Photo Credit: Boomtown
The Scene
'Boomtown rose up from the underground to become one of the UK’s wildest and most inspiring independent festivals. A sprawling metropolis and home to every species of creative miscreant, its thousands of citizens embark a journey of discovery, dancing through its labyrinthine streets and plazas on a non stop weekend joyride to a soundtrack of ska, folk, gypsy, reggae, world, punk, pirate, disco, electro-swing, jazz, blue-grass, breaks, bass, jungle, techno and all in a spirit of unity and freedom!'
Festival Poster
2014 Artist Lineup
- [DUNKLEBUNT] & THE SECRET SWING SOCIETY
- 2 BAD MICE
- 3 DAFT MONKEYS
- A RAY OF CHARLES
- AELFEN
- AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM
- AFRO CLUSTER
- ALABAMA 3
- ALGORHYTHMIK
- ALTERN 8
- AMY BECKER
- ANTI VIGILANTE
- APHRODITE & JUNIOR RED
- ARIES B2B MARCUS VISIONARY FT NAVIGATOR MC
- ATOMIC DROP
- ATTERKOP
- AUDIO
- AUTONOMADS
- BABYHEAD
- BACKYARD RHYTHM ORCHESTRA
- BAD CAPITANO
- BAHIA
- BARLEY MOB
- BEANS ON TOAST
- BELLOWHEAD
- BEN RUSSELL AND THE CHARMERS
- BENEATH THE REEF
- BENNY PAGE &MC SYE
- BENTON
- BIG RED ASS
- BIG SWING SOUNDSYSTEM FT HYPEMAN SAGE
- BLACK SUN EMPIRE
- BLACKSTAR DUB COLLECTIVE
- BLOOD OR WHISKEY
- BODDIKA
- BONG RA
- BOOT HILL ALLSTARS
- BOOTSCRAPER
- BROKEN BOAT
- BRUSHY ONE STRING
- B-SIDE
- BUFFO’S WAKE
- BUGGSY
- BUSTER REDLOX & FATNEK
- BY THE RIVERS
- C@ IN THE H@
- CALICO JACK
- CAPITOL 1212
- CAPTAIN ACCIDENT
- CARNIVALA!
- CASKI
- CASTRO
- CAUSE 4 CONCERN
- CC SMUGGLERS
- CHAS N DAVE
- CHICKEN BROTHERS
- CHICKEN SHED ZEPPELIN
- CHIMPO
- CHRIS LIBERATOR
- CHRONIXX & ZINC FENCE REDEMPTION
- CLEAR SOUL FORCES
- COCO AND THE BUTTERFIELDS
- CRINKLE CUTS
- CULTURE SHOCK
- CUT A SHINE HOEDOWN
- CUT CAPERS
- DANNY T & TRADESMAN
- DAWN PENN
- DEFEKTERS
- DEFUNK
- DEMENTED ARE GO!
- DERW THE DAMAJA
- DETEST
- DIGITAL NYABINGHI
- DIRTY CELLO
- DIRTY OLD FOLKERS
- DISNEY RASCAL
- DIVING FOR SUNKEN TREASURE
- DIZRAELI & DOWNLOW
- DIZRAELI & THE SMALL GODS
- DJ CHAMPION
- DJ CHRIS TOFU
- DJ PRODUCER B2B DEATH MACHINE
- DJ SWITCH
- DJR
- DON LETTS
- DOUBLE DROP
- DR BLUEGRASS & THE ILLBILLY 8
- DR MEAKER
- DRUNKEN BALORDI
- DUB FX
- DUB PHIZIX & STRATEGY
- DUB SMUGGLERS
- DUBHEART
- DUBKASM & SOLO BANTON
- DUNCAN DISORDERLY & THE SCALLYWAGS
- DUTTY INSPECTORS
- DUTTY MOONSHINE
- EAST TOWN PIRATES
- EASY STAR ALL STARS: DUB SIDE OF THE MOON
- EATS EVERYTHING
- ECHO AND THE EMPRESS
- ECKLEKTIK MICK
- ED SOLO
- ED WEST & PARLY B
- EL-CAMINIO
- ELECTRIC SWING CIRCUS
- ELIZA CARTHY
- ELLE & THE POCKET BELLES + MISTA TRICK
- ENDOFLEVELBADDIE
- FAINTEST IDEA
- FAST DECLINE
- FASTA BENJ
- FAT SANDWICH
- FERAL MOUTH
- FEROCIOUS DOG
- FIREPIT COLLECTIVE
- FORMIDABLE VEGETABLE SOUND SYSTEM
- FREDDIE NOTES
- FREEFALL COLLECTIVE
- FRESH DIXIE PROJECT
- FRIEND WITHIN
- GABBY YOUNG AND THE OTHER ANIMALS
- GARDNA
- GECKO
- GENTLE MYSTICS
- GENTLEMEN OF FEW
- GORGEOUS GEORGE
- GRANVILLE SESSIONS
- GRIZZLY & THE GRASSHOPPERS
- GYPSY HILL
- GYPSY REBEL RABBEL
- HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
- HARLEIGHBLU
- HAYSEED DIXIE
- HIGH JON THE CONQUEROR
- HOLLIE COOK
- HOT 8 BRASS BAND
- HOT TIN ROOFS
- HOUSE OF COMMONERS
- HOWLIN’ LORD
- ICHI
- ILLBILLY HITECH
- IMPERIAL LEISURE
- IMPERIAL WORKS
- INC.A
- INNER TERRESTRIALS
- IRATION STEPPAS
- IRIE MAFFIA
- ITCHY & SKRATCHY
- JACKY MURDA
- JAM BAXTER & DIRTY DIKE
- JAMIE BERRY
- JFB
- JIMMY CLIFF
- JINX IN DUB
- JOE DRISCOLL & SEKOU KOUYATE
- JOHN FAIRHURST
- JOHNNY CAGE & THE VOODOO GROOVE
- JOHNNY FLYNN & THE SUSSEX WIT
- JON BONGLY
- JOSEPHINE & THE ARTIZANS
- JUNIOR BILL & THE SCALLIES
- JUS NOW
- KAHN & NEEK
- KARMA PARTY
- KAYANITES
- KELVIN 373 & GARDNA
- KID KASINO & SHEA SOUL
- KIMBERLEY NEWELL
- KING PUNCH
- KLISCHEE
- KOBO TOWN
- KOFFIN KATS
- KROSSBOW
- KRY WOLF
- LA CHIVA GANTIVA
- LA MORTE SUBITE
- LA SELVA SUR
- LADY LESHURR
- LADY SAW (FULL LIVE BAND)
- LAND OF THE GIANTS
- LAZY HABITS
- LIONDUB
- LIONPULSE
- LONG TALL TEXANS
- LOVE STREET
- LUMBERJACK COWBOY HEARTBREAK TRUCKING COMPANY
- LUNATRIX
- MACHINE CODE
- MACKA B & THE ROOTS RAGGA BAND
- MAD APPLE CIRCUS
- MAD SIN
- MADAM ELECTRIFIE
- MAX POWA & TUFFIST
- MELE’ & SLICK DON
- MISS MAUD’S FOLLY
- MOLOTOV JUKEBOX
- MORNING GLORY
- MOUSE OUTFIT FEAT DR SYNTAX & SPARKZ
- MR BENN
- MR PHORMULA FEAT. DYBL L & E-RATIK
- MR T & THE MINIONS
- MR WOODNOTE FEAT. FERNQUEST & LIL RHYS
- MS DYNAMITE
- MUNGO’S HI-FI FULL SOUND SYSTEM
- MY NU LENG
- MYSTRO & CUT LA VIS
- NEWTOWN KINGS
- NICK MANASSEH & BROTHER CULTURE
- NOAH’S HOUSE BAND
- NOFX
- NORTH BASE
- ODJBOX
- OMUNIT
- ONE ROOTS
- ONLYJOE
- OPIUO
- OPTIV & BTK
- ORIGINAL RABBIT FOOT SPASM BAND
- OSCILLATOR
- P.A.I.N
- PACHANGO
- PAMA INTERNATIONAL
- PANACEA
- PAULY PIPER
- PERKIE
- PETE CANNON PRESENTS…
- PHAT BOLLARDS
- PHOENIX CITY ALLSTARS FEAT RHODA DAKAR
- PLAYING FOR CHANGE
- POIRIER
- POPES OF CHILLITOWN
- PROBLEM CHILD
- PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL
- PRONGHORN
- PROXY
- PYRATES!
- RACHEL DADD
- RAGGASONIC
- RAGING FYAH
- RAT BAG
- RAY KEITH & CARASEL MC
- RDF
- RED I HI-FI FEAT. FOX & KATHIKA
- RENEGADE BRASS BAND
- ROB HERON AND THE TEA PAD ORCHESTRA
- ROBBO RANX & STYLO G & SISTER NANCY
- ROCKWELL
- ROUGHNECK RIOT
- ROWLAND THE BASTARD
- RUMBA DE BODAS
- RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES
- RUSSKAJA
- RUSTY SHACKLE
- SAM & THE WOMP
- SAM BINGA & REDDERS
- SAM LEE AND FRIENDS
- SCREAMIN’ MISS JACKSON & THE SLAP YA MAMMA BIG BAND
- SE7EN DEADLY BREAKS
- SEAS OF MIRTH
- SHAGGY
- SHANTY
- SHEPDOG
- SKIMMITY HITCHERS
- SKINNY LISTER
- SLAMBOREE SOUNDSYSTEM
- SLIGHTLY OFFENSIVE STEVE
- SLIPMATT & BILLY BUNTER
- SLOWLY ROLLING CAMERA
- SMILEY & THE UNDERCLASS
- SMOKEY BASTARD
- SMOKEY JOE & THE KID
- SOLKO
- SON OF DAVE
- SONIC BOOM 6
- SONIDO VEGETAL
- SOOM T
- SOPHISTAFUNK
- SPECIAL REQUEST
- STANTON WARRIORS
- STEEL CITY RHYTHM
- STOMPIN DAVE ALLEN
- STREET DOGS
- SUB SLAYERS TAKEOVER (KING YOOF & JAY CUNNING)
- SUBCULTURE SAGE
- SURFIN TURNIPS
- SWINDLE & ROYAL T
- TAKO LAKO
- TALISMAN
- TANKUS THE HENGE
- TANTZ
- TAPE FIVE
- TEMPLE FUNK COLLECTIVE
- THE ALLERGIES
- THE BABAR LUCK WORLD CITIZEN FOLK BAND
- THE BAD SHEPHERDS
- THE BAGHDADDIES
- THE BLACK KAT BOPPERS
- THE BUFFALO SKINNERS
- THE BUSY TWIST
- THE CARNY VILLANS
- THE CAT EMPIRE
- THE DESTROYERS
- THE DIRTY GENTLEMEN
- THE DOGHOUSE BOAT BOYS
- THE DREADNOUGHTS
- THE DROP
- THE FILAMENTS
- THE FIRE BENEATH THE SEA
- THE FONTANAS
- THE HEATWAVE
- THE IMPRINTS
- THE INEXPLICABLES
- THE JACK RATTS
- THE JIMMY HILLBILLIES
- THE LEE THOMPSON BAND
- THE LOUNGE KITTENS
- THE MONTGOMERYS
- THE ODD FOLK
- THE OUSE VALLEY SINGLES CLUB
- THE PAPER TRAINS
- THE PENNY BLACK REMEDY
- THE PIRATONES
- THE RECKS
- THE SCRIBES
- THE SKATALITES
- THE SKINTS
- THE STIFF JOINTS
- THE SWEET LIFE SOCIETY
- THE TROJAN SOUND SYSTEM
- THE VAGABAND
- THE WAILERS
- TIM ARISU
- TINARIWEN
- TIPPER
- TOM MASON AND THE BLUE BUCCANEERS
- TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA
- TREE HOUSE FIRE
- TRINITY LO-FI
- TROJAN SOUNDSYTEM
- TURNTABLE DUBBERS
- UK ALLSTARS – WORLD DEBUT FEAT. CONGO NATTY, CONGO DUBZ, TIPPA IRIE, TOP CAT, GENERAL LEVY, DADDY FREDDY, SWEETIE IRIE, TENOR FLY, NANCI & PHEOBE
- UNCLE DUGS
- UNIT 137
- UPTOWN SKA COLLECTIVE
- USHTI BABA
- UZIMON
- VAGALATSCHK
- VEEBLEFETZER & THE MANIGOLDS
- VIC RUGGERIO (THE SLACKERS)
- VOODOO GLOW SKULLS
- WARRIOR KING
- WILLE & THE BANDITS
- WINTER MOUNTAIN
- WOOHOO REVUE
- WORLDS TALLEST DJ
- YT & MR WILLIAMZ & THE INNER HEART BAND
- ZED BIAS
- ZORITA