Pic: Jack Liley
Strange scenes have been unfolding during this sleepy winter in Boomtown. A monstrous mechanical beast known as Arcadia has crash-landed and seized a whole area of the town! As an unprecedented festival exclusive the likes of which have only ever been seen at the UKs biggest festival Glastonbury; Boomtown will feature the one and only incredible Arcadia Spectacular show; a fusion of post apocalyptic, huge moving sculptures, pyrotechnics, light and laser extravaganzas, aerial trapeze shows and a monstrous Soundsystem. The Arcadia Spectacular is an epic, mind bending, assault on the senses that must be approached with caution, the fainthearted have been warned.
With Super Early Bird and Early Bird residency passes selling out in record time, the site has expanded beyond the confines of ‘The Bowl’ into woodland in rural Boomtown and with the alien invasion of the awe inspiring Arcadia; Boomtown have burnt all the rule books and are gearing up to take the festival into a whole new stratosphere in 2012.
Arcadia first came into existence in 2007, spawned from an ambitious group of craftsmen whose imaginations border on madness! Over the past five years it has evolved into a multifaceted entity drawing an ever growing number of eccentric brains, skills and visionaries into the mix. Already a mainstay fixture at some of the UK and Ireland’s leading festivals such as Glastonbury, Bestival and Electric Picnic; the Arcadia machine is galvanised by the audience’s reaction to this untamed beast that wreaks havoc where-ever it treads!
For the past three years at Glastonbury, Arcadia has been given free reign over their own field. Slotted in next to the likes of Shangri-La and Block 9, they have been given the space and opportunity to develop, attempt and achieve the unimaginable. This year at Boomtown, Arcadia will be taking over a whole zone of the town with Sci-Fi, flame throwing, smoke blasting, fully moving structures complete with exclusively designed sets and gravity defying aerial trapeze shows!
On top of the gargantuan addition of Arcadia to Boomtown’s already bustling streets, the town council have passed planning permission to venture into the suburbs and spread up and over ‘The Bowl’, encompassing the surrounding woodlands to unleash the mysterious areas and reclusive beings that inhabit it. Watch this space for more details as the woodland’s hidden tales are discovered…
The Boomtown Mayors have been hard at work for the past few months and as well as the momentous announcement of the inclusion of Arcadia and expansion of the town, the first line up announcements will be coming to an inbox near you very soon…
Boomtown 2012 is over the weekend of 9 – 12th August, for more info or to buy tickets please visit: www.boomtownfair.com