Boom Town Fair 2013 Lineup

Main Stages

Town Centre - Jump up party ska, swing, gypsy, fun - Major headline acts and much more.
The Lions Den - The UK's biggest reggae, ragga and dub stage.
Arcadia - The worlds maddest stage has just got madder!
The Hidden Woods - Live dub, reggae and roots deep in the woods.
Chinatown Theatre - Live Ska, skankin geishas & ninjas.
The Fitz-Sloane Manor - Swing City! Home to huge Swing and Electro Swing Bands and DJs.
Oldtown Theatre - Hosted by the Invisible Circus, flat out ska, cabaret, comedy, Gypsy, Piratekore, Balkan beats.
Devil kicks Dancehall - Punk n roll, hell jazz, psychobilly, ska.
Poco Loco - Blasting out the best funk, hiphop and live bass music around.
Circo Baile - DnB, electro, circus, bass music.
The Wondering Word - back with yet more poetic and warming words that you can hold on to forever.
Boombox - hosted by our friends the Danceoff crew, bassline, party mash-up, old-school.
The Bandstand - On the well heeled streets of Mayfair we have a new stage where we have gathered an assortment of incredible bands.
Floating Lotus - rapping violinists, beatboxing choirs, soulful singers, dubbed out Reggae bands and general chilled goodness galore.

SKA, SWING, FOLK AND PUNK STAGES:

Town Centre:
FRIDAY:
Toots and the Maytals / Arrested Development / Ozomatli /The Neville Staple Band / Ska N Ska / RotFront / The Wurzels / Gentle Mystics
SATURDAY:
Mad Caddies / The Skints / Les Hurlements D' Leo / Babyhead / Slamboree / Ska Cubano / Orkestra Del Sol /The Magnus Puto Band
SUNDAY:
The Parov Stelar Band / Bad Manners / Hoffmaestro / The Selecter / Les Yeux d'la Tete / Orquestra Voadora / The Dualers / Skamanians

MayFair Avenue:
The Manor
Molotov Jukebox / Dutty Moonshine / Flap! / Electric Swing Circus / Swing Growers / Freakeasy! / The Top Shelf / Gypsy Hill / The Zen Hussies / Odjbox & Pierre / Kitten & the Hip / Max Pashm / DJ Wolfie Razzmatazz / Mac Abbe et le Zombi Orchestra / Ta Mere / Don Johnston & Leo Wood / DJ Jon Bongly / DJ Chris Tofu (Electro Swing Club / White Mink) / Circo Swing / DJ Dodgy-Style / 8 Foot Felix / Big Red Ass / The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band / World’s Tallest DJ

The Bandstand
The Rinky Dinks / Beans On Toast / The Skimmity Hitchers / Carpetface & Audible 1 / Johnny Cage & The Voodoo Groove / Heymoonshaker / CC Smugglers / Lunatrix / The Fresh Dixie Project / The Rubber Duck Orchestra / The Bleedin Noses

The Bank
Big Swing Sound System / The Chicken Brothers / Yacht Club / Tim Fanucci / Grahamaphone / DJ Soso / Oisin / The Kreamy Kat / DJ Dan / Oisin / Papa Moomin

ChinaTown
ChinaTown Theatre:
Smerin's Anti Social Club / Crash Nomada / The Magnus Puto / Bison / First Degree Burns / Guns Of Navarone / The JB Conspiracy / Counting Coins / Outl4w / Hallouminati / The Jargonauts / New Groove Formation / Tyrannosaurus Alan / The Tatsmiths / Oscillator / Melosa / Rasta 4 Eyes / Royal Gala Band / Upbeat Allstars / ChainSka Brassika / Popes Of Chillitown / Chewing On Tinfoil / The Rude Em Outs / Bad Transmission / Shoot The Moon

Devils Kicks Dancehall:
King Prawn / L.O.C / Demented Are Go / Street Dogs / The Creepshow / RotFront / Suicide Bid / Inner Terrestrials / The Casualties / Sicknote / Random Hand / Citizen Fish / Worldly Savages / The Brains / New Town Kings / The Peacocks / The Mahones / The Restarts / Graveyard Johnnys / Neck / Roughneck Riot / Dirty Revolution / Will Tun and the Wasters / The Junk / Beat the Redlight / Faintest Idea

Oldtown
Oldtown Theatre:
Räfven / The Fat B*stard Gang Band / Gadjo / Flap! / Tragic Roundabout / Carny Villains / The Zen Hussies / Gypsy Hill / Mad Dog Mcrea / Pás de Problème / Gypsy Fever / Pronghorn / Bootscrapers / Worldly Savages / The Emergency Band / Dexter Dexterous / The Great Malarkey / Johnny Kowalski + The Sexy Wierdos / Boot Hill Allstars / Seas Of Mirth Pirate Band / Drunken Balordi / Calico Jack / The Binewski Murder / Buffo's Wake / Biere De Luxe / Invisible Circus Show / Emily Dust

REGGAE/ DUB AND JUNGLE STAGES:

The Lion’s Den (Trenchtown):
Secret Headliner / Gentleman and the Evolution / Richie Spice / Collie Buddz & New Kingston / Dub Inc
Lee Scratch Perry / Million Stylez / Gentleman's Dub Club / Prince Fatty and Horseman / I-Fire / Iration Steppas meets Channel One in a Dubwise Fashion / Mungo's Hi Fi feat. YT + Mr / Williamz / Robbo Ranx / Dreadsquad ft Dr Ring Ding + Kasia Malenda + El Fata / Necessary Mayhem ft Tippa Irie + Mr Williamz / David Boomah / Buggsy + Live Band / Chopstick Dubplate Showcase feat. Demolition Man / Marcus Visionary / Serial Killaz / Psychofreud + Navigator / Nanci & Pheobe + DJ Wulu / Adam Prescott feat Parly B / Jah Mirikle / Dope Ammo / / Kelvin 373 / Eva Lazarus

Hidden Woods:
Solo Banton & The Upper Cut Band / Radikal Guru / Chris Murray / Reggae Roast / Laid Blak / Musical Youth / The Resonators / OnlyJoe / Friendly Fire Band / Babydub / Nucleus Roots / The Drop / Backbeat Soundsystem / Afriquoi / Dub Boy feat Tenja / Rebel Control / Dub Heart / The Majestic / General Roots / Balkan Hi-fi / Dubkasm / By The Rivers / Captain Accident / One Roots
Plus: Jah Shaka Street Party (Full Soundsystem)

BREAK AND BASS STAGES:

DOWNTOWN:
Friction / Calyx & Teebee / LTJ Bukem / Hot Cakes Live (Deekline - Ed Solo - MC Rubi Dan) / Zinc / South Central Live / Lady Waks & MC Chickaboo / DJ Die & INJA / Freq Nasty / Culprate FEAT. Maksim / Featurecast / Micky Finn / Slipmatt & Billy Bunter * / Monkey3logic / The Outide Agency / Stay Up / Orever Takeover / Slamboree Soundsystem / Dub Boy & Tenja / Remarc / Current Value / Loftgroover / The Sect / MC Ribbz / Jacky Murda / Lionfire (Aries & Gold) / Blackout JA / Mach One / Itchy & Skratchy / Run Tingz Cru FT Redskin / The Allergies / Hong Kong Ping Pong / Major Triadz / Jayglo / MR 50 / Dephicit / Hidden Riddim / Cut La Vis / Dropsteady Freddy / DJ Roast Beatz / Sarantis + MC Dialect / Deville + Parly B / Fly Walker / Vandal / Weasel Buster / Parasite / Junglefever / Mark EG / FFF / Broken Note / Audio Spaien / Wonka-Vision / Spongebob -Phatoworld / Satta Sounds / JMan / Scamp / Skalliwaggles / The Mayor of BoomTown

BARRIO LOCO DISTRICT:

CIRCO BAILE:
Secret Special Guest / Foreign Beggars / Redlight & Mc Dread / Digital Mystikz / Koan Sound / Chinese Man Live / Opiuo / B.Traits / Woz B2b Rack N Ruin / Mak & Pasteman / Sticky / Reso / Randomer / Jinx In Dub Live / Jus Now / Snareophobe Feat Eva Lazarus / Lenkemz / La La & The Boo Ya / Bassline Circus Takeover

POCO LOCO:
High Focus Records Showcase (Fliptrix, Verb T, Leaf Dog, BVA, Jam Baxter, Dirty Dike, Edward Scissortongue, DJ Sammy B-Side, DJ Madnice) / DJ Vadim / DJ Format / Skitz & Deadly Hunta / LDZ (London Zoo) / Problem Child / Freefall Collective / Step 13 / Elro / Mouse Outfit ft. Dr Syntax + Sparkz / Dirty Dubsters / Central Spillz / Jman & DJ Fingerfood ft. Res & Gravity / Split Prophets / Astroid Boys / Born in a Barn / Gypsy Unit / Gardna / Afro Cluster / Bahia / Deadsilence Syndicate / Disco Panther / China Shop Bull

OTHER STAGES:

FLOATING LOTUS:
More Like Trees / Dizraeli + Downlow / Ducie / Samsara / Debian Blak / Chrome Kids Present: SnowSkull, Blured, Falcon Lake + Jauge / Mr Cat & The Jackal / Toyface / Mark O'Reilly / Tree House Fire / Firepit Collective / Bigtopp / The Age Of Glass / Black Star Dub Collective / Regime / Suzy Condrad / Cable Street Collective / Cut Capers / Mike Dennis / Baby Queens / Hardcor Beatbox Choir / Ruby Samba / Tiger Blue / Antelope / Cazal / The Infinite Collective / Sykes / Bahia / Kimberley Newell

2013 artists - A to Z...

8Foot Felix
Adam Prescott feat Parly B
Afriquoi
Afro Cluster
Antelope
Aries
Arrested Development
Astroid Boys
AudioSapien
B.Traits
Baby Queens
Babydub
Babyhead
Backbeat Soundsystem
Bad Manners
Bad Transmission
Bahia
Balkan Hi-fi
Beans On Toast
Beat The Red Light
Biere De Luxe
Big Red Ass
Big Swing Sound System
Bigtopp
Billy 'Daniel' Bunter
Binewski Murder
Bison
Black Star Dub Collective
Blackout JA
Blunderbuss
Blured
Boothill Allstars
Bootscraper
Born Ina Barn
Broken Note
Buffo's Wake
Buggsy + Full Live Band
BVA
By The Rivers
Cable Street Collective
Calico Jack
Calyx & TeeBee
Captain Accident
Carny Villains
Carpetface & Audible
Castro
Cazal
CC Smugglers
Central Spillz
ChainSka Brassika
Channel One
Chewing On Tinfoil
China Shop Bull
Chinese Man
Chopstick Dubplate Showcase feat. Demolition Man
Chris Murray
Chrome Kids
Circo Swing
Citizen Fish
Collie Buddz & New Kingston
Cooh
Counting Coins
Crash Nomada
Culprate feat. Maskim
Current Value
Cut Capers
Cut La Vis
Daddy Nature
David Boomah
DDR
Deadsilence
Debian Blak
Deekline
Dellux
Demented Are Go
Dephicit
Deville + MC Dialect
Dexter Dexterous
Digital Mystikz
Dirty Dike
Dirty Dubsters
Dirty Revolution
Disco Panther
DJ Chris Tofu
DJ Dan
Dj Die + Inja
DJ Dodgy-Style
DJ Format
DJ Madnice
DJ Roast Beatz
DJ Sammy B-Side
DJ Soso
DJ Vadim
Don Johnston & Leo Wood
Dope Ammo
Dreadsquad feat. Dr Ring Ding + Kasia Malenda + El Fata
Dropsteady Freddy
Drunken Balordi
Dub Boy feat Tenja
Dub Heart
Dub Inc.
Dubkasm
Ducie
Ed Cox
Ed Solo
Edward Scissortongue
El Bruto + Luke
Electric Swing Circus
Elro
Emily Dust
Eva Lazarus
Faintest Idea
Falcon Lake
Featurecast
Fernquest
FFF
Figcake
First Degree Burns
Flap!
Fliptrix
Flywalker
Foreign Beggars
Four Owls
Freakeasy!
Freddy Frogs
Freefall Collective
Freq Nasty
Friction
Friendly Fire Band
Future Swing Stories
Gadjo
Gardna
General Roots
Gentle Mystics
Gentleman + The Evolution
Gentleman's Dub Club
Grahamaphone
Graveyard Johnnys
Guns Of Navarone
Gypsy Fever
Gypsy Hill
Gypsy Unit
Hallouminati
Hard Cor (Beatbox Choir)
Heymoonshaker
Hidden Riddim
Hoffmaestro
Hong Kong Ping Pong
Hot Cakes Live
I-Fire
Infinite Collective
Inner Terrestrials
Iration Steppas
J man
Jacky Murda
Jah Mirikle
Jah Shaka (Full Sound System)
Jam Baxter
Jauge
Jay Glo
JFB
Jim Bitch
Jman & DJ Fingerfood feat. Res + Gravity
John Fairhurst
Johnny Cage & The Voodoo Groove
Johnny Kowalski + The Sexy Wierdos
Jon Bongly
Josefina Bosisio
Jstar
Junglefever
Kaptin Is Dead
Kelvin 373
Kimberley Newell
King Prawn
King Tut's Revenge
Kitten & the Hip
Koan Sound
La La & The Boo Ya
Lady Waks + MC Chickaboo
Laid Blak
LDZ (London Zoo)
Leaf Dog
Lee Scratch Perry
Lenkemz
Les Hurlements D' Leo
Les Yeux d'la Tete
Lionfire feat Aries n Gold
Loftgroover
LTJ Bukem
Lunatrix
Mac Abbe et le Zombi Orchestra
Mach One
Mad Caddies
Mad Dog Mcrea
Mak & Pasteman
Mandi Dexterous
Marcus Visionary
Mark EG
Mattykore
Max Pashm
MC Little Tree
Melosa
Micky Finn (Urban Shakedown)
Mike Dennis
Million Stylez
Molotov Jukebox
More Like Trees
Mouse Outfit feat. Dr Syntax + Sparkz
Mr 50
Mr Cat & The Jackal
Mungo's Hi Fi feat. YT + Mr Williamz
Musical Youth
Nanci & Pheobe + DJ Wulu
Nat Tea Mischief
Necessary Mayhem ft Tippa Irie + Mr Williamz
Necessary Mayhem Showcase
Neck
New Groove Formation
New Town Kings
Nucleus Roots
Odjbox & Pierre
Oisin
Only Joe
Opiuo
Orkestra Del Sol
Orquestra Voadora
Oscillator
Outl4w
Ozomatli
Papa Moomin
Parasite
Pás de Problème
Phatworld
Popes Of Chillitown
Prince Fatty + Horseman
Problem Child
Pronghorn
Psychofreud + Navigator
Rack N Ruin
Rackabeat & Bar-Low
Radikal Guru
Räfven
Random Hand
Randomer
Rasta 4 Eyes
Rebel Control
Redlight
Reggae Roast
Regime
Remarc
Reso
Ribbz MC
Richie Spice
Robbo Ranx
Rompa's Reggae Shack
RotFront
Royal Gala Band
Ruby Samba
Run Tingz Cru
Samsara
Sarantis
Satta Sounds
Scamp
Seas Of Mirth Pirate Band
Senseless Records
Serial Killaz
Shoot The Moon
SickNote
Ska 'N' Ska
Ska Cubano
Skamanians
Skitz & Deadly Hunta
Skitz & Deadly Hunta
Slamboree
Slamboree Soundsystem
Slightly Offensive Steve
Slipmatt
Smerin's Anti Social Club
Snowskull
Solo Banton & The Upper Cut Band
South Central
South Central (Live)
Split Prophets
Spongebob
Stay Up Forever Allstars
Step 13
Sticky
Stivs
Street Dogs
Suicide Bid
Suzy Condrad
Swingrowers
Sykes
Ta Mere
The Age Of Glass
The Allergies (DJ Moneyshot & Rackabeat)
The Bleedin Noses
The Bohemianauts
The Brains
The Casualties
The Chicken Brothers
The Creepshow
The Drop
The Dualers
The Fat Bastard Gang Band
The Fresh Dixie Project
The Great Malarkey
The Jargonauts
The JB Conspiracy
The Junk
The Kreamy Kat
The Magnus Puto Band
The Mahones
The Majestic
The Mayor Of Boomtown
The Neville Staple Band
The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band
The Outside Agency
The Parov Stelar Band
The Peacocks
The Resonators
The Restarts
The Rinky Dinks
The Roughneck Riot
The Rubber Duck Orchestra
The Rude Em Outs
The Sect
The Selecter
The Skimmity Hitchers
The Skints
The Tatsmiths
The Top Shelf Band
The Wurzels
The Zen Hussies
Tiger Blue
Tim Fanucci
Toclifrench
Toots & The Maytals
Toyface
Tragic Roundabout
Tree House Fire
Tyrannosaurus Alan
Upbeat Allstars
Vandal
Verb T
Weasel Buster
Will Tun & The Wasters
Wolfie Razzmatazz
Wonka-Vision
Worldly Savages
Worlds Tallest DJ
Woz
Zinc

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