WOMUD
A very muddy Charlton Park during WOMAD 2007.
I did hear a few voices of dissent about the organisation of this year’s festival, and how those in charge should have better anticipated the wet weather. However, I think this was probably just teething problems at the new venue. Thank goodness the festival was not at Rivermead again - I hear the Thames has flooded there and the entire festival would have been cancelled.
I am in agreement with Stephen Dalton at The Times:
But it was the Senegalese hip-hop trio Daara J who virtually hijacked his show, bounding around the stage in flowing white robes like hyperactive Jedi Knights.
Seth Lakeman and Dhol Foundation also had me jumping.
July 30th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Dammit, Robert, you should have advertised your attendance in advance - we were there with the kids. (We packed up and buggered off on Saturday morning. The nippers - seven and three - *hated* it. Tears from the word go.)
July 31st, 2007 at 2:46 am
Dammit indeed. I didn’t envy the parents there, I have to say. I saw a couple of Dad’s dragging their prams through the mud with the wheels all clogged up.
August 1st, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I tell you something, the first person to invent a tent that can go in a washing machine is going to make a fortune. The inside of ours looks like an IRA dirty protest.