Few artists have shaped pop culture quite like Grace Jones.
Few artists have shaped pop culture quite like Grace Jones.
The Jamaican singer, supermodel and Bond villain will make her WOMADelaide debut as the Saturday night headliner when the festival returns to Adelaide’s Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla from 6–9 March 2026. At 77, Jones remains one of the most commanding performers on the planet, her theatrical stage presence and distinctive voice showing no signs of slowing down.
Jones emerged from Manhattan’s legendary Studio 54 in the late 1970s and has since become a music legend, gay icon and art-rock symbol. Tracks like Pull Up to the Bumper, My Jamaican Guy and Slave to the Rhythm have cemented her influence across four decades of pop music, from new wave to Beyoncé’s Renaissance album.
WOMADelaide 2026
- Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla, Adelaide
- 6–9 March 2026
- Tickets and info at womadelaide.com.au
Check out our gig guide here.
The 2026 festival will feature more than 600 artists in 70 groups from 38 countries across the four-day program. Jones joins a lineup that includes Grammy-winning hip-hop pioneers Arrested Development, Malian singer and activist Oumou Sangaré, Italian pop icon Jovanotti, Canadian jazz-fusion outfit BADBADNOTGOOD, and American gospel family band Annie & The Caldwells.
Australian acts feature prominently too, with Yothu Yindi celebrating 35 years of Tribal Voice, Yolngu rapper Baker Boy, country artist Troy Cassar-Daley and The Necks all confirmed. New Zealand’s Marlon Williams will perform with Kapa Haka group Ngā Mātai Pūrua, while Fred Again.. collaborator Obongjayar brings his Afro-funk sound from London.
Other international highlights include Palestinian DJ Sama’ Abdulhadi, Ghanaian gospel group Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy, Irish trad band Beoga, and psychedelic Amsterdam six-piece Nusantara Beat. The program spans everything from Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca to Macedonian brass orchestra Džambo Aguševi Orchestra and Swedish folk group Åkervinda.
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