Boomtown 2020

Boomtown 2020, also known as Boomtown Chapter 12: New Beginnings, was to be the 2020 production of an immersive annual five-day theatrical music festival that takes place near Winchester, Hampshire on the Matterley Estate in South Downs National Park. Boomtown Chapter 12 was set to take place from Wednesday until Sunday, 12–16 August 2020, but was cancelled on April 30 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Boomtown Chapter 12 New Beginnings (2020)
Status	Cancelled
Genre	Music festival
Begins	12 August 2020
Ends	16 August 2020
Location(s)	Matterley Estate, Alresford Road, near Winchester, Hampshire, England.
Capacity	76,999 [1]
Organised by	Boomtown Festival UK Limited[2]
Website	boomtownfair.co.uk

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

On 26 March 2020, the festival announced a shift towards a scaled-down, more "intimate" event as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but stated they still intend for the event to go ahead in August.[3]

On 30 April 2020, the organisers announced the festival will no longer go ahead in a post titled "We will dance together again".[4]

State of Emergency show

New for 2020 was State of Emergency, a new multi-stage theatrical show as a new catalyst for the festivals storyline. The accouncement described the addition as "set to unfold throughout the duration of the festival, in a full throttle, dazzling display of modern-day circus and mind-bending technologies".[5]

The show was said to feature circus and performance, alongside "boundary-pushing sound design, technology and special effects to create a 360 degree experience", and will be performed across multiple stages and areas over the 5-days.[6]

Site changes

Chapter 12 was slated to see the introduction of a new district Forgotten Valley as a replacement for Whistler's Green. The new district was to encapsulate the Kidztown and Floating Lotus stages, but see the replacement of The Lighthouse stage with a new area known as Ancient Futures.[7]

A huge central beacon for this new area, connecting the great wisdom of the past with the importance of building new & sustainable futures. With inspirational speakers, workshops and artists.[7]

— Boomtown Fair

Line-up (all)

Official headliners line-up[8] [9]

Artist	Type(s)	District(s)	Announcement date
Caravan Palace	Band	Town Centre	9 November 2019
Flogging Molly	Band	Town Centre
Noisia	DJ	Relic
Tank and the Bangas	Band	Copper County	10 November 2019
Vini Vici	DJ	Forest Parties	11 November 2019
Avalon	DJ	Forest Parties	11 November 2019
Astrix	DJ	Forest Parties	11 November 2019
hilight tribe	Band	Forest Parties	11 November 2019
waio	DJ	Forest Parties	11 November 2019
outsiders	DJ	Forest Parties	11 November 2019
Candi Staton	Band	Town Centre
Kano	Band	Lion's Den
The Skints	Band	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Mad Caddies	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
Little Big	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
Biig Piig	Band	Barrio Loco	6 January 2020
Damian “Jr Gong” Marley	Band	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Mura Masa	Band	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Aardvarkk	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Audiopathik	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Hypnoise	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Illegal Machines	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Ital	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Sinerider	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Space Tribe	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Egorythmia	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Tsuyoshi Suzuki	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Dub Pistols	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
Snapped Ankles	Band	Copper County	6 January 2020
The Outside Agency	DJ	DSTRKT 5	6 January 2020
Beans on Toast	Band	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Alix Perez	DJ	Relic	6 January 2020
Skeptical	DJ	Relic	6 January 2020
DJ Marky	DJ	Relic	6 January 2020
Adrian Sherwood Ft. Lee Scratch Perry & Horace Andy	Band	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Chef’Special	Band	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Aleighcia Scott	Band	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Manudigital	DJ	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Nkulee Dube	Band	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Sara Lugo	Band	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Zion Train	Band	Forest Parties	6 January 2020
Mungos Hi-fi & Marina P	DJ	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Shy FX	DJ	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Denis Sulta	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
Special Request	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
Gerd Janson	DJ	Metropolis	6 January 2020
Luke Solomon	DJ	Metropolis	6 January 2020
Children Of Zeus	DJ	Barrio Loco	6 January 2020
Ratpack	DJ	DSTRKT 5	6 January 2020
Hellfish	DJ	DSTRKT 5	6 January 2020
Meute	DJ	Copper County	6 January 2020
My Baby	Band	Copper County	6 January 2020
Nihiloxica	Band	Copper County	6 January 2020
Sudan Archives	Band	Copper County	6 January 2020
Too Many Zooz	Band	Copper County	6 January 2020
Taiki Nulight	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
Dub Fx	DJ	Town Centre	6 January 2020
Dutty Moonshine	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
Fat White Family	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
The Libertines	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
The Selecter	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
Princess Nokia	Band	Barrio Loco	6 January 2020
Daughters Of Reykjavik	Band	Barrio Loco	6 January 2020
3teeth	Band	Diss-order Alley	6 January 2020
John	Band	Diss-order Alley	6 January 2020
Municipal Waste	Band	Diss-order Alley	6 January 2020
Sullivan King	DJ	Diss-order Alley	6 January 2020
Pendulum Trinity	DJ	Relic	6 January 2020
Stanton Warriors	Band	Area 404	6 January 2020
Eats Everything	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
Objekt	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
Collie Buddz	DJ	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
De La Soul	Band	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Jungle Cakes ❤ Trojan Records ft Dawn Penn	DJ	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Wu Tang Clan	Band	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
The Black Madonna	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
KiNK	DJ	Metropolis	6 January 2020
Off Me Nut	DJ	DSTRKT 5	6 January 2020
Vandal Vs Mandidextrous	DJ	DSTRKT 5	6 January 2020
Wrong Music Takeover	DJ	DSTRKT 5	6 January 2020
Watch The Ride	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
The Hu	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
Akala	Band	Barrio Loco	6 January 2020
Discharge	Band	Diss-order Alley	6 January 2020
Dilated Peoples	Band	Barrio Loco	6 January 2020
David Rodigan & The Outlook Orchestra	DJ	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Kelis	Band	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Mad Professor x Gaudi x General Levy	DJ	Lion's Den	6 January 2020
Cromby B2b Hammer	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
Nightmares on Wax	DJ	Metropolis	6 January 2020
The Four Owls	Band	Barrio Loco	6 January 2020
Afriquoi	Band	Copper County	6 January 2020
Underworld	Band	Area 404
Flava D	DJ	Area 404	6 January 2020
Hybrid Minds & MC Tempza	DJ	Relic	6 January 2020
DJ Producer	DJ	DSTRKT 5	6 January 2020
Angerfist	DJ	DSTRKT 5	6 January 2020
The Bronx	Band	Town Centre	6 January 2020
Sugarhill Gang & Furious Five	Band	Barrio Loco
Venetian Snares	DJ	DSTRKT 5	7 January 2020
Koan Sound	DJ	Area 404	10 January 2020
Maceo Plex	DJ	Area 404	13 January 2020
Monika Kruse	DJ	Area 404	13 January 2020
Orbital	DJ	Area 404	13 January 2020
Hybrid Minds	DJ	Relic	13 January 2020
Capdown	Band	Diss-order Alley	13 January 2020
Kool & The Gang	Band	Town Centre
Slamboree	Band	Copper County
Jesse Royal	Band	Forest Parties
Casisdead	Band	Barrio Loco
Andy C	DJ	Relic
Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra	Band	Oldtown
Bridge City Sinners	Band	Copper County	17 January 2020
Nina Las Vegas	DJ	Area 404	19 January 2020
Ġenn	Band	Diss-order Alley
John Garcia & The Band Of Gold	Band	Diss-order Alley
Squarepusher	DJ	Area 404	24 January 2020
Anna	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Haai	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Partiboi69	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Dj Q	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Sir Spyro	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Elijah & Skilliam	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Royal T	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Jubilee	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
BedBY10	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Papa Gumbo	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Stirling Moss	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
The Wipeouts	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Jfb	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Isa Alkaline	DJ	Area 404
Strait-Jackit	DJ	Area 404
The Anxious on Acid	DJ	Area 404
mella dee	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Chicago Loop	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Rachel Rackitt	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Benji303	DJ	Area 404	28 January 2020
Mischa and his merry Men	Band	Forgotten Valley	3 February 2020
Efa Supertramp	Band	Forgotten Valley	3 February 2020
Emily Magpie	Band	Forgotten Valley	3 February 2020
Finnegan Tui	Band	Forgotten Valley
Francesca's Word Salad	Band	Forgotten Valley	3 February 2020
Madi	Band	Forgotten Valley	3 February 2020
Mangoseed	Band	Forgotten Valley	3 February 2020
O.love & The Affair	Band	Forgotten Valley	3 February 2020
Pavey Ark	Band	Forgotten Valley
Psycho-Acoustic Goat	Band	Forgotten Valley
Ruby Confue	Band	Forgotten Valley
The Girobabies	Band	Forgotten Valley
Junior Jungle	DJ	Kidztown
chico abreu	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Too Many T's	Band	Kidztown
Kaotik Kartel	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
6blocc	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Bare Jams	Band	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Uncommon Records ft Resist, Jim Bitch & Jago	DJ
Dub From Atlantis	Band	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Earl Gateshead	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Liam Monaghan	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Lubi J B2b Ransom Ft. Comma Dee	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Mrs Magoo	DJ	Forest Parties
(Not So) Junior Jungle	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
O'Sisters	Band	Forest Parties Paradise Heights
The Dandadda	Band	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
The Undercover Hippy	Band	Forest Parties Oldtown	6 February 2020
Misa West	Band	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Da Fuchaman and the Fire Blaze Band	Band	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
DJ Tumble Weed - Peaceful Progress	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Sasha Steppa	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Kiko Bun	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Uncle Dugs	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Tom Spirals	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Sinai Sound System	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Gold Dubs	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Dubkasm	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Kahn + Neek	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020
Pinch	DJ	Forest Parties	6 February 2020

References

1. "Boomtown 2020: Organisers granted 76,999 capacity". Boomtown Source. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
2. "BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL UK LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". companieshouse.gov.uk.
3. "Boomtown COVID-19 Status Update 26.03.20". boomtownfair.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
4. "Boomtown Update 2020 ❤️". boomtownfair.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
5. "Lineup". boomtownfair.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
6. "Boomtown reveals over 200 acts and 'State of Emergency' multi-stage spectacular | Isle of Wight News from OnTheWight". Isle of Wight News from OnTheWight. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
7. "Forgotten Valley Lineup Announcement | District 2/15". boomtownfair.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
8. "Lineup". boomtownfair.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
9. "Chapter 12 Line Up". boomtownfair.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.