BOOMTOWN Fair 2019 has officially arrived with thousands of fans flocking to the annual festival.
It’s one of the largest festivals in the UK, with an estimated 60,000 people attending this year, but what else should you know about Boomtown and who’s in the lineup of acts performing?
Boomtown Fair is held at the Matterley Estate, near Winchester, Hampshire.
Concertgoers are in luck as Boomtown has teamed up with National Express for those who’d find it difficult getting to the event.
Organisers are offering reasonably priced coach travel from over 50 locations that will take fans directly to the festival coach park.
To learn more about transportation and how to get to Boomtown Fair, visit the official travel page.
Boomtown Fair commenced on August 7 and will end on August 11.
This year’s line-up includes an enormous number of acts, with the likes of Lauryn Hill, Prophets of Rage and The Streets being just some of the many headliners at this year’s event.
The line-up includes the following:
For the full list of acts visit Boomtown Fair.
As of August 7, it looks as if fans will have to deal with some rainy weather conditions while trying to get into the festive spirit.
It’s already been advised that those who are attending the occurrence this year should come prepared: Having a raincoat on you will do wonders once at the event, it would seem.
With that said, the weather will see a drastic change on Sunday, August 11, which will also be the final day of Boomtown Fair, with temperatures peaking at 21 degrees.
Best of all, however, there’s no rain to be expected throughout the day.
On the day of the festival’s launch, Boomtown announced that it will not have front of house drug testing for concertgoers this year.
Apparently, “complex negotiations” saw The Loop pull out from providing the service this year, which seemed to have a lot of fans feeling concerned.
An official spokesperson has since revealed: “We were informed towards the end of last week, the provision of this service at this year’s festival may no longer be possible.
“Since then, we have been working around the clock with all the key stakeholders to try to find a resolution, however, despite all of our efforts, the ongoing legal complexities has meant that The Loop are unable to provide the front of house drug safety testing element of their valuable and respected services at this year’s event.”
It was further assured that Boomtown will be providing extensive medical and welfare support onsite while The Loop will still be in attendance to provide one-on-one counselling.
