Festivalgoers looking for something a bit more adventurous than this weekend's Woodstock '99 may want to check out another three-day music bash being held next weekend.

The WOMAD U.S.A. Festival will take place at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington from Friday, July 30 through August 1. World music and cultural diversity are the themes, and the acts range from West Indian singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading and the Afro-Celtic act Cubanismo! to Uganda's Geoffrey Oryema and Anglo-Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas.

Other artists scheduled to appear are Taj Mahal, Joan Baez, Irish folkie Mary Black, former Blasters frontman Dave Alvin, and Jeff Ament with his side project, Three Fish.

More than 35 artists are scheduled to appear on eight different stages, and among the extras offered are workshops with some of the performers, a bazaar featuring handcrafts and imported goods, and a plethora of international cuisines.

For more information on the festival, visit the WOMAD U.S.A. Web site at www.womadusa.org.

The artists and musicians currently scheduled to participate are:

  • Afro Celt Sound System (Africa/Europe)
  • Andy White (Northern Ireland)
  • Arthur Hull (USA)
  • Bangarra Dance Theatre (Australia)
  • Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers (USA)
  • Bernard Kabanda (Uganda)
  • Boukman Eksperyans (Haiti)
  • Cubanismo! (Cuba)
  • Cui Jian (China)
  • Dave Alvin (USA)
  • Djivan Gasparyan and Michael Brook (Armenia)
  • Donal Lunny's Coolfin with Sharon Shannon (Ireland)
  • Drummers of Burundi (Burundi)
  • Fruit (Australia)
  • Geoffrey Oryema (Uganda)
  • Guo Brothers (China)
  • Habib Koite and Bamada (Mali)
  • Huang Yi Que (China)
  • Inti-Illimani (Chile)
  • Joan Armatrading (UK)
  • Joan Baez (USA)
  • Joji Hirota (Japan)
  • Joseph Arthur (USA)
  • Koo Nimo and Vishal Nagar (Ghana)
  • Mark Atkins (Australia)
  • Mark Blackman (Australia)
  • Mary Black (Ireland)
  • Natacha Atlas (UK/Egypt)
  • Natalie MacMaster (Canada)
  • Oliver Mtukudzi & the Black Spirits (Zimbabwe)
  • Rizwan-Muazam Qawwali Group (Pakistan)
  • Seattle Creative Orchestra (USA)
  • Sharon Shannon (Ireland)
  • Shotei Ibata (Japan)
  • Slava Grigoryan (Australia/Kazakhstan)
  • Stevie Goldsmith (Australia)
  • Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues (USA)
  • Thomas Mapfumo and Blacks Unlimited (South Africa)
  • Three Fish (USA)
  • Vishal Nagar (India)
  • Yaya Coulibaly (Mali)