BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL

Without strolling into the clichés, Boomtown really is unlike any other festival in the UK. It’s not so much a set of stages to go and watch artists perform, as a much as a living city with a cast of residents and its own unique history. In fact, the concept of stages doesn’t really exist at the festival, performers can pop up in any place from the ‘streets’ of the city to parties hidden deep in the ‘forests’.

The overall experience is so strong that the organisers no longer release the line up before the festival starts, you just turn up, have a great time and a discover the artists along the way. In the past, the heavy focus has been on reggae and every type of electronic music, with space for folk, world, metal and punk too. Headline sets in recent years have come from Gorillaz, Kool and the Gang, De La Soul, Four Tet and Chase & Status. This is something that you should really make time to visit at least once during your time here, it’s something you won’t forget.