BOOMTOWN FAIR 2012! (a word from the mayor)

[BoomTown Mayor]

THE UK'S MADDEST FESTIVAL...... JUST GOT MADDER

 

Each year the Boom town council holds an annual summer fair, for one weekend only, every business, shop and residency in this crazy city holts its usual goings on and opens their doors to you - the tourists!!

 

Boomtown 2012 is hitting the ground running again this year, with a line up to make your bones shake and many many amazing new additions to the already bussling streets of BOOMTOWN!!

 

With 30 themed stages boasting not just some of the uk's best musicians and performers but some of the best acts alive on this planet today! Hosting everything from Ska, Reggae, Balkan and Cabaret to Rockabilly, Jungle and everything underground also mind boggling sideshows mutated vehicles and full on street parties for you enjoyment.

 

If its not broke dont fix it? maybe maybe. But we're more from strength to strength kind of people! With the city walls expanding to include lush new camping with spruced up new facilities, hot-tubs beautiful wooden areas new queing sytem for your pleasure on arrival and general all round leisureness! BoomTownFair 2011 was a huge success and brought international aclaim to this fast growing Town, but Boom Town 2012 is opperating on a whole new level!!!

 

Here’s some teaser vids -

 

Official Arcadia landing in boomtown 2012 video link -

 

ReepsOne Introducing BoomTown Fair 2012!!

 

A little look in to our line up this year:

 

Town Centre - Jump up party ska, swing, gypsy, fun

Major headline acts and much more coming very soon!!

 

Caravan Palace

The Skatalites

Reel Big Fish

Asian Dub Foundation

Balkan Beat Box

The Beat

Dub Pistols

The Slackers

Movits

Urban Voodoo Machine

Dunkelbunt

Molotov Jukebox

Sound of Rum

Babyhead

Mad Dog Macree

Sheelenagig

Swing Zazou

Gypsy Hill

 

The Lions den - The UK's biggest reggae, ragga and dub stage

line up so far

 

Alborosie

Tanya Stephens

Natty

Gappy Ranks

David Rodigan

Jah Shaka

Makka B

Zion Train

Blak Twang

South Rakkas Crew and MC Serrocee

Mungos Hifi feat Soom T, Mr Williams, Kenny Knots

Trojan Sound System

Rodney P and Skitz ft buggsy

Deadly Hunta vs Solo Banton

The Heatwave Feat Lady Chann, Leshurr, Stush, Rubi Dan,Stylo G

Serial killaz

Bush Chemists

General Levy and Krinjah

Marcus Visionary b2b Benny Page

Curtis Lynch Jr, Mr Williams

Chopstick showcase ft jacky murda, aries, tuffist and demolition man

Channel One

Mr benn

Dirty Dubsters

 

Arcadia - The world’s maddest stage has just got madder!

Major headliners and many more acts still to be announced

 

Dirtyphonics

Krafty Kuts

Stanton Warriors

Shy FX

Far Too Loud (live)

Plump Dj's

Peo de Pitte

RackNRuin b2b Foamo

Chris Liberator b2b Dave the Drummer

Serum

Ratpack

Sub Slayers Takeover

 

Bassline circus - DnB, electro, circus, bass music

 

Jack Beats

Caspa

Breakage

16 Bit

The Nextmen

Coda (Live)

DJ Hype

Roska

High Rankin (live)

Dub Phizix

Kanji Kanetic

Engine Earz (Live)

Dub Pistols dj set

Illbilly Hitec (Live)

SL2 (live)

Dub Mafia (Live)

Woz

Slamboree (Live)

DJ parker

Tomb Crew

Wild Knights

Arsequake

DJ Parker

 

Devil kicks Dancehall - Punk n roll, hell jazz, psychobilly, ska

 

Batmobile

Mad Sin

The Meteors

Sonic Boom 6

The Filaments

Empress of Fur

Hillbilly Moon Explosion

Jack Rabbit Slim

Random Hand

Bored of Justice

Beat the Redlight

Broken nose

Screaming Sugar Skulls

The Marksmen

The Magnetix

The Peacocks

Vince Ray

 

Oldtown Theatre - Hosted by the Invisible Circus, flat out ska, cabaret, comedy, Gypsy, Balkan

 

Pronghorn

Smerins anti social club

Gentle Mystics

Los Albertos

Yes Sir Boss

Balkan Bandits

Beer Beer Orchestra

Big Red Ass Band

Tragic roundabout

King Porter Stomp

Bootscraper

Dinamo

Electric Swing Circus

First degree burns

Will Tun & the Wasters

Flap

Halluminati

jb conspiracy

Joe Driscoll

kitten and the hip

Lazy Habits

New Groove Formation

Sharman Festival

Strobe circus

The Communicators

The Great Malarkey

 

The Hidden woods (new stage) - Live dub, reggae and roots deep in the woods

 

 

Sicknote

The Barley Mob

Laid Blak

Captain Accident

Sound of Rum

The Skints

Onlyjoe

Dub From Atlantis Band

MC Xander

Jaya The Cat

New Town Kings

Black Star Dub Collective

Friendly Fire Band & MC YT

Celtic Rasta

Dubheart

UpRooted

Reggae Roast

Samsara

The Drop

General Roots

The Majestic

Bass6

 

The Body Shop - Fully upgraded much larger clinic just two doors down - hard jungle, breakcore, full on mash-up mayhem

 

Luke Vibert

The Panacea

Audio

Drumcorps

Producer

Heist

Krumble

Punk Floyd

Krinjah

DJ K

Deathmachine

Junglefever

Squire of Gothos

Wan Bushi

Rowland the Bastard

J Man

Dirty Dike & Jam Baxter

Parasite

Block Dodger

Scamp

 

 

 

Boombox - hosted by our friends the Danceoff crew, bassline, party mas-up, old-school

line up so far

 

Deekline

Freestylers

DJ Shepdog

Ed Solo

2 Bit Thugs

JFB

Slipmatt

Balkan Hotsteppers

Parker

Mr Benn (2nd set)

Jinx in Dub FT MC Mikey Don

Arsequake

Disablists

Balkans HiFi

Don't Flop (MC Battle)

Wonka-Vision

Jessi G

ASBO Disco

Dirty Dubsters

 

 

The Wandering word - Spoken word, poetry, comedy, chill out

 

Beans on Toast

Joe Driscoll (live)

Honeyfeet

Fjokra

Anthony Anaxagorou

Carrie Tree

Teej

Johnny Fluffy Punk

Toby Thompson

Jeremy Toombs

Sally Jenkinson

John Berkavitch (Berko)

John Fairhurst Band

 

 

 

Hanging Gardens (new Stage) Funky Ska, jazzy blues

 

The Binewski Murder

25 Past The Skank

The Tatsmiths

The Meow MeowsThe Apocryphalites

The Infinite Collective

Cordelia Fellowes & co

Popes of Chillitown

Royal Gala

Gadjo (second set)

Cartoon Violence

Seas of Mirth

Gecko

The Dapper Cadavers

Jimmy The Squirrel

Shoot the MoonHullabaloo

Buffo's Wake

 

 

I know! A mind blower isnt it!!

 

Some handy links -

Our Website: www.boomtownfair.co.uk

Twitter: twitter.com/#!/boomtownfair

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/boomtwonfair1

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/234130029984568/

 

9th - 12th August

 

Matterly Estate - Winchester - UK