{"id":16487,"date":"2015-08-25T12:11:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16487"},"modified":"2015-08-25T12:11:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:11:34","slug":"a-walk-around-chinatown-in-boomtown-2015-devil-kicks-fire-eaters-and-snake-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-walk-around-chinatown-in-boomtown-2015-devil-kicks-fire-eaters-and-snake-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"A walk around Chinatown in Boomtown 2015 &#8211; Devil Kicks, fire eaters and snake warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-20.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Man, you don&#8217;t stand a chance if you go down in Chinatown,&#8221; sang tight trousered troubadours Thin Lizzy back in 1980, but happily this prophecy proved untrue at Boomtown, where the bustling district served up nothing up a feast o&#8217;fun.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-13.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As ever, there was a wonderful attention to detail seen around Chinatown, with some superb artwork and fa\u00e7ades on display.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-19.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-14.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-11.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chinatown at night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-05.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lucky Cat museum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-08.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-03.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-04.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-06.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-07.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-09.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-10.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beware of snake and other posters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-01.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-12.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-02.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chilling at the cinema.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-15.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-16.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ominous signs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-17.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-18.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-21.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the Devil Kicks ballroom.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-22.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-23.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chinatown Courtyard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-24.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-25.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-26.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-27.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-28.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chinatown-boomtown-2015-29.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Chintaown, Boomtown Fair Festival 2015, Winchester, England, UK, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>More Boomtown!<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/festivals\/boomtown-fair-festival.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boomtown Festival stories, photos and features<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/boomtown-2015.328971\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discuss Boomtown 2015 on the forums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Man, you don&#8217;t stand a chance if you go down in Chinatown,&#8221; sang tight trousered troubadours Thin Lizzy back in 1980, but happily this prophecy proved untrue at Boomtown, where &hellip; 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