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Chapter 11: a Radical City BOOMTOWN RELEASE Chapter 11: A Radical City MATTERLEY ESTATE – WINCHESTER 7TH – 11TH AUGUST 2019 TICKETS ON SALE NOW Boomtownfair.co.uk BOOMTOWN RELEASE EXPLOSIVE LINE UP OF HIP HOP, GARAGE AND GRIME FOR BARRIO LOCO DISTRICT OCEAN WISDOM / LITTLE SIMZ / BLACKALICIOUS / SLOWTHAI ​ ​ HIGH FOCUS TAKEOVER This year sees Boomtown’s most energetic district Barrio Loco, pushing musical boundaries even further with its stellar line-up that includes hip hop, garage and grime giants from all corners of the world. Just one of Boomtown’s 12 themed districts, the reverberating sounds, rhythms and lyrics provide the perfect balance to the festival’s varied headline bill that includes Ms. Lauryn Hill, Prophets of Rage, The Streets, Chronixx, Groove Armada and Salt-N-Pepa. ​ ​ ​ ​ Bringing a brand new collaboration to Boomtown’s vibrant party capital Barrio Loco, 1Xtra ​ will be opening up Poco Loco, the districts’ main stage, on Thursday with a full day takeover ​ ​ showcasing some of the BBC radio station’s top DJs and discovered talents. The 1Xtra Thursday Takeover will include; lady of the moment Tiffany Calver, hot off the ​ ​ ​ ​ heels of taking over the top spot as the host of Radio 1 / 1Xtra’s flagship Rap Show and supporting Drake on his European tour, Tiffany will be joined by fellow 1Xtra DJ, trailblazer and ​ ​ tastemaker of a generation Jamz Supernova. Joining the 1Xtra DJs throughout the day, the live ​ ​ acts will include; infectious dancehall of Alicai Harley, supreme talent and the dazzling soul ​ ​ voice of Joel Culpepper plus the heady blend of hip hop and jazz, mixed up with a few nods to ​ ​ London grime from Che Lingo. This is all set to be an incredible opening to what will be a ​ ​ weekend filled with the very best in UK and world wide hip-hop, grime, garage, bass and neo soul... Moving on to Friday... off the back of a worldwide tour, Boomtown legend Eva Lazarus, will kick ​ ​ things off and as well as making a repeat appearance as part of a collaboration with UK producer Swindle in his fusion of jazz and grime later in the evening. The masters of ​ ​ tongue-twisting, multisyllabic, complex rhymes Blackalicious will also treat crowds with their ​ ​ own brand of West Coast hip hop. The formidable Little Simz makes a return to the festival ​ ​ after her electrifying guest appearance on the ‘Lion’s Den’ with Gorillaz last year alongside ​ ​ garage and bassline producer and selector Flava D, the raw poetry of High Focus’ Ocean ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Wisdom, Jus Now with their Trinidadian soca rhythms mixed with UK underground return and ​ ​ ​ Sir Spyro’s grime and freestyle. Sunday sees the much anticipated High Focus Takeover ​ ​ featuring self-styled ‘Brexit Bandit’ and proclaimed rising star slowthai who makes an exciting ​ ​ special guest appearance with his unique, experimental grime / punk stylings, plus the likes of Four Owls, Dirty Dike and Jam Baxter. ​ ​ ​ ​ Bringing dance, garage and bassline to Barrio Loco, ‘24 Hour Garage Girls’ is back featuring some heavyweights of the scene that include one half of the legendary production/remixing ​ ​ team, Tuff Jam, DJ / producer and all round pioneer of the British UK garage scene Matt Jam ​ ​ Lamont; dancehall champion Danny Rankin AKA DJ Decoy (Kurupt FM), and international ​ ​ ​ ​ DJ/Producer SHOSH, who is head honcho at 24hr Garage Girls and whose debut EP 'Take On ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ You' hit no.1 in UKG charts. Plus singular soundsmith Freddie Martin, bright new up and comer ​ ​ ​ ​ in both UK Garage and Bassline Sammy Virji, Mind of a Dragon the latest edition to Conducta's ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ fresh new label, Kiwi Rekords and an amazing producer fronting new UK Garage and favourite newcomer with guest mixes for DJ Mag & Get Darker Nadine who together will set the tone to ​ ​ ​ the stage. -ENDS- For further information: Please contact: [email protected] ​ Follow us: Twitter, Facebook & Instagram ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Please find below links to: CH11 Headline Line Up Poster / Barrio Loco Line-Up Poster / 2018 Press Images / ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Barrio Loco Artist Images / Barrio Loco District Images / Environmental Mission / ​ ​ ​ ​ Sustainability Image Gallery District line-up announcements will follow every Friday and Tuesday onwards. Tickets Tickets available from www.boomtownfair.co.uk. ​ ● Standard Festival Entry Tier 4 - £244 ● Public Transport Saver Tier 3 - £229 ● Teen Tickets £176.00 ● 12s and under FREE ---------------------------------- BARRIO LOCO FULL LINE-UP POCO LOCO THURSDAY: 1XTRA TAKEOVER - TIFFANY CALVER / JAMZ SUPERNOVA / ALICAI HARLEY / ​ JOEL CULPEPPER / CHE LINGO / FRIDAY: SWINDLE - LIVE / BLACKALICIOUS / D DOUBLE E / EVA LAZARUS / DRS & PITCH 92 ​ PRESENT FROM THE DEEP / INJA / WONKA & SYN / SATURDAY: OCEAN WISDOM / LITTLE SIMZ / FLAVA D / JUS NOW / SIR SPYRO / DR SYNTAX ​ & PETE CANNON / PENGSHUI / SUNDAY: HIGH FOCUS TAKEOVER: SPECIAL GUEST SLOWTHAI / THE FOUR OWLS / DIRTY ​ DIKE / JAM BAXTER / DABBLA / ONOE CAPONOE / RAMSON BADBONEZ / DJ SAMMY B-SIDE / MOLOTOV / CMPND 24HR GARAGE GIRLS MATT JAM LAMONT / SAMMY VIRJI / DANNY RANKIN (DECOY KURUPT FM) / SHOSH MIND OF A DRAGON / FOOR / MIKEY B / OFF ME NUT TAKEOVER / DJ CARTIER / DEADBEAT UK / ZERO / FREDDIE MARTIN / GASH B2B HADEAN / NADINE / WONKA & SYN / COXON PIRATE STUDIOS KAOTIK KARTEL YT / IRAH / SKITZ / VINYL JUNKIE / STIVS & JIM BITCH / MANIPULATE / KREED .
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