Everything you need to know about tickets to Boom Festival 2020
Question everything. This is one of the fundamental components of the Boom ethos and why it continues to be an independent event free from sponsorship and commercial promotion.
We have created our own micro-economy to weather the storm of an unpredictable climate. No financial sharks, no government loans, no commercial bail-outs: we want to remain free from that world and so far, our strategy has worked.
So how do we do it? It’s a good question, and in recent times, one we’ve encountered on numerous occasions. So in a world of fractured communication, disinformation and distrust — here we explain the detail and ethical considerations that drive our ticket pricing ideas.
We'd like to thank in advance every Boomer for the support. Your endless love is our motivation to carry on.
Boom is a totally independent and free from corporate sponsorship festival. It is organised by a tax-paying cultural company settled in a remote region deep in the rural heart of Portugal, southern Europe. The whole Boom organisation encompasses two companies and a non-profit called IdanhaCulta.
It is financed by tickets, bars, accommodation services, and rental of space to shops, restaurants and cafes. These are the funds that allow us to make a considerable investment into the production of the event, to pay off the loan we took to purchase the Boomland, and which helps manifest other ethical projects that we run parallel to the festival. It is due to your support that we can provide a stable job and fee on a monthly basis for 30 people.
Just as an example, in 2018 your support via tickets helped Boom to employ 1787 people, invite 709 artists and contribute with a percentage of the revenues to local and international NGOs.
The ticket pricing has been designed to allow the festival to continually evolve. While ethical considerations of the global economy determine the decisions we make, we also need to take account of festival production costs, our need to keep delivering you a unique experience hence the increase on the ticket price in 2020 compared with 2018.
Current rising costs in Portugal, worldwide and on the festival culture scene have had to be accounted for when we work out how to price the tickets in 2020. Artists, technologies and suppliers are just some components of a fully fledged production facility like Boom.
Boom is not a headliner-centered festival - it is paramount for us to provide Boomers with the most diverse and innovative program all the while securing maximum comfort and proper infrastructures.
Countries with stronger economies and higher output of resources are allocated regular price. This enables more fragile countries to be given discounted ‘friendly price’ tickets. We are sure Boomers from countries with better economies can resonate with this concept.
On the other hand, we design our strategy so as to allow up to 500 people from a ‘guest country’ to join us at Boom for free.
On a separate note, growth is not an indicator of success for us. It means tickets for our 2020 edition will again be limited. This will provide an infrastructure that can cater for every single person within a safe and comfortable environment while maintaining a balance between human presence and the local environment.
Boom Festival production is long term endeavour that requires a group of dedicated people to work the year round. Therefore, our pricing takes into account all the running costs for the gap year in between each Boom - monthly wages for staff, taxes, rents, energy, water, and other expenses that come with running our organisations. This covers Boomland's maintenance costs and the taxes we must pay that you can read below.
For instance, if we were to calculate a daily estimate of the 2020 ticket price, the average price per day for Friendly Price ticket holders is €21.8 and Regular Price at an average of €28.75 per Boom-day.
We would like to thank each and everyone of you for supporting Boom Festival. It is due to your ticket funds that we are able to make this dream come true, cooperate with everyone while remaining independent and free from commercial sponsorship.
The stipulated price of every ticket is always subject to tax. In Portugal, these are the main taxes that Boom Festival pays:
VAT
Festival ticket: six per cent
Boom Bus ticket: six per cent
Tipi Camp and Cardboard Tent tickets: 23 per cent
Bars and Restaurants: 13 per cent or 23 per cent (depending on the product).
COMPANY AND STAFF TAXES
Should the company make a profit (which is not always the case - tax called 'IRC'): The state will receive 21 per cent from the profit. An additional tax called 'Derrama Estadual' between three and five per cent is applied to the profits on top of IRC
Staff (tax called 'TSU'): 34.75 per cent per person (23.75 per cent + 11 per cent) for social security
Free lancers (tax called 'TSU'): 10 per cent for social security
Foreign artists (tax called 'IRS'): All artists from abroad Portugal are subject to a tax retention of 25 per cent of the fee
Travel, fuel and accommodation expenses (tax called 'Tributação Autónoma'): 10 per cent
BOOMLAND TAXES
When the Boomland was purchased its property price was subject to a five per cent tax (tax called 'IMT').
Boom Festival is an independent festival solely financed by the revenue generated via ticket sales and services provided during the event. Good Mood is the company which has been producing the festival since the very first edition. Today, two organisations are responsible for Boom Festival:
- Good Mood Lda, which produces Boom Festival
- IdanhaCulta Association, a non-profit entity which manages Boomland and organises the Being Gathering
Both organisations are staffed by several people connected with Boom Festival, and neither comprises elements or members from external corporations.
Below you can find a simplified extract of our oficial financial report, as well as relevant information about IdanhaCulta Association and Good Mood Lda, pertaining to the years 2017 and 2018 and peaking at the times of the Being Gathering 2017 and Boom Festival 2018. In this report we’ve also included data related to parallel projects such as events produced for external entities and consultancy services.
Producing Boom is a two-year long endeavour. Revenue generated in 2018 allows both organisations to run during the gap year between each Boom - in this case, until Boom 2020. This revenue also enables us to employ a monthly average of 35 people all year-round in one of the most disadvantaged regions in the country.
Neither Boom Festival or the Being Gathering benefit from any commercial nor state sponsorship whatsoever.
The full report, delivered to the State yearly, is available online.
By disclosing these results, we hope to provide Boomers with the transparency and respect they so much deserve. Thank you.
(VERSÃO PORTUGUESA)
O Boom Festival é um acontecimento independente que usa as receitas dos bilhetes e do evento para se financiar. É organizado pela empresa Good Mood que produz o festival desde a sua origem. Actualmente o universo Boom Festival é composto pelas seguintes organizações:
- Good Mood Lda: Produção do Boom Festival;
- Associação IdanhaCulta: Entidade sem fins lucrativos que gere a Boomland e organiza o Being Gathering.
Todas estas instituições são compostas por inúmeras pessoas com ligação ao Boom Festival. Nenhuma delas é formada por elementos de corporações externas.
Nesta secção encontram um extracto simplificado do relatório de contas oficial assim como informações relevantes dos anos 2017 e 2018 da Associação IdanhaCulta e da Good Mood Lda. Culminam com as edições do Being Gathering 2017 e do Boom Festival 2018. Ainda constam dados relacionados com projectos paralelos, tais como eventos para terceiros e consultorias.
A produção do Boom compreende um período de dois anos de actividade. As receitas de 2018 permitem a gestão das duas instituições durante o ano seguinte até ao Boom 2020. Possibilitam emprego a um número médio de 35 pessoas todos os meses ao longo do ano numa das regiões mais desfavorecidas de Portugal, assim como inúmeros projectos paralelos.
Quer o Boom Festival quer o Being Gathering não recebem quaisquer patrocínios comerciais ou estatais para a sua realização.
Se quiseres aprofundar o teu conhecimento com dados técnicos podes consultar as contas anuais da Associação IdanhaCulta e da Good Mood Lda entregues ao Estado.
Esta publicação de resultados é norteada pelo espírito de transparência e respeito que todos os Boomers nos merecem. Obrigado(a).
Everything that is generated at Boom is reinvested in the festival, in new ideas and dynamics, people, artists, the land, and the infrastructure required to create from scratch such a manifestation of human potential. The revenues are invested into the production of the festival.
They are used to maintain the organisation working on a daily basis and dozens of people that work throughout the year. Revenues are also channeled into a grassroots initiative we launched, known as the Boom Karuna Project. A huge chunk is also invested into the festival’s environmental program via the Boomland.
On a bureaucratic level, there’s the Portugueselicensing and tax system to deal with too, and due to the fact that Boom Festival is held in Portugal's inland we estimate 20-30 per cent higher costs compared with productions done around the main urban centers..
Ambassador Tickets: available on 1 October 2019 // Online Tickets: available on 7 October 2019
Note: Ticket sales are subject to an extra fee for ticketing payment charges of the operator.
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If we were to calculate a daily estimate of the 2020 ticket price, the average price per day for Friendly Price ticket holders is €21.8 and Regular Price equals to an average of €28.75 per Boom-day?
We have a Friendly Price for people living in countries with specific economic realities.
Boom Festival’s Friendly ticket prices are based on objective, economical criteria, such as: minimum wage per country; GDP per capita; and purchasing power in countries benefiting from the “Friendly” discount compared with other economic realities.
Along its two decades of history, Boom has applied this non-discriminatory policy of inclusivity, so as to give residents of countries with low levels of the aforementioned economic indicators the opportunity to experience Boom Festival. In doing so, Boom aims at the democratisation of the access to culture.
Friendly Price tickets apply to the following countries and territories:
Portugal
Greece
All of Africa
Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, excluding Australia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Corea, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates
Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South America
Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bielorussia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia / FYROM, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Boom tickets are limited and there are also a limited number of Friendly price tickets. Once Friendly price tickets are sold out, Boomers living in the aforementioned countries and territories will still have access to Regular price tickets.
These tickets can be purchased up until the point they are completely sold out.
GETTING A FRIENDLY PRICE TICKET VIA BOOM AMBASSADOR
Friendly price tickets are non-transferable and only available via Boom Ambassador.
To access this ticket your local Ambassador will require proof of national residency.
Valid legal proof of residence(eg: there are some countries where the residence is on the National Identification Document)
> Tax residence declaration
> Invoice for services related to your residence (electricity, water, etc.) issued on behalf of the Boomer
*Note: Boomers only need to provide ONE of the aforementioned options.
Documents that are not considered:
> Voter Card / Declaration of Residency in the Parish Council
> Car Insurance
If you live in a country which benefits from Friendly Price but in which there is no Boom Ambassador, please reach out to the nearest Ambassador who has Friendly Price tickets available.
Regular price tickets are set for people living in all European Union countries (except those mentioned above in the friendly price areas), Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, USA, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates.
Regular price tickets are available online at our website or at your local Boom Ambassador.
As per tradition, a guest country is invited to Boom each edition. This year, we are delighted to announce that Argentina will be the guest country at Boom 2020!
Guest Country Ticket is available ONLY for Argentine nationals. They are required to show their Boom ambassador proof of Argentinian nationality.
Please contact your Ambassador when the Ambassador List is announced. By then you will be able to register and receive a Guest Country ticket.
NOTE: Boom is a limited capacity event, Guest Country Tickets are limited to 500 people.
Children under the age of 13 years are granted free entrance to the festival. However, considering the very high temperatures, loud noise and high levels of dust, we advise parents not to bring children under the age of three.
You do not need to purchase a Boom Festival ticket for children aged 12 years or younger by 28 July. They will need, however, to be registered on the ticket platform.
You can register your child(ren) on our ticket platform once you've secured your Boom Festival ticket. The registration procedure will have a cost of €1.
In cases of children who get lost, our security teams have the tools to quickly relocate parents or guardians and reunite them.
Online tickets are available from 7 October 2019 at 09H00 (Portuguese continental time) via the tickets page of the Boom Festival website.
You can get a maximum of five tickets per order.
At the time of purchase, please ensure you have the following information ready for each ticket holder: First name // Last Name // Birthdate // Gender // Email // Country of birth // Country of residence // Whether you require Disability or Deaf Community Access
Available Payment Methods includeVisa (Debit and Credit), Mastercard, Maestro, Bancontact/Mister Cash (Debit and Credit). Contact your bank to ensure you're authorised to make online payments (3D Secure and other bank security measures may apply).
After getting your ticket, you'll receive two emails:
→ One which contains your ticket in attach (.pdf), your Boomer I.D and access to a ticket platform, where you'll be able to reserve Services (Tipi Camp, Cardboard Tents, Boom Bus) and tickets for children.
→ Another email will confirm the purchase of your ticket and contains your Order Number. This email serves as a security measure should your mailbox prevent emails with attachments from being delivered.
Both of these emails should arrive in your mailbox within one hour. If you do not not receive it within this timeframe, please contact us immediately.
We're constantly integrating the feedback coming from the Boom community.
There will be the possibility of reselling your Boom Festival 2020 ticket on a third-party platform.
Please read the following information attentively:
Each resale will incur a fee.
You will be selling your ticket to another random Boomer - this ensures fairness and prevents black market operations.
You can only resell festival tickets - in other words, Accommodation and Boom Bus tickets cannot be resold.
This process is meant to happen within the Boomer community, without our mediation. Therefore, there are no ticket refunds.
On the third-party platform, you can resell tickets bought either via Ambassador or Online.
As this is a third-party online platform via which it is impossible to check each Boomer's national residency, all tickets submitted for resale must be sold at the Regular Price.
The dates for the opening of this platform is yet to be announced. Please stay tuned with our newsletter to get notified first-hand.
