BOOMTOWN FAIR, BIGGER, BETTER AND BY FAR THE BEST YET!
THURDAY 9th – SUNDAY 12th AUGUST 2012
MATTERLY ESTATE – WINCHESTER
Arcadia @ BoomTown Fair 2012:
Skatepark Pages photo Montage to follow very soon.
The untameable beast of BoomTown Fair once again took over the Matterly Estate in Winchester last weekend (9th – 12th August).
Unleashing madness and mayhem within the streets of a mock-up,
make-believe, fantasy town for 28,000 lucky residents to embark on a
voyage to infinity and beyond!
With
the town Mayor taking in all the feedback from the 2011 residents, this
year’s annual fair was a rip roaring success. With the noticeable
expansion of camping facilities, a new, friendlier security team, a
crack down on graffiti and a general feeling of mutual respect and love
in the air, 2012 saw the festival take it to the next level and all its
residents take one small step for BoomTown and one almighty aerial
summersault for the future of UK festivals by raising the bar higher
than it’s ever been set before!
The
secret to BoomTown’s success is the collaborative nature of the
project; with over 8,000 crew working on the event throughout the year;
the creativity, artistic skill, bonkers ideas and sheer hard graft that
goes into building a whole new town for nearly 30,000 people is
unfathomable! And then add in to the mix the BoomTown residents and the
streets come alive with body paint, fancy dress, glitter and big, happy
smiling faces filled with fun!
Highlights of the weekend included a secret appearance by the legendary Jimmy Cliff,
who set the Town Centre alight with sunshine vibes and nostalgic tunes
for a perfect way to kick start the Sunday evening. Nightly 40ft mushroom cloud pyrotechnics; the new Hidden Woods
stage, set up like a beach bar under the sun dappled canopy of the
surrounding trees that provided the perfect spot to sit and soak up some
live reggae. Then there was the awe inspiring Arcadia! This mega
spider structure of lasers, fire, pounding bass, moveable limbs and
swirling acrobats, created a mind expanding experience that all who
experienced will never forget!
Arcadia
crash landed at BoomTown for the first time this year and took over a
whole section of the site for the Arcadia Spectacular show, normally
reserved for the fields of Worthy Farm at Glastonbury but this year the
settled in to their true hometown of BoomTown! Due to the gargantuan
success of the combined brains of BoomTown and Arcadia, the BoomTown
officials are ecstatic to announce that Arcadia will certainly be back
next year with more colossal flaming, moveable metal sculptures to
undoubtedly shock, awe and blow the minds of 2013 Boomtown residents!
Keep an eye on the BoomTown website (BoomTownfair.co.uk)
for upcoming details for BoomTown Fair 2013, and if that is too long to
wait, the mad professor minds behind BoomTown are putting on the End of the World party on 21st December, details can be found on the facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/
LINE UP:
SKA, SWING, PUNK, ROCKABILY - explosion in the Town Centre and Devil Kicks dancehall stages:
Secret
Sunday Headliner TBA / Reel Big Fish / Caravan Palace / The Skatalites
/ Balkan Beatbox / Asian Dub Foundation / The Beat / Dub Pistols /
Capdown / The Slackers / Gadjo / Sick Note / Pronghorn / Sonic Boom 6 /
Movits / Dunkelbunt / Babyhead / Urban Voodoo Machine / The Meteors /
Batmobile / Mad Sin / Molotov Jukebox / The Filaments / Swing Zazou /
Gypsy Hill
RAGGA, DUB, DANCEHALL – on the UK’s biggest reggae stage:
Alborosie
/ Beenie Man / Tanya Stephens / Natty / Gappy Ranks /Jah Shaka / David
Rodigan / Zion Train / Makka B / Trojan Sound System / South Rakkas Crew
/ Blak Twang / Mungos Hifi / Bush Chemists / Serial Killaz / Laid Blak /
Jaya The Cat / Channel One / The Heatwave / General Levy / Lady Chan /
Soom T / Laid Blak / Jacky Murda / The Barley Mob / Demolition Man /
Aries / Stylo G / Stush / Serocee / YT / Curtis Lynch (JR) feat Mr
Williams / Krinjah / Solo Banton vs Deadly Hunta / David Boomah / MC
Xander
Dirtyphonics
/ Jack Beats / Kill the Noise / Luke Vibert / The Panacea / Caspa /
Stanton Warriors / DJ Hype / Breakage / 16 Bit / Benny Page / Marcus
Visionary / Roska / The Nextmen / Plump DJ's / Krafty Kuts / Racknruin /
Foamo / Far Too Loud / Engine Earz / Dub Phizix / Tomb Crew /
Freestylers / Ratpack / SL2 / Slamboree / Chris Liberator B2B Dave the
Drummer / Shy FX / JFB / SL2 (live) / Ed Solo / Deekline / Illbilly
Hitec (love) / Parker / Kanji Kinetic / Woz / Coda (live) / Mr Benn / 2
Bit Thugs / Jinx in Dub / Audio / Drumcorps / Producer / Heist
NOTES TO EDITOR:
TICKET DETAILS:
Date:
9th – 11th August 2012
Location:
Matterly Estate, Winchester
Ticket Price: SOLD OUT
BOOMTOWN FAIR BACKGROUND:
Going in to its 4th
year, BoomTown is unlike any other festival: the legend of BoomTown
tells it was once a small but prosperous retreat now overhauled into a
land of lawless rebels, with only the town official’s to uphold its
former glory. The 2011 heavily themed event saw the festival sell out
for a third time in its three year history with the festival goers
brining as much of the entertainment to the show as the organisers.
With
so much packed into the huge mock town, last year’s highlights
included; high octane headline performance from Gogol Bordello, more
reggae, dub and ska then you can shake a stick at, dance-offs, marriages
and body crunching bass round the clock from Bassline Circus and The
Lion’s Den as well as all the hidden gems scattered around the town in
tiny nooks and crannies, eccentric side streets and secret alleyways!
ARCADIA BACKGROUND:
Arcadia
first came into existence in 2007, spawned from an ambitious group of
craftsmen whose imaginations border on madness! Over the past five years
it has evolved into a multifaceted entity drawing an ever growing
number of eccentric brains, skills and visionaries into the mix. Already
a mainstay fixture at some of the UK and Ireland’s leading festivals
such as Glastonbury, Bestival and Electric Picnic; the Arcadia machine is galvanised by the audience’s reaction to this untamed beast that wreaks havoc where-ever it treads!
For
the past three years at Glastonbury, Arcadia has been given free reign
over their own field. Slotted in next to the likes of Shangri-La and
Block 9, they have been given the space and opportunity to develop,
attempt and achieve the unimaginable. This year at BoomTown, Arcadia
will be taking over a whole zone of the town with Sci-Fi, flame
throwing, smoke blasting, fully moving structures complete with
exclusively designed sets and gravity defying aerial trapeze shows!
WHAT THE PRESS SAID - 2011
Punk, rock, burlesque, gypsy blues in an imaginary wild frontier town – The Daily Telegraph
This 10,000 capacity, escapist festival promises a site that resembles a fairy tale town – The Sunday Times
BoomTown truly is great if you love bass heavy music, with plenty to explore if you don’t. It’s getting better every year – The Brighton Source
‘Best Value Festival’ – Skint Magazine
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