new area and first acts for Boomtown Fair 2019

BoomTown Fair 2019

Wednesday 7th to Sunday 11th August 2019
Matterley Estate, near Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1HW, England MAP
currently £244 (Thursday entry)

Daily capacity: 66,000

A new area and the first acts have been revealed for the madcap world that is Boomtown Fair Chapter 11, which takes place at Matterley Estate, nr. Winchester, in Hampshire from Wednesday 7th until Sunday 11th August 2019.

The new area is Area 404 which will feature techno. On Friday to celebrate 25 years of Bugged Out things are headed up by Four Tet, who is joined by Ben UFO b2b Joy Orbison, Erol Alkan b2b Boys Noise, and Australian Lo-Fi House luminary Mall Grab. On Saturday there's a Boomtown debut from Carl Cox, who's joined by Claude VonStroke, Eats Everything, SAMA', and Skream. And to finish off on Sunday Drumcode brings Amelie Lens, with Dense & Pika, Enrico Sangiuliano, and La Fleur b2b B-Traits. Also within Area 404 there's street venues Acid Leak with acid techno, techno, and old skool, the Fallout Disco with disco, and house, and a street rave with Massive SP23 (Spiral Tribe); line-ups to be announced.

Area 404 is just a taster, there's a whole heap of more to come with the main the headliners announcement on Friday 8th February.

After trialling Wednesday entry in 2018, there'll again be limited Wednesday entry. Tickets will go on sale at 7pm on Thursday 1st November, tier-priced as follows:-
standard adult Thursday entry: from £199 to £244
standard adult Wednesday entry: from £219 to £264

'Public transport saver tickets' are also available, along with an installment payment plan.
Those aged 12 and under are free but require a ticket.

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