Just six weeks on from the fifth BoomTown Fair it is all systems go for next year and with a new Mayor in town, big plans are afoot! City funding has been released for a brand new Folk and Roots main stage and tickets are now on sale for the mega indoor spin-off event The BoomTown Equinox on 8th March. BoomTown 2014 will take place over 7th – 10th August 2014 in the Matterly Estate, Winchester and tickets for the festival go on sale on 4th November.

BoomTown is known for celebrating a vast array of musical genres, from reggae to psy-trance, break-beat to Balkan and everything in between! In previous years there has been a splattering of folk and roots music dotted around the pop up city, but for 2014 BoomTown it will all be brought under one dedicated Folk and Roots stage within a new themed area. This new zone will naturally compliment all the other genres that BoomTown residents know and love whilst simultaneously broadening the scope of the music programming and see a natural evolution of BoomTown head towards more chilled out ventures. As well as the dedicated Folk and Roots main stage there are rumours circulating about BoomTown heading back in time with brand new district titled ‘The Wild West’ including a fully immersive blue-grass venue more details will be released over the coming months… 

“We are really excited about this new venture, Folk and Country is something we have been really interested in and it is only now we feel the event is in a position to move in a new direction, plans are only at the drawing board stage but things are definitely progressing and we can’t wait to reveal the new elements over the next few months…”

Lak Mitchell - Creative Director

The 2013 Fair saw the first ever onsite BoomTown elections and 100s of residents take to the ballot boxes to vote for their favourite district councillor. The Town Hall was opened for voting Fri-Sun with six of the seven districts represented with their own campaign office, behind the door of each campaign office awaited an interactive/immersive theatrical experience representing life within the walls of the individual district. After experiencing the theatrics of each room the city residents (festival goers) would then vote for the district they wanted to have greater control at BoomTown 2014. The councillor for Barrio Loco was overwhelmingly chosen as the new, unchallenged Mayor of BoomTown. With this appointment the festival will see some exciting changes with a Mexican influence infiltrating the Town Council.

Set exactly six months after the Fair, BoomTown council can now unveil plans for their mid-way point event; The BoomTown Equinox. An event like no other, the Equinox will take place on 8th March at the Bath and West Showground. Three years in the planning, the mighty Equinox is finally taking shape, with some of the maddest stages and areas from the fair being temporarily rehoused in five gargantuan warehouses for one night of ultimate immersive entertainment. Equinox plans to take the world of indoor parties to a whole new level, with hundreds of performers, creative nutters and general fun-loving lunatics! Early bird tickets sold out in minutes but standard price ones are available from £30.

Tickets for BoomTown Fair 2014 will go on sale on 4th November from £110 via the festival website.

TICKET PRICES: (+BF & Eco Bond) – on sale 4th November

Tier 1 - £110

Tier 2 - £125

Tier 3 - £140

Tier 4 - £150

Teen 13 -17 years (inclusive) - £100

6 -12 years (inclusive) - £20

Under 6 - Free

More Details: Fair/ Equinox