Following on from the daytime views, here’s the second and final batch of photos from this year’s Green Gathering festival in Chepstow, Wales, with this collection of scenes after dark.
Green Gathering 2016 in photos. Night scenes: camp fires, upside down performers, bands and DJs Read More
Located in a beautiful rolling hills close to Chepstow, the Big Green Gathering is an annual festival with an environmental and social justice focus. As well as live acts and …
Green Gathering 2016 in photos. Part one: Daytime festival scenes around the site in Chepstow, Wales Read More
On Thursday night, Nomad Cinema celebrated their fifth birthday with a shindig at The Serpentine in Hyde Park, London. The party also marked the launch of roaming pop-up cinema’s summer season, …
Nomad Cinema celebrates 5th birthday at The LookOut in Hyde Park and announces London summer pop-up shows Read More
BoomTown Fair is my favourite festival by a country mile, and already the line up for 2016 is serving up a tempting selection of artists.
Boomtown 2016 headline artists announced, more to come Read More Boomtown Fair is – by a country mile – my favourite UK festival – and tickets have just gone on sale for ‘Chapter 8,’ with the 2016 festival being themed …
BoomTown Fair 2016 tickets are on sale now! Read More
There was rock and roll reverberating along the streets of east London last Sunday, as the Urban Voodoo Machine led a march to the Clerkenwell Festival after party.
Rock’n’Roll in the streets with the Urban Voodoo Machine at the Clerkenwell Festival Read More
As you’ve probably guessed by now, I had a ruddy wonderful time at Boomtown this year, and I hope that my photos have managed to capture some of the fun and …
Boomtown Fair 2015 – 70 photos from my favourite festival – and the official video Read More
There were loads of fantastic acts to be seen at this year’s Boomtown Fair, but the two I enjoyed the most were undoubtedly Beans On Toast and Captain Hotknives.
Beans On Toast and Captain Hotknives – my two favourite acts of Boomtown Fair 2015 Read More
“Man, you don’t stand a chance if you go down in Chinatown,” sang tight trousered troubadours Thin Lizzy back in 1980, but happily this prophecy proved untrue at Boomtown, where …
A walk around Chinatown in Boomtown 2015 – Devil Kicks, fire eaters and snake warnings Read More
One of my favourite areas in Boomtown is the Wild West, where an awful load of work must go into constructing a wonderfully detailed facsimile of a frontier town, complete …
Pistol packin’, bucking bronco, cider swillin’ scenes from Boomtown’s Wild West Read More
Continuing our comprehensive coverage of this year’s wonderful Boomtown Festival, here’s a selection of photos taken around the town centre, with lots of crowd shots of people watching Goldie Looking …
Faces in the crowd: scenes from Boomtown’s town centre and main stage Read More
The Lion’s Den at Boomtown looked even more magnificent this year in its new location in the south east part of the site (see how it looked in 2013 here).
The majesty of the Lion’s Den reggae stage at Boomtown Fair 2015 Read More
One of the best things about Boomtown is the weird and wonderful places you can stumble into late at night. Although perhaps nothing can challenge the mind-frying mystery of last year’s …
The unsettling doctor’s consulting rooms of Boomtown Fair 2015 Read More
Here’s some more scenes from last weekend’s wild weekend at the wonderful Boomtown Fair. Seen in hip-shimmying action were contenders and challengers for the Dance Off, staged in the Bario Loco …
A shimmying’n’shaking Battle Royal at the Bario Loco Dance Off, Boomtown Fair 2015 Read More
The Park Hotel in Boomtown’s Mayfair zone has always been one of my favourites – if only for its wonderful revolving door – and there was plenty of entertainment on …
Boomtown Fair’s Park Hotel in Mayfair – ping pong, bands and a revolving door Read More
One of my favourite parts of Boomtown was the Job Centre in the Old Town. Substantially enlarged since last year, the new Job Centre was fully kitted out with advisers, interview …
The madness of the Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015 Read More
Anyone thinking that it would be impossible to top the Arcadia Spider seen as the last few Boomtown Fairs may have found themselves equally blown away by the incredible Bang Hai …
The incredible Bang Hai Palace at Boomtown 2015 – photos and video Read More
Boomtown 2015 proved to be the best one I’ve ever been to, with some amazing acts and all the usual imagination and fun that is created by performers and the crowd. …
The faces of Boomtown festival 2015 – photos Read More
Based on an interesting discussion on festival security started up on the urban75 forums, here’s some useful information about your rights when attending a festival, and what to look out for …
Security, drug searches, festivals and your safety – an insider’s guide Read More
Boomtown has long been my favourite UK festival – check out the photo feature documenting the last three years there – and the organisers have just announced the line up for …
BoomTown Fair 2015 full line up announced with official trailer Read More
Here’s my final set of photos from this year’s Boomtown Fair. I definitely hope to be back next year- and if my cunning plans come to fruition, I hope to …
Boomtown Fair 2014 – the final set of photos from a great festival Read More
Here’s the first of two more photo features showing off the sights at this year’s fabulous Boomtown Fair. I hope you enjoy them!
More photos from the most wonderful Boomtown Fair of 2014 Read More
Here’s a selection of photos of some of the people I came across at this year’s wonderful Boomtown Fair. You can see more photos from the festival here – and …
Faces of Boomtown Fair 2014 music festival – photos Read More
The beauty of Boomtown Fair is all the little bars and clubs that lie behind the High Street façades, and one of my favourites was the Park Hotel, located uptown.
A hearty night of fun at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair Read More
Busy causing a stir at this year’s Boomtown Fair was this incredible life size robotic tramp. His movement and mannerisms were so lifelike that groups of people would gather around him …
Dirk, the amazing robot tramp in action at Boomtown Fair, England Read More
I had an absolute hoot playing the Beautiful Days festival in sunny Devon a few weeks back – and here’s some photos from our show, where we played to a …
The Mrs Mills Experience headline the bandstand stage at the Beautiful Days Festival – photos Read More
Once again, Boomtown proved to be my favourite festival of the year, serving up a wonderfully chaotic mix of music, performance art and Gawdknowswhatelse. Unlike many festivals, Boomtown isn’t centred …
The madness of Boomtown Fair 2013 – full photo report online Read More
Access All Areas – who have been entrusted to provide after care service for all unclaimed items handed in at the BoomTown festival Tourist Information Point – have posted up their …
View the very long list of phones left behind at Boomtown Festival 2013! Read More
I’m still recovering after the weekend and working my way through the hundreds of photos I took, but the official video has now been released – and it does a …
Boomtown Fair 2013 – see the official video here Read More
This year’s Boomtown festival introduced a novel new feature, in the shape of a slow moving travelator that shimmied tired festival-goers up the hill from Downtown to Uptown.
Boomtown festival’s Magic Carpet: a godsend or whopping comedy fail? Read More