BOOMTOWN FAIR THURSDAY 11TH – SUNDAY 14TH AUGUST 2011

SECRET LOCATION 60 MINS FROM LONDON / 10,000 CAPACITY FESTIVAL

TICKET PRICE: £93

BOOMTOWN FAIR official 2010 video

With news of the full line up for Boomtown 2011 out in the wild, the countdown is on for the bass-tastic, speaker shaking juggernaut that is Boomtown Fair to land. With a mere 6 weeks to go and well over two-thirds of the tickets having been snapped up by clever Boomtowners who will catch the likes of Gogol Bordello, The Selector and Bad Manners. Revellers buying through the deposit scheme have just 4 weeks to secure their pass as the deposit deadline approaches on 31st July.

The town’s planning committee have coloured off the drawing board and are revving the engine to build this monster of a festival. Busy creating the incredible new site, Boomtown HQ have chosen an ideal spot that is situated on a vast family run private estate in South England, with so many new spaces to explore at this year’s Boomtown it’s going to be epic! 

Boomtown 2010 was merely a taster of what the 2011 immersive and escapist vision holds! As a creative team, the Boomtown crew have been able to dramatically upgrade every stage and effectively double the size and scope of the festival so that this year you can expect bedlam to resurface with a new and rejuvenated clarity on the streets of Boomtown! 

With 12 distinct and very different areas including 4 brand spanking new zones, there is so much just waiting to be discovered. These new additions will include showcasing the world renowned Bassline Circus as it rolls into town with a stage that hosts the likes of Foreign Beggars, Feed Me, Ms Dynamite and Toddla T and Serocee. Beyond the suburban area of the bassline circus is an outlying village where deep within its village hall you will find a diverse collaboration of performers, artists, musicians, and poets into a unique, magical and chilled out environment. Moving back to citylife the Boomtown officials have given the green light to build Mayfair Avenue, a more elegant and upmarket district with a casino, a gentleman’s club, hotels, banks, and daily roller discos.  Also being sanctioned is the opportunity to visit Old Town as the gates get unlocked for only four days this summer. Residents of Boomtown, for the first time ever, will be able to step into a time machine and witness how their grandparents used to party with old skool disco’s blaring out nostalgic music from the 50’s onwards. 

On top of all these new areas there are of course the familiar faithfuls: The Town Centre (Main Stage) where Gogol Bordello, Bad Manners and The Selecter can be found serenading the towns folk; The Lion’s Den (Reggae Stage) showcasing the biggest names in reggae, dub and roots including Barrington Levy, Capleton, Tippa Irie and Gentleman’s Dub Club; The Invisible Circus, featuring high octane big ska bands and breath taking circus skills; The Devil Kicks Dancehall, a twisted cross between a nineteenth century dancehall, a fairground ghost train and deserted 1980’s train station; Downtown, the seedy undercarriage of the city’s otherwise reputable veneer becomes apparent around every street corner and down every alleyway of this despicable part of town! And finally, not to be left out, the kids have created their very own Kidz Town with workshops teaching everything from pizza making to graffiti, zorbing, giant inflatable slide, the Bristol Fun Bus and many, many other activities and adventures! 

Full weekend camping ticket is only £93 and includes; 4 days and nights of unadulterated fun spread out over 22 inventive stages and areas in a perfect setting!