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LIVE: Boomtown Fair Chapter One: The Gathering 2022

Boomtown Fair Chapter One: The Gathering reopened its city gates after three years to 66,000 people into Matterley Bowl in the South Downs National Park, for a music and theatrical festival that showcased over 500 artists from across the world….

LIVE: Boomtown Fair 2019

During 9-12th August 2019, Boomtown, located in the beautiful (but oh so hilly) South Downs National Park, unfolded its twelfth chapter to 66,000 attendees. The stage design work throughout the festival is astoundingly beautiful, just like each year before. The…

Boomtown unveils its 2019 sustainability mission

Ahead of next week’s headline announcement, the UK’s maddest and weirdest festival Boomtown, has released its 2019 sustainability mission. With its capacity being just 1,000 in 2009, to now reaching 66,000, the festival’s ongoing priority is to protect the environment…

Boomtown: Chapter 10 announce folk-punk lineup bill or Oldtown

Taking place in one of its oldest and most theatrical districts, steeped in history and packed full of artists, street performers, painters and poets, Boomtown have announced a brilliant folk-pink lineup for Oldtown. Sitting alongside Gorillaz, Billy Bragg and Molotov…

Gorillaz to perform exclusive 2018 UK show at Boomtown

Boomtown Fair has released the first act to headline the tenth Chapter of the musically diverse and theatrically led festival and are welcoming the most ‘successful virtual band in the world’ the Gorillaz, in a one-off, UK exclusive 2018 performance,…

Boomtown 2018 Tickets Are Now On Sale

Boomtown, the UK’s most musically varied and theatrically ambitious event, will be returning for it’s tenth year celebrations over 9th – 12th August and tickets are now on sale. For their tenth year celebrations, Boomtown are planning on raising the…

Interview: Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill, one of the most versatile and iconic hip hop acts of a generation, are playing at trailblazing music festival Boomtown this August. Having written 8 studio albums and experimenting on each with different sounds, they are a perfect…

Festival Guide: Boomtown Festival

Name: Boomtown Festival Where: Matterley Estate, near Winchester, Hampshire When: 10-13th August 2017 Headliners: The Specials, M.I.A, Cypress Hill Also Featuring: Ziggy Marley, Reel Big Fish, Black Sun Empire, Caspa, The Prototypes, Redlight, Rusko, S.P.Y, Shy FX, Pieman A Brief History: Boomtown Festival started back…

Boomtown Festival Announces New Bang Hai Towers

Boomtown Festival has announced a brand new mega stage: Bang Hai Towers. Those who went along to the festival last year would have saw the incredible new stage Bang Hai Palace and now it has been announced that it will be…