Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
I wonder if the bands that are playing here and endorset the same weekend knew what they were letting them selves in for ..... bit of a treck!
Boomtown Fair (Formerly Recydrate the West) 2009
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Clint Iguana
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fractionMan
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did anyone go?
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
I did.
Brilliant event, certainly on a par with endorse it. The whole place seemed to be full of people determined to get out of it.... but strangely no-one was annoyingly muntered out of it. It was all very laid back and Laissez-faire.
The bands seemed to be on stage like clock work, all very punctual .. apart from the printing error in the programme that got the days mixed up (DOH!).
Inner Terrestrials were the only band that had problems getting from Endorse It, they came on an hour late on a different stage.
Main stage shut at midnight promptly but cabaret stage and Lions Den went on into the we small hours, with bands still coming on at 3am.
Highlights?????
Tofu Love Frogs, Sick Note, Inner Terrestrials, Dead Silence, Babylon Circus, Smerins Anti Social Club, Don Bradmans, Powersteppers and guests, the perry in the cider tent, the charming and hands off security, the strumpets with crumpets, the weather, hearing the Cardiff city and Swansea city football results on the radio and sharing them with our jack neighbours.
From people i spoke to that played here and endorse it, Boomtown was spoken of rather favourably.
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am gonna try and get to this next year. had a great time last time round.
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
Did you go to both then?
No, i cant personally comment on what endorse it was like this year, but you will see from the line ups that there were a lot of bands that played both events.... almost like the Carling Leeds/Reading weekend! (not quite) .... i spoke to a few of them .
ETA... my "certainly on a par with endorse it" comment was based on my trips to endorse it over the last five years. I mention it becasue they are very simmilar festivals ... i would say the two best on the circuit, such a shame they clashed this year.
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
Last few years i have been huddled around the radio at half four at endorse it, listeing to the scores with a southamptoon fan that i met at Endorse it and have camped with every year since (but never seen him anywhere else).
Now there's two bloody festivals and the football season!
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
erm... some of those i spoke to thought it was going to be Yeovil!
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
Zion Train thought Boomtown was full of boring ketheads
Yes, they mentioned it while they were there.
Ironically, one of the bands i spoke to said Endorse it was full of boring anti-K heads
I am sure there was K about, but they were definitley in the minority.
ETA.... boomtown was certainly a little more 'crusty' than previous endorse its i have been to.
Just about recovered enough to make a post!
It was such a lovely location for a festival, weather was perfect untill Monday morning.
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Watched some great bands and danced my ass of to Chris Liberator. I have seen him before, but for various reasons he blew me away The 'dance off' bit was great fun too.
It's a shame the music had to stop so early in the morning, but at least it gave me a chance to sleep and carry on the next day.
It was such a lovely location for a festival, weather was perfect untill Monday morning.
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Watched some great bands and danced my ass of to Chris Liberator. I have seen him before, but for various reasons he blew me away
The 'dance off' bit was great fun too.It's a shame the music had to stop so early in the morning, but at least it gave me a chance to sleep and carry on the next day.
DeadManWalking
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Was a great festival, lucky with the weather. Only downside was that they put Congo Natty on when the curfew came in. He only played for about 10 mins and then was turned down at which point he gave up and left the stage. The same fate would have happened on the Friday night with Dead Silence but they insisted the volume stayed up. I think if the curfew got broken twice Sunday wouldn't have happened.
Great to see lots of old mates and definitely the most underground festival around.
Great to see lots of old mates and definitely the most underground festival around.
DeadManWalking
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Maybe, it was September last year
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before football season please
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
yes, but not much. There was a cabaret tent, but i only went in there when live bands were on. There was definitely circus type shenanigans going on in the same tent as well.
riggerboots
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They have added loads more cabaret / circus / workshops etc this year ... i know because i'm running one of the mini cabaret tents, I think the aim is to make it even more family orientated this year , moving away from the Forest of Dean is a really good idea as well
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
where is it then?
Suggestion it'll be somewhere in central England now -- see my latest post on the main Boomtown thread on the festivals forum
But if you know where the new location will be yourself, riggerboots, give us a clue man! 
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