Boomtown Festival
Overview
Boomtown is a large, immersive music and arts festival that transforms the rolling hills of the South Downs into a vibrant, temporary city filled with live music, theatre, and creative spaces. The site is hilly and primarily grass, with some hard-standing routes in key areas. Boomtown 2026 takes place from Wednesday 12 to Sunday 16 August 2026 at the Matterley Estate near Winchester, Hampshire.
Contact details
Matterley Estate Alresford Road Near Winchester Hampshire South East SO24 1HW GB
Access Card notes
To request access support for Boomtown 2026, you’ll need to: Verify your access requirements with Nimbus by completing this form. Once verified, complete Boomtown’s Access Request Form to tell our Access Team what support you need (for example, an Essential Companion ticket, accessible camping, parking, or viewing platform access). 🗓️ Both forms must be submitted by Tuesday 1 July 2026.
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A free registration is available at this venue as an alternative to an Access Card. Please use the link below to begin your application. Please note, if you already have an Access Card, you don't need to apply again. Simply provide your name and Access Card ID number to the venue. Click here to start your registration
Access guidance
- You can expect to queue to enter the festival and for security searches. While there is an accessible queue at each entrance, wait times can still be long during busy periods. You may also need to queue to enter some venues and stages across the site, and crowded areas should be expected at peak times.
- Boomtown is set in an open green-field hilly site. It has some dirt track paths however most of the spaces involve grass, sand, wooded areas, inclines and uneven terrain. Our site consists of two main areas; The City and the Campsite Villages, which are separated by a large hill. The site has a range of stages, both open air and in woodland areas where sand is used for the ground, plus unique pop up smaller scale venues around the City. There will be a dedicated accessible campsite for disabled people called The Meadow. This is situated at the bottom of the hill near The City and the main stages.
- Please expect a moderate amount of walking distance between the Access Customer lane entrance for wristbanding, entering the Festival and The Meadow accessible campsite. After you have entered the internal Festival site, there will be a wheelchair accessible transport service available. This is for use by the D/deaf or disabled customer and their PA only - friends and family must make their own way into the festival. Expected wait times are likely for the accessible transport pick up during busy peak periods.
- Toilets: There are poly-john accessible toilets situated all over the festival site, they are locked in order to manage access and ensure cleanliness. Along with an on-site text service for reporting any issues. We will be using a RADAR key and padlock system for 2025. If you have your own RADAR key please bring this with you, alternatively once approved for access facilities we can loan you a RADAR key for £10, available once you arrive to the Festival and refunded to you once the key is returned back
- Boomtown recognises that guide dogs and assistance dogs offer vital support for people with sensory impairments, mobility issues, psychiatric illness or social disorders. We believe that accredited assistance dogs are, by definition, highly trained and that their owners have had specialised training in the safe and effective use of their dog. We also believe that supporting the welfare of dogs is vital to protect them and ensure they are safe around members of the public. Please refer to our ASSISTANCE DOG POLICY for further information. Please notify us if you plan to bring an assistance dog with you. We will send you further information about what evidence we require to authorise one. Once approved we will send an authorisation letter for your dog to enter the festival. You can apply to bring an Assistance Dog with you via the Access Application Form.
- We offer free Essential Companion (EC) tickets for anyone with the +1 symbol on their Nimbus Access Card. The EC can access the same facilities and areas as the access customer, including accessible camping, viewing platforms, and shuttles.
- Boomtown are delighted to have again teamed up with DEAF EVENTS UK to provide BSL interpretation at this year's festival. Find them at the Deaf Events HQ in The Meadow accessible campsite for information, questions and support for Deaf residents. BSL usually takes place from the viewing platforms and sometimes right in the action at the front of the stage. More info about this will be released shortly before the show. Please kindly complete the Access Application Form to let us know if you are interested in using the BSL services provided by Deaf Events UK at next year's Festival.
- Hearing loops are available at key locations including the Downtown Info Point, and the Meadow Info Point.
- We only provide electrical hook-up for essential medical devices, such as CPAP machines. Phone charging and other personal electronics are not eligible for this service and can instead be charged at the Charging Tent in The Meadow. Electrical hook-up is only available at The Meadow Accessible Campsite, Skylark, and the Accessible Artist Campsite. You must request it in advance on your Access Application Form, and pre-approval is required. We’ll ask for a doctor’s note or diagnosis letter confirming the medical device and that it requires overnight power. Please upload this when you complete your form. If your device only needs occasional charging or short connections to power (for example, a nebuliser), you can use the charging facility at The Meadow Access Hub instead.