23 February 2017
Newsdesk
Saddle up the horses and polish those spurs, Boomtown’s most musically varied district has announced it’s line-up for Chapter 9. The Wild West, home of bluegrass, folk, and world to bassline, is for the leg shaking do- si-do-ers, and midnight party people alike! Previously announced Hampshire folk-punk star Frank Turner will be playing on renowned folk and world stage the Old Mines alongside spoken word, house-country fusion band Alabama 3, Newton Faulkner’s percussive songwriting, spine tingling Irish sensations Kíla and Congolese afro house outfit Mbongwana Star. The full line up of the stage sees 80 acts added over four knee slapping main stages and street venues.
One of the festivals most intricate sets, the district takes attendees back in time to when Boomtown’s immersive storyline first began; where cowboys and bounty hunters, showgirls and saloons populate bandit laden streets… it’s time to delve beyond the stocks and peepholes and see what Wild West has in store for all in attendance:
Joining Frank Turner , Alabama 3, Newton Faulkner and Kíla on the Old Mines is folk revivalist Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, cult political folk songwriter Beans On Toast and scrumpy and Western band The Wurzels. Nashville country three piece Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band, Argentine tropical-punk band Kumbia Queers, raw blues guitar and heart pounding beatboxing duo Heymoonshaker, soulful, political and multiple folk award winning Chris Wood and gypsy-jazz Plymouth outfit Mad Dog McRea show the wide range of genres available, with The Furrow Collective, The Breath, La Inedita, 47 Soul, Lakuta, Sheelanagig, Showhawk Duo, Noble Jacks, Holy Moly & The Crackers also on the bill.
Blues to Bluegrass, Country to Cowpunk, the Rusty Spurs is sure to bring some of the rowdiest hillbilly stompers to Boomtown with the raw and energetic Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind, folk-punkers Ferocious Dog, indie-roots lot Rusty Shackle, Irish walters The Eskies, self named Hellgrassers (bluegrass/acoustic punk) Moonshine Wagon, all female Americana folk group Dana Immanuel & The Stolen Band and bootlegged hoedowners The Boot Hill All Stars are just some of the eclectic lot, along with The Black Hearted Riders, Mick O'Toole, Imprints, Surfin Birds and Dirty Diesel Outlaw Orchestra to name but a few!
Home to Moonshine laden meanderers, Crazy Calamities is the place for a good old knees up; where genres are mixed up like the sweetest of cocktails. Whet your whistle with sounds from Afro Cluster, Sounds Of Harlowe, Captain Accident, Junior Bill, King Punch, The Tribe, Krupa, Primo Nelson, The Iguanas, Agbeko, Basement 83, Solomento, Special Brew, 6foot7 and Mighty John Street Ska Orchestra are just some of the acts on offer.
Steaming into our shanty town is the triumphant return of Wrong Side of the Tracks, a full sized steam train with nothing but good vibes to be found inside this 18th century train station. Late night shake-a-leggers should come with dancing shoes in hand for Dr Meaker, Titan Sound. Shosh (24 Hour Garage Girls) and Selekta Spinach. Shot Gun Willies, one of the longest standing Street Venues will be back in the West along with Madame Electrifies General Store, Clik Clik, Porch Stage and the Lawless Hall of Justice!
Wild West is just one of Boomtown’s many districts, including Chinatown, Oldtown, Mayfair, Whistlers Green, DSTRKT 5 and Barrio Loco.
Tickets available from www.boomtownfair.co.uk.
Tier 1 - £155.00 Sold Out
Tier 2 - £170.00 Sold Out
Tier 3 - £195.00 Buy here
Teen Tickets - £155.00
12s and under - FREE
LINE UP SO FAR:
WILD WEST:
Old Mines
Frank Turner / Alabama 3 / Newton Faulkner / Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band / Kíla / Mbongwana Star / The Wurzels / Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band / Kumbia Queers / Heymoonshaker / Chris Wood / The Furrow Collective / Beans On Toast / Mad Dog McRea / The Breath / La Inedita / 47Soul / Lakuta / Sheelanagig / Showhawk Duo / Noble Jacks / Holy Moly & The Crackers
Rusty Spurs
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind / Ferocious Dog / Rusty Shackle / The Eskies / Moonshine Wagon / Dana Immanuel & The Stolen Band / The Boot Hill All Stars / The Black Hearted Riders / Mick O'Toole / Imprints / Surfin’ Birds / True Strays / John D Revelator / Dirty Diesel Outlaw Orchestra / Inbredz / Hightown Crows / Black Water County / Dry White Bones / The Back Wood Redeemers / Hodmadoddery / Captain Cactus & The Screaming Harlots / Shootin the Crow / Grandpa Joe and the Chicken Livers / Andrews & Hammond / Devils Damn String Band / The Dooks / Sam Raine
Crazy Calamities
Afro Cluster / Sounds Of Harlowe / Captain Accident / Junior Bill / King Punch / The Tribe / Krupa / Primo Nelson / The Iguanas / Agbeko / Basement 83 / Solomento / The Special Brew / 6foot7 / Mighty John Street Ska Orchestra / King Sub / The Sneak Eazies / Matt Montez Duo / The Whiskey Rebellion / Pareidolia / The Hat Club / Solomento / Slim Pickings Band / The King Solomon Band / C**ty Bumpkins / Solid Gone / Kid Kosmic / The Bare Souls / The Wooden Men / Lead Shot Hazard / Bluetown Rumble / Easy Stride Band / Eat The Evidence / The Railway Sleepers
Wrong Side of the Tracks
Dr Meaker (Dj Set) / Phibes Mandidextrous / Selector Spinach / Titan sound Shosh (24 hour Garage Girls) / Dapper Dan / Sinai soundsystem takeover / Pull up collective b2b Monroller / Gorilla Tactics Takeover / Underkind ft. Norfolk MC / Jah Prang b2b Scratch Bandikoot / Tommy D b2b Binksy Super Sunday Funday with Uncle Dugs, Billy 'Daniel' Bunter & Friends / Hot Cakes VS Tumble Audio Showcase - Cut and Run / DevelopMENT, Fish, Hybrid Theory (Hotcakes) - Lucent b2b Deadbeat UK b2b Hadean b2b Hank Limit feat MC Forca (Tumble)
CHINATOWN:
Devil Kicks Dancehall
Legendary Shack Shakers / King Prawn / Planet Smashers / The Dreadnoughts / The Resignators / Los Fastidios / The Creepshow / Subhumans / Inner Terrestrials / The Filaments
The Generators / Reno Divorce / Blaggers ITA / New Town Kings / JB Conspiracy / Bar stool preachers / Faintest Idea / Petrol Girls / P.A.I.N / Pronghorn / Captain Hotknives / Counting Coins / Wonk Unit / Back to the Planet / China Shop Bull / Matilda's Scoundrels / Firepit Collective / Pizzatramp / Casual Nausea / Rat Bag / Atterkop / Maid of Ace / Last Gang in Town DJs
Chinatown Courtyard
The Dualers / Astroid Boys / Maroon Town / Top Cats / Spin Te Ku / Trashtucada / Empatee du Weiss / Cut Capers / Los Albertos / Mad Apple Circus / The Downsetters / Goldmaster Allstars / Nanofish Dippers / Los Dueños / Jeramiah Ferrari / The Turner Brothers / The Stiff Joints / The Meow Meows / Solko / Count Skylarkin / Skata Tones / Town Of Cats / Dub The Earth / Upbeat Sneakers / Big Red Ass / Sea Bass Kid / Unknown Era / Tree House Fire / Cartoon Violence / Millie Manders / Last Edition / The Activators / Just Say Nay
The Last Stand
The Hydropaths / The Brewer’s Daughter / Mercurius Rising / Efa Supertramp / FFTP / Joe Yorke / Fabian Maddison / Will Wood / Tim Loud / Jake and the Jellyfish / John Fairhurst / Perkie / Jake Martin / Nosebleed / Joe Tilston / Adam Kahn
Freak Boutique
Autonomads / One Eyed God / Rev Schnider and His Band of Angels / Petrol Bastard
Lion’s Den
Agent Sasco & Dub Akom Band / Big Youth & U-Roy / The Bonner Brothers (Richie Spice, Spanner Banner, Snatcha Lion, Sheperd Bonner, Shav-A feat. Chaka Demus + Pliers) /Cypress Hill / Earl Gateshead with Dawn Penn & Soom T / Gentleman’s Dub Club feat. Taiwan MC, Parly B & Eva Lazarus / Iba Mahr & Harar Band / Jah9 /Lutan Fyah / M.I.A. / Mr Vegas / Protoje / Raging Fyah / Runkus & The Old Skool Bond / Solo Banton & Horseman with The Upper Cut Band / The Specials / Stand High Patrol & Pupajim / Suns Of Dub feat. Randy Valentine / Stick Figure / Toots & The Maytals / Ziggy Marley
Town Centre
Arrested Development / Eskorzo / Hepcat / Hoffmaestro / The Original Blues Brothers Band / Reel Big Fish / Sam & The Womp / The Showhawk Duo / Ska’N’Ska / Skindred / Slightly Stoopid / Smokey Joe & The Kid feat. Mystro / Sublime With Rome / Sugarhill Gang with Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio’s Furious 5 / Wax Tailor / The Wurzels
Old Mines
Alabama 3 / Beans On Toast / The Breath / Bukahara / Chris Wood / Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band / The Furrow Collective / Heymoonshaker / Kumbia Queers / Lakuta / Mad Dog Mcrea / Mbongwana Star / Newton Faulkner / Kila / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / The Showhawk Duo / 47 Soul
The Windmill
Benjamin Zephaniah & the Revolutionary Minds / Brinsley (Aswad) Forde MBE / The Comet Is Coming / Dub FX / GoGo Penguin / Jesse Royal / Nerija / Nomade Orquestra / Portico Quartet / Mike Love / SK Shlomo / Sons Of Kemet / Soweto Kinch / United Vibrations / Wrongtom meets The Ragga Twins
Oldtown
Crash Nomada / Los Colorados / UFOSlavians
Rusty Spurs
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind
Hidden Woods
Nattali Rize / Nice Up! Takeover / Reggae Roast ft Brother Culture / Randy Valentine
Psychedelic Forest
Astrix / Ace Ventura / Berg / GAUDI / Juno Reactor / Ott & The All-Seeing I
Poco Loco
AJ Tracey / Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts / Dea Players Vs Problem Child / Donae'O / Elf Kid / Loyle Carner / MC Taiwan / Ocean Wisdom / The Four Owls
Vamos
Ben UFO & Mr Scruff & Joy Orbison / Boddika / Booka Shade / Boys Noize / Carl Craig / Dave Clarke / Dusky / House Gospel Choir / Monki / Solardo
Bang Hai Tower
Black Sun Empire / Break / Exit Records Takeover / Kill Box / My Nu Leng B2B TQD / Optiv & BTK / Phace / Redlight / Rusko / S.P.Y / The Prototypes
Sector 6
Butterz takeover (Elijah & Skilliam, Swindle & DJ Champion & MC Serious) / DJ Luck & MC Neat / Heartless Crew / Holy Goof / Mefjus B2B Emperor / Shogun Audio Takeover / Shy FX / The Heatwave / Toddla T
Robotika
Aphrodite / Caspa / Deekline B2B Ed Solo / Dub Phizix & Strategy / Freestylers / Gutterfunk Takeover (Dj Die, Addison Groove, Dismantle), Loefah / Mampi Swift / Randall / Ray Keith / Schlachthofbronx / Star.One / Storm / Utah Saints
