Boomtown Fair

Boomtown Fair

by: Spoonfed Festivals

Line-up, news and updates for Boomtown Fair 2012

When: 9th – 12th August 2012
Where: secret location (less than an hour from London)
How much: adult weekend £133, child 13-17 £80, age 6-12 £10,  under 6 free 

If your musical tastes veer towards ska, reggae and bass, and if you by perchance have a family in tow, then the eco and uber kid-friendly Boomtown Fair is a damn near perfect choice for your field action this summer.

The festival which keeps getting better and better have triumphed this year, as they have an Arcadia festival exclusive. Anyone who has scene the epic fire shows and incredible spider shaped outdoor venue will know just how special that is. (Read our interview with the Arcadia creator Pip Rush here.)

Entering its sixth year, Boomtown have totally stepped it up on the bass music front as well as keeping their family and kid-orientated side. Hospitable campsites, circus performances, on-site art, activities, workshops and lots of catering options will still be the focus of this year's Boomtown fair, not forgetting the Bassline circus - a massive area which will be the focus for the rave orientaed punters.

Live Music:

    * 25 Past The Skank
    * Alborosie
    * Anti-Vigilante
    * Asian Dub Foundation
    * Babyhead
    * Bahia
    * Balkan Bandits
    * Batmobile
    * BBB (Balkan Beat Box)
    * Beans on Toast
    * Beat The Red Light
    * Beer Beer Orchestra
    * Big Red Ass Band
    * Bison
    * Black Star Dub Collective
    * Blak Twang
    * Bootscraper
    * Bored of Justice
    * Buffo's Wake
    * BudZillus
    * Bush Chemists
    * Capdown
    * Captain Accident
    * Caravan Palace
    * Carny Villains
    * Cartoon Violence
    * Celtic Rasta
    * Channel One
    * Chopstick showcase feat Jacky Murda, Aries, Tuffist, Demolition man
    * Cordelia Fellowes & co
    * Curtis Lynch Jnr - necessary mayhem showcase
    * David Boomah
    * Deadly Hunta
    * Dinamo
    * Dirty Dubsters
    * Dub From Atlantis Band
    * Dub Pistols
    * Dubheart
    * Dunkelbunt & the Secret Swing Society
    * Electric Swing Circus
    * Empress of Fur
    * Epileptic Hillbillys
    * First Degree Burns
    * Friendly Fire Band & MC YT
    * Gadjo
    * Gadjo (second set)
    * Gappy Ranks
    * Gecko
    * General Levy and Krinjah
    * Gentle Mystics
    * Go Go Cult
    * Graveyard Johnnys
    * Gypsy Hill
    * Hallouminati
    * Hillbilly Moon Explosion
    * Jack Rabbit Slim
    * Jah Shaka
    * Jaya The Cat
    * JB Conspiracy
    * Jimmy The Squirrel
    * Joe Driscoll
    * Joe Driscoll (live)
    * Kick 'em Jenny
    * Kimberley
    * King Porter Stomp
    * Kitten and the Hip
    * Laid Blak
    * Lazy Habits
    * Los Albertos
    * Macka B and the Roots Ragga Band
    * Mad Dog Mcrea
    * Mad Sin
    * Molotov Jukebox
    * Moonshine Stalkers
    * Movits
    * Mr Benn
    * Mr Williamz
    * Mungo's Hifi feat Mr Williamz, SoomT, Kenny Knots
    * Natty
    * New Groove Formation
    * New Town Kings
    * Onlyjoe
    * Poor Old Dogs
    * Popes of Chillitown
    * Pronghorn
    * Pussycat & the Dirty Johnson
    * Random Hand
    * Reel Big Fish
    * Reggae Roast
    * Seas of Mirth
    * Secret Headliner
    * Rodney P
    * Royal Gala
    * Screaming Sugar Skulls
    * Seas of Mirth
    * Serial Killaz
    * Sheelanagig
    * Shoot the Moon
    * Sicknote
    * Skitz
    * Smack Joint
    * Smerin's Anti-social Club
    * Smokey Bastard
    * Solo Banton
    * Sonic Boom Six
    * Sound of Rum
    * Strobe Circus
    * Swing Zazou
    * Tanya Stephens
    * The Apocryphalites
    * The Barley Mob
    * The Beat
    * The Binewski Murder
    * The Communicators
    * The Dapper Cadavers
    * The Devil Wrays
    * The Drop
    * The Emergency Band
    * The Filaments
    * The Great Malarkey
    * The Heatwave feat Lady Chann, Stylo G, Stush, Leshurr
    * The Infinite Collective
    * The Junk
    * The Magnetix
    * The Majestic
    * The Marksmen
    * The Meow Meows
    * The Meteors
    * The P.O.X
    * The Peacocks
    * The Rocker Covers
    * The Skatalites
    * The Skints
    * The Slackers
    * The South Rakkas Crew and Serocee
    * Tragic Roundabout
    * Trojan Sound System
    * Troy Ellis & The Hail Jamaica Reggae Band
    * Tyrannosaurus Alan
    * Undizirebels
    * UpRooted
    * Urban Voodoo Machine
    * Vince Ray & The Bone Shakers
    * Will Tun and the Wasters
    * Yes Sir Boss
    * Zion Train
    * Zora and the Tatsmiths

DJs and MCs:

    * 16 Bit
    * 2 Bit thugs
    * Aries
    * Arsequake
    * Audio
    * Axewound
    * Badman Moriarty
    * Balkan Hotsteppers
    * Balkans Hi Fi
    * Benny Page b2b Marcus Visionary
    * B Key
    * Blak Twang  
    * Block Dodger
    * Breakage
    * Bush Chemists
    * Caspa
    * Channel One
    * Cheeba
    * Chris Inperspective
    * Chris Liberator
    * Chris Liberator b2b D.A.V.E. The Drummer
    * Coda (Live)
    * Curtis Lynch Jr, feat Mr williamz
    * Dave The Drummer
    * David Boomah
    * David Rodigan
    * Deadly Hunta
    * Deathmachine
    * Deekline
    * Demolition Man
    * Dirty Dike & Jam Baxter
    * Dirty Dubsters
    * Dirtyphonics
    * Disablists
    * DJ E
    * DJ Hype
    * DJ K
    * DJ parker
    * DJ Shepdog
    * Don't Flop (MC Battle)
    * Doomham
    * DR…UM
    * Drumcorps
    * Dub Mafia
    * Dub Phizix
    * Dub Pistols (DJ set)
    * Dubphizix
    * Ed Cox
    * Ed Solo
    * Engine Earz
    * Far Too Loud (live)
    * Foamo & RackNRuin present Gorgon City
    * Freestylers
    * Freestylers (dj set)
    * General Levy
    * Ghost
    * Gold
    * Heist
    * Heist
    * High Rankin (live)
    * Icky Sticky
    * iLLBiLLY HiTEC
    * Jackbeats
    * Jacky Murda
    * Jah Shaka
    * Jessie
    * Jessi G
    * JFB
    * Jim Bitch & MC Ishu
    * J Man
    * Johnny Sideways
    * Junglefever
    * J Zooma
    * Kanji Kinetic
    * Katch Pyro
    * Kelvin 373
    * Kenny Knots
    * Kitech
    * Krafty Kuts & MC Dynamite
    * Krinjah  
    * Krumble
    * Lady Chann
    * LDC
    * Lenkemz
    * Leshurr
    * Lion Fire
    * Luke Vibert
    * Marcus Visionary
    * MC Mikey Don
    * MC Xander
    * MDS
    * Mr Benn
    * Mungos Hifi
    * NYX
    * Parasite
    * Parker
    * Raggamuffin
    * Parliamentalist
    * Peo de Pitte
    * Resinate
    * Plump DJ's
    * Robyn Chaos
    * Producer
    * Pyramid
    * Punk Floyd
    * RackNRuin b2b Foamo
    * Rat Pack
    * Rodney P and Skitz ft buggsy
    * Roska
    * Rowland the Bastard
    * Rubi Dan
    * Run Tingz & Blackout JA
    * Sams Myth
    * Sargy
    * Scamp
    * Serial Killaz
    * Serrocee
    * Serum
    * Shy Fx
    * Sketch
    * SL2 (live)
    * Slamboree (live)
    * Slipmatt
    * Smyla
    * Solo Banton
    * SoomT
    * South Rakkas Crew
    * Squire of Gothos
    * Stanton Warriors
    * Stivs
    * Stush
    * Stylo G
    * Sub Slayers Takeover
    * Tech Diff
    * The Heatwave   
    * The Nextmen and MC Wrec
    * The Panacea
    * Tiny Taste
    * Tomb Crew
    * Trojan Soundsystem
    * Tuffist
    * Wan Bushi
    * Wild Knights
    * Wombcorps
    * Wonka-Vision
    * YT
    * Woz

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