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16 hours ago, mr flow said:
Firstly it isn't 48K punters. Yes, Anna mentioned that on the radio interview, but it's around 30K tickets being sold. The only areas of the site that aren't going to be used are Temple Valley and the Lions Den, so you still have a very big area to use. The fat that all camping is outside of the bowl will make a lot more space, and based on @Sku's map, there is potential for a large stage at the bottom of the hippy highway, and that is a huge space to use, which hasn't previously been used before.
Boomtown are only too well aware of the fact this festival needs to be nailed. They are pulling out all of the stops to ensure that is achieved, and in the process they will be ensuring the Boomtown ethos returns. In my opinion, the last 2-3 festivals had started to go away from what once made Boomtown special. It had gotten too big too quickly, and this is a chance to get back that Boomtown magic again.Excellent news.
When did she rescind the 48k public tickets bit then ?
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6 hours ago, bennyhana22 said:
This 👆🏼
Although I'm a dance-monkey and so love the night-time, the daytime musical profile of Boomtown couldn't be described as my typical choices. However, the continuing ethos of Boomtown makes it massively attractive to me. The Boomtown crew have gone on record time after time waxing lyrically of their desire to create something artistically special for all their festival goers, seeing commercial success as an unavoidably important issue, but secondary to the experience. On that basis, I think we have every reason to trust in their skill and judgment to deliver an amazing, not overcrowded festival, despite the challenges they are facing immediately post peak-COVID etc.
Ben
At no point have I said it’s for the money. I was their for the first in the bowl and have watched it grow steadily as well.
I dream they got feedback they could sell same as last year and will now maybe bring back Uptown and are just holding off on the announcement. Don’t know why they would be doing that tho.But I’m sorry, I just don’t see 48k in Downtown, not with a good selection of venues offering the same kind of selection as in the past.
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8 hours ago, bennyhana22 said:
Also, I think all/almost all of the Downtown camping spaces adjacent to Districts are converting to part of an expanded Downtown. So with that, Forest Parties and a very significant reduction in punter numbers, we should be OK...*
Ben
*I think
Numbers are not reduced. Listen to the link posted by Sawdusty Surfer and she says 48 thousand public tickets sold.
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14 hours ago, jump said:
The capacity this year is 30k though.
It’s not though, Anne Wade on Radio 4 last week very clearly stated “it’s sold out, 48 thousand PUBLIC “
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Am I the only one worried about the same sized public crowd in half the area ? Forty eight thousand public punters Downtown is terrifying thought.
I get you can stuff that many people in that area, uncomfortably, but how are they going to move freely amongst the stages ??it was busy in the evenings Downtown when you had major headliners on Lions Den, Town Centre and a myriad of other minor stages, plus Nucleus all taking probably half the attendance away from Downtown. I just can’t picture a good selection of venues catering for all the different music Boomtown was greatly known for.
It needs to be called The Cramming, not The Gathering.
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12 hours ago, jump said:
I’m pretty sure the email link has a personalised code or something in it. I started they survey but then had to do something else and when I followed the link again it was at the spot I left with my questions still filled out.
Cheers for that.
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I’ve just completed the survey but I’m sure there was no where to input your email for the draw. Or did I miss that ?
Not to fussed as I have this years tickets still, more scratching my head that somebody could forget that bit.
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17 minutes ago, Harry_W01 said:
is there anything different about the ticket tiers? or is it just a case of people who buy first get it cheaper and people who buy later is more expensive?
Same entry ticket, just different price depending on how fast you are at buying them.
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May I ask what happened to Lauryn Hill ?
We got there about 9.30 with people on the way to the stage saying she hadn’t turned up. Stayed till 9.45 listening to a female dj on stage. Was that her ?
Just as we got back to family cv I then thought I heard a guitar strumming. Did the band start then ? Must of been about 10pm by then.
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Well had dream journey out.
I found two phones over the festival, handed into info and then a wallet I found near lions den late Sunday night on way to cv field that we delivered to the guys house on way home.
Hopefully some good karma points stockpiled for the future.
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2 hours ago, Sasperella said:
We wondered if they'd taken some of them down for health and safety reasons....man it with security instead? Presumably they didn't want those flying down on the site
Those were my thoughts to start with., but there was a group of panels in the middle still standing.
We went off site at midday and they appeared to be trying to put them back up. When we returned at 9pm they we’re still working up there with police and dog units in attendance.
Maybe on reflection they weren’t putting it up that morning, instead they were using the jcb to hold what was left up.
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Relic opened at 5pm. Winds dropped now so doubt any more problems. I think it was only Relic that was closed Friday
The perimeter fence at the top of the hill behind Relic took a battering last night. It looked like 20-30 panels had come down.
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On 4/25/2019 at 10:48 PM, guypjfreak said:
Look out for these puppies only bigger this year..
VOID
INCUBUS.,
There'll be a good few VOIDS around..
Love the red cabs.
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Van beside us had a medium sized tent for their teenagers in family camper van last year. Volunteer helping in field left a gap before next van parked for it to go up.
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6 hours ago, Sasperella said:
My friend booked mine for me....am I still supposed to get an email?
Depends if they put your email or theirs.
I used one email for all of our tickets. Just makes it easier come the day to print out.
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21 minutes ago, Neon said:
Quick Tier 1 and no problem.
I have no ID is that only needed if you are younger ?
They operate a Challenge 25. So if you look under then they want your ID as proof of age, also to check name against ticket.
Bit closer to festival Boomtown do a deal of £5 off a Citizen Card. Normally £15.
All described here https://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/news/2018-04-25-discounted-id-cards-for-boomtown-citizens/
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Received my email.
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7 minutes ago, dizzydonk said:
Oh really? I didnt know that. Is the alcohol thing enforced?
I fear so.
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The only issue in the past with being off site is the curfew they run on the gates.
You can leave the site at ANY time but you can only enter between certain times. Previously I think the gates opened during the festival 10am to 11.30pm (happy to be corrected on times)
You can only bring alcohol in officially the first time you enter the site, not on re entry.
The campervans are INSIDE the security fence. So only deal with security on first arrival. Not like Glastonbury were you enter each day.
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Another year of failure on T day and the deep depression that follows for months after. I think for my own sanity this could well be the last attempt.
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2 hours ago, lazyred said:
Do they enforce the rule about no teenagers (12 to 17) in the downtown area after 10:00 pm? Daughter is 16 with no unofficial id so we bought a teen ticket.
We have had no grief with my boy downtown in all the years going. Only noticed last year about the rule, so just told him to keep his head down and stay away from security.
TBH we mostly spent time uptown but we stayed till the end Sunday in Chinatown without any problems.
Hes only turned 16 this year.
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Weather forecast seems to change hourly.
Last night Saturday looked awful. Now Metcheck saying a few mm late sat early hrs Sunday. Nothing Friday and 0.1 mm twice on Thursday.
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The bloke was so chuffed at 'finding' my hammer that I often picture it hung on his bedroom wall with a little plaque underneath.
But sadly, yes probably ended in landfill somewhere.
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Boomtown 2021 thread
in Boomtown Fair
Posted · Edited by manateemike
So it’s officially been cancelled 🙁
https://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/info/covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR1DUkZD-4BP9ZRZ7m_j3XNKEJljDY0czarRz_8scaZ1F5jlSJyh-7kbEFM