BOOMTOWN TRAVELLING FAIR PRESENTS…
THE LONDON BALL
STARRING: DUB PISTOLS / BABYHEAD / LOS ALBERTOS / THE JB CONSPIRACY PLUS MANY MORE
Friday 13th May 2011
Doors: 9pm – Late
Bussey Buildings, 133 Rye Lane, Peckham, London. SE15 4ST
Overground Station: Peckham Rye
Tickets: ON SALE FRIDAY 1ST APRIL - £15 available at
Hot on the heels of the Bristol bank holiday blow-out, the Boomtown Travelling Fair rolls into London town at full speed on Friday 13th May for another dose of decadent and debauched indoor festival action at the Boomtown London Ball. With tickets going on sale today (Friday 1st April) Boomtown are all set to take over the epic confines of the Bussey Building in Peckham, where you can expect a raucous and rambunctious romp through all the fun of the Fair. Skank out to the best in live ska in the Town Centre, wind up your waistline in the Bassline Circus, let the Uprizing Crew move your mind and body with the deepest dub and reggae and get four to the floor in The Bodyshop. If that wasn't enough you can expect a high-octane concoction of village games, fancy dress, performance artists, mind-blowing decor and the full-pelt Boomtown festival vibes that you've come to know and love. You ready? Let's take a waltz around the Boomtown London Ball…
The Town Centre
A town centre like no other this is the hedonistic hub of the Boomtown Travelling Fair. A non-stop musical Mecca where games are played, dreams are made and memories engraved. Come down and shake a leg to the finest live ska, dub and funk and be prepared to get intimate with the Boomtown acts and inhabitants…
Dub Pistols
After their storming Main Stage performance at Boomtown 2010; the reigning big beat aristocracy of Dub Pistols are all set to bring their genre-smashing, speaker jumping, distinctive live show to the Town Centre.
Babyhead
Boomtown’s block-rockin' resident eight-headed monster will be skanking its way up the M4 to cause a riot with their live Ska, Hip Hop and Dub styles like no other. 'Mazers!
Los Albertos
These Brighton six piece ska-funkers eat festivals for breakfast! It’s dance music Jim, but not as we know it...
The JB Conspiracy
Straight outta Guildford. Ska music that's live, large and definitely in charge. Boomtown you ain't ready.
Plus Boomtown resident DJ's till 5am tearing up the dancefloor with beats, bumps and bedlam.
Uprizing Crew take over UnderTown
Far below the busy streets of Boomtown is a maze of abandoned ancient tunnels and catacombs, inhabiting the UnderTown is a rare breed of rough and rugged cultural hybrids! Music and dance is life to this subterranean and subconscious civilisation. This will be live and impressive, come celebrate the underground! With a live Cabaret stage show, Circus skills and performance from fire dancers, contortionists, sword swallowing, burlesque hoola-hoop show and much, much more… main performances will be from; The Uprizing Band, feat. UK jungle legend Demolition Man; The Uprizing live P.A showcasing some serious digital dub and new roots; Binewski Murder with their gypsy jazz for jilted lovers, Balkan waltzes for the broken-hearted, wedding marches for the wailing masses; The energy and passion of nine-piece reggae masters The Drop; Ghost (Life4land), Life4land master mind will be showcasing his epic new material; MDS (Life4land) – get ready to bounce to twisted jungle and melodic acid Drum n Bass; Scamp (Life4Land) - Pushing the boundaries of dance genres with a special variety of Hard-Tek and Drum and Bass mixed and mastered to tear rigs up!
The Bodyshop
Step inside this theatrical layer where reality is forgone and disbelief is well and truly suspended; Boomtowns very own ultra advanced cybernetic and genetic upgrade clinic is coming to the big smoke! Set in the future of the Zombie apocalypse, The Bodyshop does exactly what is says on the tin and is on a rampage of organ stealing and spine slicing destruction. Some of the demented practitioners to be found in the Bodyshop are: Mustard Gunn - Coinop Records overlord on the attack with slabs of bass heavy rave squelch; Fuckrag McGinty- Brighton’s finest pumping out some south side party rockers; Bang Crosby - Reverend of sleaze spins Ghettobass carnival mashup; Jnk B2B Waxfactorgeneral - Underground legends serve up a fat slice of Gruntstep with a side order Wub Wub; Sasquatch - Ultrastep from Senseless Records; Dirty Dyke & Jam Baxter - Chunks of raw fatness hurled up by underground hip hop favourites; Katch Pyro - Gypsystep with a twist of electro schmooze and Jim Bitch - underground smasher and London top dog.
Bassline Circus
Spawned from the cultural depths of the British and European free party, festival and circus scenes, the Bassline Circus has been bending bodies and blowing minds all over the world for the past five years. Fusing gravity-smashing acrobatics, creative performance and blistering, bass-heavy beats this is the lovechild of circus and dancefloor. Hold on to your hats…
The Bling Bar
One of Boomtown's more exclusive haunts, this is the place where ravers, rockstars, rudeboys and wronguns rub shoulders. Decks and decadence collide with a diamond-encrusted soundtrack of disco, gangsta rap and cheese. Embellished with blinged out visuals, 24-carat party games and more gold decor than you can shake your pimp cane at!
Keep your ears open and radios tuned into Reel Rebels Radio as Boomtown will be holding a competition giving away a couple of tickets on the Rumshack show, presented by the mighty Steve Bedlam, goes out LIVE every other Thursday, 8pm, on www.reelrebelsradio.com. Tune in for the best versions of dancehall, & roots.
Tickets for this epically original show go on sale at 9am on Friday 1st April so get them whilst you can as this will be the event to top all others, watch out London - Boomtown is bringing the BASS!
Additional links
Boomtown Fair Festival Tickets: http://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/
Boomtown 2011 You Tube Taster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Bassline Circus: http://www.basslinecircus.org/
BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL INFORMATION:
MAIN STAGE LINE UP SO FAR:
GOGOL BORDELLO / CARAVAN PALACE / THE SELECTER WITH PAULINE BLACK / [DUNKELBUNT] / THE TOASTERS / GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN / THE APPLES / THE KING BLUES / BABYHEAD / SMERINS ANTI SOCIAL CLUB
DANCE STAGE LINE UP SO FAR:
DJ ZINC / BLACK SUN EMPIRE / FOREIGN BEGGARS / TODDLA T & SEROCEE / MS DYNAMITE / THE BUG & FLOWDAN / REDLIGHT & MC DREAD / EMALKAY / RATPACK / ED SOLO b2b JFB / HIGH RANKIN / FEED ME / PYRAMID / WARRIOR ONE / RACK N RUIN / TAYO / SQUIRE OF GOTHOS / KOAN SOUND / THE MCMASH CLAN
LIONS DEN (REGGAE STAGE) LINE UP SO FAR:
CAPLETON / BARRINGTON LEVY / CUTTY RANKS / TIPPA IRIE AND FAR EAST BAND / GENTLEMANS DUB CLUB / SOOM T AND JAHTARI / CONGO NATTY / TOPCAT / ABA SHANTI / IRATION STEPPAS / BONGO CHILLI / SOLO BANTON / BENNY PAGE / JINX IN DUB / DADDY FREDDY / FRIENDLY FIRE BAND / JACKY MURDA / KENNY KEN / LION DUB AND DAVID BOOMAH / PRINCE FATTY / THE RAGGA TWINS / THE HEATWAVE / YT / LAID BLAK / MILLION DAN / MR BENN / DUBKASM / ONLY JOE / CAPLETON / THE DROP / SERIAL KILLAZ
TICKET DETAILS:
Date:
Location:
Ticket Price: Full Weekend: £93
Adult Full Price Deposit: £47
Deposits are NON-REFUNDABLE. The balance to be paid in full by 31st July
Teen ticket (ages 13 - 17 inc): £50.00
Must show ID at the gate.
Tickets Available at http://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/
WHAT THE PRESS SAID - 2010
This family friendly festival is an eclectic mix of theatre, circus performers and art – Closer
The Boomtown crowd are treated to some of the best reggae and Ska acts in history – Morning Star
The biggest and most diverse fair in the land – Exposed Magazine
An expansive collaboration of music, entertainment, activities, art & tradition – Music Fix
There was no holding back in terms of decor ...the vibe was very friendly and energetic with a very diverse crowd – 247 Magazine
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