Arts & Culture
Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!

Celebrations for Boomtown’s tenth anniversary started in spectacular fashion last night after tier one sold out in a record-breaking two minutes!

By the end of the evening a massive 15,500 tickets had been snapped up, giving Boomtown’s almighty tenth year a rocket fuelled launch.

Returning to the Matterley Estate nr Winchester over August 9 to August 12, Boomtown’s trailblazing antics over the past decade have seen significant changes emerge from the festival industry landscape.

Since its conception, Boomtown has challenged the standard festival approach by pioneering a truly immersive and escapist environment filled with breathtaking mega stages, handcrafted intricate and interactive street sets, transformed into a living, breathing city by a fictitious storyline and the vibrant characters that populate them.

The festival’s music policy to put underrepresented genres front and centre by providing a platform for underground music to shine, has seen the multi-faceted event grow to exponential proportions, in both size and popularity over the past 10 years to become the mind blowing, sensory wonderland it’s known for today.

The festival has experienced some highs and lows over the past decade and organisers are ready to put on the best show in their history. Boomtown organisers said: “We’re throwing everything we’ve got at chapter 10!

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“Operationally, creatively and musically we’re planning the most spectacular experience and a culmination of everything we’ve been working towards and have taken on board ever since the Town’s creation back in 2008.”

After the initial flurry of excitement around ticket launch with tier one selling out completely, there are still plenty of ticket options available via the ticket website, with a variety of payment methods to help with flexibility of reserving a ticket; split payment, deposit and coach traveller’s.

The child, teen and added extra tickets will become available on November 8.

Alongside ticket release, Boomtown has announced their charity partner for the 2018 event; local youth charity, Winnall Rock School, who provide free music lessons to young people aged 10 to 17 in local neighbourhoods where there are higher than national average levels of social deprivation.

Marilyn Michalowicz, Trustee, Winnall Rock School, said: “We’re absolutely thrilled and delighted to be chosen as Boomtown’s charity partner for 2018.

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“Donations will all go directly towards our work with disadvantaged young people learning and making music at our studios and also give them the chance to perform at Boomtown and other festivals and venues in the area. Whoop whoop!”

£116,303 was raised for charity at the 2017 festival, with a £32,000 going directly to charities and projects in the local area. They also teamed up with a record breaking number of charities including local organisations; Street Reach, Hampshire Air Ambulance, Trinity Winchester, Naomi House, and the South Downs National Park Trust, to name just a few. For more information on the charity page here.

Keep up-to-date with the unfolding of chapter 10 and follow Boomtown’s ongoing narrative of what’s to come, make sure you’re locked in to all the Boomtown news on  Facebook / Twitter / Instagram and  YouTube.

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  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!
  • Boomtown kicks off chapter 10 with a bang!