlton Park, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, since 2007.<\/p>\n

The festival – co-founded by musician Peter Gabriel – announced on Thursday that next year’s event would take place at the Neston Park Estate, near Corsham. <\/p>\n

WOMAD attracts about 40,000 visitors a year and organisers said the event would be returning “truly independent” after not being staged in 2025<\/a> and that it had an “exciting future.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It will be the first time the Neston Park Estate has been opened to any type of event. <\/p>\n

Its owners, Sir James and Lady Venetia Fuller, said they were “very excited to welcome the WOMAD community”.<\/p>\n

Gabriel said the site “immediately felt to us like a warm and welcoming home”.<\/p>\n

“While we’ve been away, all the team have been working away regenerating our beloved festival and poring over your extensive feedback – and finding so many great suggestions,” the former member of Genesis added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Neston Park Estate near Corsham will host WOMAD in 2026<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Festival director, Chris Smith, said WOMAD’s “commitment to discovering and sharing the richness of global culture is stronger than ever”.<\/p>\n

“We are building on our incredible legacy with a clear vision for the next 40 years,” he added.<\/p>\n

WOMAD Festival will be held between 23-26 July 2026. Tickets go on sale on 13 November. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.bbc.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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