BoomTown Fair announces it's Barrio Loco District line-up

bass heavy vibes with hip-hop, garage & house

By Scott Williams | Published: Tue 17th Feb 2015

Dr Meaker

Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th August 2015
Matterley Estate, near Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1HW, England MAP
tier 3 - £155 for the weekend
Daily capacity: 45,000
Last updated: Tue 14th Jul 2015

Barrio Loco, one of the eight districts at BoomTown Fair, has announced it's line-up of bass heavy vibes with hip-hop, garage & house.

Chapter Seven of the immersive, theatrical and artistic festival with an on going narrative for around 45,000 festivalgoers takes place at Matterley Estate, nr. Winchester, in Hampshire and will run from Thursday 13th until Sunday 16th August 2015.

The line-up of Barrio Loco's Circo Baile is led by DJ Ez, Toddla T & MC DRS, Swamp81 DJs, Loefah, Paleman, Benton ft Chunky, The Bug & Flow Dan, Phil Hartnoll (DJ Set), Critical Soundsystem (Kasa x Enei x Foreign Concept), Kurupt FM, Sherwood & Pinch, Cause & Affect, Monki, Preditah, DJ Q, WOZ, Matt Jam Lamont, Dr Meaker, Amy Becker, Hybrid Theory, Durkle Disco (ft Lamont, Oh91, Lojik, & Koast), Hackney Polo Club, and Wonka-Vision.

Heading for Poco Loco over the festival will be Kate Tempest, Jungle Brothers, Goldie Lookin' Chain, High Focus Records Takeover (with The Four Owls, Fliptrix & Verb T, Leaf Dog & BVA, Dead Players, Dirty Dike & Jam Baxter, Edward Scissortongue, Mr Key, Onoe Caponoe, Ocean Wisdom, Molotov, DJ Sammy B-Side, and DJ Madnice), DJ Yoda presents Breakfast of Champions, Akala, Mouse Outfit ft Sparkz, Dr Syntax & Pete Cannon, Cheeba, First Degree Burns, Subculture Sage, Slowly Rolling Camera, The Anomalies, Alice In Wasteland, Lea Lea, Moose Funk Squad, DJ Jaffa, Sounds of Harlowe, Ewan Hoozami, Dantanna, The Tribe, The Vegetable Collective, Bison Theory, and Kingz Of Vocals.

They join Noisia, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Caravan Palace, Streetlight Manifesto, Fishbone, The Beat, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Dub Pistols, Slamboree, Dubioza Kolektiv, Matisyahu, Alborosie, Cham feat. O, Turbulence, Cutty Ranks, Ward 21, Katchafire, David Rodigan, Natty, Gentleman's Dub Club, Chopstick Dubplate presents Jah Mason & Demolition Man, Mungos Hi Fi, The John Butler Trio, Amadou & Mariam, Dreadzone, Transglobal Underground, Peatbog Faeries, Edward II, Songhoy Blues, Ibibio Sound Machine, Infected Mushroom, Ace Ventura, Perfect Stranger, Juno Reactor, Capdown, King Prawn, The Mahones, The Rumjacks, The Interrupters, Toddla T & MC DRS, The Bug & Flow Dan, DJ Ez, Jungle Brothers, Caravan Palace, Deluxe, Scarecrow, crazy Berlin cats Dirty Honkers, Bart and Baker, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, Swingrowers, The Gaslight Troubadours featuring Professor Elemental, Odjbox, Brass Band Remix: Dutty Moonshine Brass Band, The Fontanas, DJ Tofu Vs Brass Funkeys, Trans-Siberian March Band, Grant Lazlo, Smerins Anti-Social Club, Too Many T's, Invisible Circus Pirate Show, and features another appearance by Gogol Bordello, plus Dubioza Kolektiv, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, La Pegatina, Kumpania Algazarra, Soviet Suprem, Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra, Jabul Gorba, Sheelanagig, The Carny Villains, Gypsy Sound System Orkestra, Giufa, Glitzy Baghags, Balkan Hotsteppas, Sacha Dieu, Gypsy Unit, My Bad Sister, Woohoo Revue, The Real Tuesday Weld, Full Attack Band, Bare Knuckle Parade, Tantz, Black Friday, Seas of Mirth, Johnny Kowalski & The Sexy Weirdos, Woohoo Revue, Formidable Vegetable Soundsystem, and more.

The festival is made up of eight very different districts and 22 stages, which celebrate a variety of individual music genres and cultures from Ska to Jungle, Reggae to Folk and a whole load more in between and beyond, the line ups are released district by district.

For the line-up details as available see the BoomTown Fair, line-up page.

Tier Three tickets are still available starting at £155 (+BF & EcoBond)  plus there is the split payment option starting from £40, where you can pay off as little or as much as you like in instalments until 1st July 2015.

Teen residency pass (aged 13 - 17 years): £120 & ecobond deposit
Child (aged 6 - 12 years): £20
Infant (aged under 6 years): free

Campervan pass: £50
Caravan / Trailer tent pass: £60
Family car, campervan or caravan parking passes are also available.

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There is an option to donate £2, £5 or £10 to the event's charity partners for 2015, all donations are matched by BoomTown.

This is just the first district line up announcement for BoomTown, next up on 3rd Feb will be the full headliners announcement and then after that from 10th Feb, will be the start of all the remaining district line ups:

20th Feb: Whistlers Green World, Folk, Folk Punk, Comedy)
24th Feb: Wild West (Bluegrass, Hillbilly, Yeehaw)
27th Feb: TrenchTown (Reggae, Dub, Dancehall)
3rd March: ChinaTown (Ska, Ska Punk, Punk)
eFestivals will be bringing you all these as they are announced.




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