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What Is Boom

Boom Festival is held in Portugal every two years, on the shores of a lake. It started in 1997 with a handful of enthusiasts and grew into a unique gathering of people from all over the world.

Boom is an independent culture and artistic expression event. It crosses different art forms like music, paint, graffiti, multimedia, installations, land art, theatre, cinema, or videoart. Besides a huge line up based on arts, Boom has a cultural hub inside it, with conferences, workshops, fine arts gallery and presentations. Altogether there are about 400 artists in every edition of the Boom Festival. There’s a full multidisciplinary atmosphere within the venue. But that’s not all.

Boom is also an intercultural event. Boom is represented worldwide in 45 countries with a network of 101 Boom Ambassadors. People come from all over the world to experience a unique gathering, in 2006 there was 20,000 people from 80 different countries (data taken from the ticket sales registration). An intergenerational crowd maximizes this unique blend of people.

A main trait of Boom is independence. There are no-corporate logos in the venue – they are forbidden by the organization. There is no product placement and no marketing within the festival. The Boom Team strongly defend a new culture of entertainment, where people – not brand satisfaction – are in the first place. In this way the revenues come from the ticket sales.

The new culture of entertainment that Boom advocates is also manifested in worldwide pioneer projects on ecological awareness. There is recycling; plastics are not allowed; there’s a Eco-Team working all day long; most of the materials are reused from other events; the toilets are compostable; and the water used in Boom are cleaned by cutting-edge biotechnologies based on aquatic plants. Entertainment is not just about having fun, is about giving solutions to the people.

Boom is a unique intercultural, transgenerational and multidisciplinary gathering where art is emphasized in all its magnificence.

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Accreditation Conditions

The Press Accreditations for Boom Festival 2008 are oficially finished.

You must read and accept the conditions for press at Boom, click here:

ConditionsPressAccreditations.pdf

3. Photos

You can download a zip containing hi-res photos of Boom Festival here:



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Logos, CI and downloads

In order to have access and download Boom 2008 Logos, Fonts and other Boom 2008 CI assets follow this link:

http://www.boomfestival.org/boom2008/graphics

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Contact

For press demands and any other doubts please contact:

E-Mail: press@boomfestival.org

Addresses:

Boom Festival | Lisbon Office
Rua de Angola, Quinta da Ponte
2620-493 Olival Basto
Portugal

Phone: (+351) 219.382.219
Fax: (+351) 219.382.220

Boom Festival | Idanha-a-Nova Office
Estrada da Variante Cipreste Lote 1, Loja 2
6060 -101 Idanha-a-Nova
Portugal
Phone: (+351) 277 208 140/ (+351) 277 201 009
Fax: (+351) 277 208 138

 

 

 

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