Boomtown Fair is set in a curious natural bowl in the Hampshire hillside, formed long, long ago by glacial procession.
But that’s another story…
This is a festival unique in it’s objectivity of itself. It knows what it is. It’s the summer of seasons. It’s the crop top of fashion. It’s shaking it’s stick gloriously without shame. It’s boom and bust baby!
It’s whole agenda is reflective of it’s self-awareness. Like the temporary settlements of the gold rush. It’s set-like, city scape is an experiential binge in a quick flourish.
Akin to the British summer, it’s short-lived but we’ll be damned if we waste a second of the sunshine! In case you are unfamiliar, summer time in Britain is commonly celebrated with the charring of animal legs on ‘quick-light’ boxes of questionably flammable material, accompanied by toasting one’s own milky pins to a flattering shade of lobster. It’s over in a flash, so come as you are and party all the way!
Thankfully BBQs are not allowed at Boomtown, leaving us free to enjoy not only shit-hot cooking from the expert vendors, but with that a breath of fresh air and some serious body and head space, as we all require once in a while!
Boomtown promises it’s ‘residents’ no legacy, no tin-pot idealism. It is truly a crucible for creative experimentation. It’s one of the most sincerely progressive artistic events currently taking place in the United Kingdom. More traditionally formatted festivals are practically dinosaurs by comparison.
I’m not sure if the following illustrates a point or not, but I can’t get it out of my head so I’ll share:
At last year’s Boomtown Fair, an old buddy of mine popped up to say hello! He’d happened upon some people offering grass wigs. Honestly, bits of turf. Well in his ingenuity my, buddy had asked for a chin one. Live green grass flapping about wildly while he chattered away to me most lithely! Now that’s fresh.
But seriously; if festival programmers need to have a finger on the pulse of talent, then Boomtown makes it’s heart race. It invests in entrepreneurial ideas. Certainly in terms of providing a testing ground for artistic production that nudges boundaries with a ‘what if…’ attitude. You’ll see venues from some of the most forward-thinking producers in the industry, giving it a good go. It’s the audience which completes this ebb and flow, so remember to tell me what you think!
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So with no further ado. Here’s what’s better than sliced bread and hotter than toast at Boomtown Fair 2014!
Circo Baile
Circo Baile
High energy, sexy circus, right over your head to high energy, stomping BPM DJs like Stanton Warriors.
10pm - 1pm Saturday and Sunday
Barrio Loco
The Holy Roller
Rolling stage… the absolute best surprise stage on site… A motorised church - jump aboard for a rave with the the best DJs and performance artists of all time in total secret! Just don’t expect to know where you are when you get dropped off! Don’t you dare miss miss it!
Mouse Outfit
Super tight funk and hip-hop with on the point lyrical excursions, off the cuff.
Hidden Woods
wAgAwAgA
Electronica mixed with exotica, synthesisers, live drums with an eastern influence.
Chinese Tech Shop
8pm Saturday
John Langan Band
Celtic, gypsy, roma, flamenco with a high energy punk attitude.
Old Mines
Afriquoi
Electronica take on traditional African sounds mixed with UK bass, glitch and live instruments.
Old Mines
Cheeryoke
Bearded, girl-pop kareoke. So feel good you’ll pop your socks, or your cherry. Too much fun to be missed!
Park Hotel
