Boomtown Festival 2015

[eFestivals]

I guess I'm coming Thursday again, so the missus and me will see you all there.

[Paul ™]

Nice one

[frostypaw]

this is what happens when i'm not busy enough - suggested quiet camping and routes from two gates, and bad apple bar location

edit> removed as updated

can easily move stuff around and trash this one, takes moments

Edited July 31, 2015 by frostypaw

[Miesh]

This time in 4 weeks!

We had a great day yesterday, we saw Staus Quo at Newmarket. The crowd was so well behaved, there was so much space. We kept saying stuff like "I bet Bomtown is just like this" and laughing. We played Gogol Bordello on the way home and laughed some more. I can't wait

[worthyraver]

Sounds good for Thursday I will be there fosho

[frostypaw]

Our group needs more volunteers for BoomTown

Three 8hr shifts of easy wristband scanning people in/out - no overnight shifts - in exchange free festival, meal ticket per shift, secure campsite with showers and cleaned toilets, access to staff bar and canteen and a few other perks (phone charging etc)

You don't have to be free for the whole period, just email with your availability ian@hiow-airambulance.org.uk

[StLewi]

Do they release set times prior to the festival? Or do you have to pay for them on arrival? 

[frostypaw]

They release some bits but it's mostly pay for a program on arrival, they have sellers as you enter the festival. But last year's was only a fiver and a lovely bit of work, not a con at all, dunno why they don't absorb it into the ticket price tbh noone would notice and everyone would be glad

[krisroe]

Are all the campsites relatively close to the subsequent stages / districts? We're thinking of camping in Wild West or Old Town but didn't want to be miles from everywhere. How far is Wild West to the main stage in the Town centre for example?

[frostypaw]

There's a map if you scroll up a bit - the camping is right next to everything, it's an all-in-one festival like Glastonbury. No arena/campsite separation much better

I've never camped over there so couldn't tell you really, but it's all pretty close together the challenge is more not being distracted than getting places (give or take the hill)

[tjamest]

They have changed some of the campsites from last year with Wild West now where Trenchtown camping was, but as far as I can remember from it was about 15 minutes from the Town centre stage.

The site is not massive compared to some, but there is a mother of a hill between Downtown (Barrio Loco, Chinatown etc) and Uptown (Wild West, Old Town etc)

[krisroe]

Ahh, it all sounds pretty accessible then which is good. Another query, are the side-shows free or do you have to pay for them? Things like the funeral and suchlike.

[frostypaw]

All free! Actually I dunno about the fairground rides, that's never seemed like a good idea at the time

[krisroe]

Sounds good. I've only ever been to Reading before so I'm used to being rinsed for every penny Melvin can squeeze out of me, it seems weird that there are things for the festival goer that doesn't cost!

[frostypaw]

It'll be really interesting to hear someone compare it directly to Reading - will be very very different

The lively campsites won't phase you though so that's good

[krisroe]

To be fair, I used to enjoy Reading around ten years ago. I went last year as my brother got married and they had their 'honeymoon' at the festival so we all went and the festival itself was dire. I only heard about Boomtown early this year and it looks so different it's unreal. My favourite part of a festival is being away from the world for 5 days and so the immersive experience of Boomtown sounds spot on to me. I shall be sure to post on here afterwards and compare though.

[Staff_Sav]

My mate worked it last year, I know they didn't have the best luck with the weather, but he said that a lorry slid down some hill because of the mud and took out a few tents that were camped on the edges. Luckily no one was in them, but just a warning to not settle for camping on the edge of a road, it's bad enough with foot traffic, let alone runaway lorries

[frostypaw]

Fair warning, though happens at Glasto too - seen big tractor tyre slide off those tracks... Always two foot away from a trackway at least

[krisroe]

It's a good point. I never camp near pathways anyway due to the trampling effect.

[StLewi]

Does the programme advise you what type of music each DJ plays? It seems there are shedloads and I really can't be bothered researching every single one!

[frostypaw]

Not so much, last year's was about 140 pages with just the 20 bigger venue's listings and vague details of the rest lol - there are over 120 venues this year. It'd be like a phone directory

[krisroe]

I'm literally going to see bands I know I like and a couple of DJ's that I know I like. Apart from that I'll wander around aimlessly and get sucked into whatever venue is near me. Otherwise I can imagine I'd be running around all weekend trying to desperately see everything and end up missing it all.

[StLewi]

Sounds like Glastonbury in that respect. Get leathered, wander around and stumble across something awesome you'd never have thought of going to see.

[frostypaw]

Exactly that. If you start digging it gets silly - I've been stuck in looking through and ended up with 40 things I'd kinda like to see, including a bunch of must-sees

I'll probably just do the latter and meander in the direction of the others. Last year I went downtown on friday after the r**n and had a meander before heading back up as that night they had massive sound problems down there in the wet with arcadia. Never made it back at night! Too much else to do

[tjamest]

There are a couple of Spotify playlists which may help although they probably just scratch the surface.