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!'
2018 Lineup
- 808ink
- Adolescents
- Alfa Mist
- Alsarah & The Nubatones
- Amadou & Mariam
- Avalon
- Baba Zula
- Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
- Big Zuu
- Bilal
- Billy Bragg
- Bliss
- Blue Lab Beats
- Breakage
- Capdown
- Captain Ska
- Charlotte De Witte
- Chrome Angels
- Clipz
- Critical Sound
- Crucast Takeover
- Daara J Family
- Deluxe
- Die Antwoord
- Dillinja
- Dimension
- Dino Psaras
- Dj Marky
- Dub Pistols
- Dubioza Kolektiv
- Dutty Moonshine Big Band
- Earth Crisis
- Earthkry
- Earthling
- Eatbrain
- Elvana
- Enrico Sangiuliano
- Enter Shikari
- Etana
- Extrawelt
- Fantastic Negrito
- Fishbone
- Freedom Fighters
- GMS
- Goldie
- Gorillaz
- Groundation
- Hacktivist
- Haggard Cat
- Havana Meets Kingston
- Ho99o9
- Hospitality
- Hypnocoustics
- IDLES
- Inner Terrestrials
- Jaya The Cat
- Jimmy Cliff
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
- Kojey Radical
- Lankum
- Le Bask
- Limp Bizkit
- Lowkey, Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts
- LTJ Bukem
- Macka.B
- Mammal Hands
- Maribou State
- Mathias Duplessy & The Violins Of The World
- Maztek
- Meute
- Molotov Jukebox
- Morcheeba
- Moscow Death Brigade
- My Baby
- Nadine Shah
- New Kingston
- Nubiyan Twist
- Omar Souleyman
- Phaxe
- Radium
- Random Hand
- Rising Appalachia
- Romare
- Samory I
- Sampa The Great
- Samsara Blues Experiment
- Shpongle
- Sinerider
- Skarra Mucci
- Skazi
- Slamboree
- Sleaford Mods
- Soul II Soul
- Soulfly
- Spice
- Spragga Benz & Friends
- Stereo MC’s
- Sulta Selects
- The Herbaliser
- The Rumjacks
- The Selecter
- The Skatalites
- The Skints
- Too Many Zooz
- Turbowolf
- Vandal Vs Billx
- Voodoo Glow Skulls
- Zara McFarlane