WOMAD stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance, bringing together many forms of music, arts and dance from countries and cultures around the world.

The festival was again at its new (in 2007) site at Charlton Park, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire.

The acts for 2008 included Mavis Staples, Hot tuna, Little Feat, Show Of Hands, Chic, Adrian Sherwood & OnU Soundsytem, Transglobal Underground, Michael Brook with Special Guests including Djivan Gasparyan (USA/Armenia), Lo Cor de la Plana (Corsica), Altai Kai (Altai Republic, Inner Mongolia), Bedouin Jerry Can Band (Egypt), David D'Or (Israel), Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan (India), Dulsori (South Korea), Ernest Ranglin (Jamaica), Andy Palacio and Garifuna Collective featuring Umalali (Belize), Altai Kai (Mongolian), Kora (New Zealand), Kenge Kenge Orutu Systems (Kenya), The Kasai Allstars, Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (UK/Gambia), The Taiko drummers Gocoo (Japan), Eddy Grant and His Frontline Orchestra (Bahamas), Devon Sproule (USA), Cara Dillon (Ireland), Bill Cobham (USA), Beat Bristol (UK/Brazil), Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali), Melbourne meets Kingston from Mista Savona (Australia), and Agricantus (Sicily).

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