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Boom Festival is a biennial Psychedelic Music festival, held at the idyllic lake-side location of Idanha-a-Nova in Portugal, that celebrates art, music, culture, and sustainable living.

The festival features a wide range of music, including electronic, world, and experimental, as well as live performances. In addition to the music, the festival also features a number of other events and activities that are designed to enhance the psychedelic experience, such as visual arts installations, workshops and lectures.

The festival is attended by people from all over the world and is considered to be one of the premier transformational festivals in Europe.

Aftermovie Boom Festival 2022
DANCE STAGES
  1. Dance Temple showcases Full-On or classic Goa Trance during the day, groovy Full-On and Progressive Psytrance in the afternoon and deeply hypnotic genres like Dark and Forest Psytrance in the night.
  2. Alchemy Circle is the place to discover fresh sounds, from Dark Progressive, Neo Trance, Psy Breaks and Psy Techno, to Glitch Hop, Psy Bass, Dub and Progressive Techno.
  3. Sacred Fire has a special theme each night, such as Afro Beat, Psych Rock, Dub, Organic Trance, Brazil or Fusion Sound, with plenty of workshops and conscious food corners.
  4. Chill out Gardens are fuelled by Chill Out music in all its forms, like Ambient, Electronica and Downbeat grooves, the perfect place for inspired hangouts with old and new friends, and every now and then it even turns into an easy-going dancefloor.

Boom is not only a festival, it is a state of mind, inspired by the principles of oneness, peace, creativity, sustainability, transcendence, alternative culture, active participation, evolution and love. Furthermore, it is a space where people from all over the world can converge to experience an alternative reality.

Boom Festival 2023 Lineup

Lineup to be announced soon:

DANCE TEMPLE

ABYSS OOZE / ACE VENTURA / ALPHA PORTAL / ANESTETIC AND GANEISHA / ANIMALIEN / ANTINOMY / ASTRIX / ATMOS / AUDIOFOOLS / AVALON / DRIP DROP / EARTHLING / ELECTRIC UNIVERSE LASER HARP / ENDEAVOUR / FILTERIA AND ANOEBIS / GIUSEPPE / GOVINDA / HATTA / HUTTI HEITA / FEAT. LOKE / JUMPSTREET / KALA / LIQUID SOUL / LOOM / LUCAS / MANDELBROT / MELTING POINT / MENOG / MONOSAPIENS / NAIMA / NEKTARIOS AND BRAINCELL / NUKY / OUT OF ORBIT / OUTSIDERS / RENDER / SAMADHI / SIDEFORM / SKIZOLOGIC AND TSUYOSHI SUZUKI / SMUDS / SONIC ENTITY / STARLAB / TAYKO HA-YA-TO DRUM MASTERS / TERSIUS / THATHA / THE HIEROPHANTS / TRISTAN / ULVAE / VERTICAL / VIRTUAL LIGHT / WHRIKK FEAT WHRK / YABBA DABBA / YESTERMORROW AND SKYFALL / ZYCE AND FLEGMA

ALCHEMY CIRCLE

AGENTS OF TIME / AKA NINA / AXON / BAYAWAKA / BOUNDLESS / BREGER / BROJANOWSKI / CAPTAIN HOOK / CODE THERAPY / DEKEL / D-NOX / EITAN REITER / EMOK AND BANEL – IBOGA TECH / EXTRA MIND / FáBIO LEAL / FELIX DA CAT / FERNANDA PISTELLI / GUSTA-VO VS AMULADOR / JAMES MONRO / JOHN 00 FLEMING / JOHN-E AND KAESAR / JOHN LEAD / JORGE MARTINS / JOSEPHINE WEDEKIND / JOSSIE TELCH / KLIMENT / KOKESHI / KROMAGON / LUíS M / MASTER MARGHERITA / MNGRM / OCCER / PANTHA DU PRINCE / PETER GROSKREUTZ / RODHAD / SAMA’ / SCHYSTO / SWITCHDANCE / SYMBOLICO / TIAGO FRAGATEIRO / TRIBONE / UONE / VAL VASHAR / YASSINE / YULI FERSHTAT / more TBA

SACRED FIRE

ANGéLICA SALVI / ACID ARAB / ATINE / BRAIMA GALISSá / CLUB MAKUMBA / DAMBALLAH / GALA DROP / IMIDIWAN / JOãO GOMES AKA MAD FACES / KIMI DJABATé / LADYGBROWN / MAMA DEMBA / MOARICE / NORBERTO LOBO / SELECTA ALICE / VAHDAT ENSEMBLE / XAFU AND RICKSHAW / YAZ

CHILL OUT GARDENS

AL JIVE MESTIZO / ALLIX / ANATOLIAN WEAPONS / ANDREI / ANTOS / APART / AYJO / BALANCé / BASHER TOE / BAYAWAKA VS LIGHT CHILD PROJECT / BEATROOTS / BLUETECH / BURNT FRIEDMAN & JOãO PAIS FILIPE / CIGARRA / DEEB AND THE GOLDEN COBRA / DELA MOON / DESCROIX / DEZONCONDOR / DRRTYWULVZ / ECLEKTIC / EITAN REITER / EKORCE / ENKO / EURYTHMY / FJäDER / FOREST DRIVE WEST / FREUD / IBU SELVA / JAGGED MOUNTAIN / LIGHT CHILD PROJECT / LIQUID SHAPE / LO.RENZO / M&MS / MAGUPI / MANTISMASH / MANU / MINOU ORAM / MOKSHA SOUND / JOURNEYS / MOLERO / NANOSPHERE / NEOBEO / NIXE / NOOSFæRE / OCO / ØKAPI / PRIMAL CODE / PRISMA / PSYMBIOSIS / RUI G / RUI VARGAS / SOMATOAST / STELLAR INK PONY / SUMIRUNA / SURTO / TAKKRA / THE FLYING MARS / THE LIONS / TRIKK / TRIPPIN JAGUAR / ZEN BABOON

Boom Festival 2023 Tickets

Regular Tickets at €284 are on sale:
Ambassador Friendly Tickets at €200.00 are SOLD OUT (Check Ambassador List here)
Friendly price tickets are only available via Boom Ambassador and 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 Korea, 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.

There is a limited number of Friendly price tickets and once they are sold out, Boomers living in the aforementioned countries and territories will still have access to Regular price tickets.

Accommodation

Camping during the festival is included with the festival ticket, so all you need is basic camping gear, like a tent, a camping pad and a head torch (so useful in the night). If you don’t want to bring your own tent the festival offers Premium Camping options purchased here

Alternatively, you can book nearby hotels and apartments using the map below or visit booking.com

Book Hotels & Airbnbs near the Venue at the Lowest Price online!

Travel Info

BY CAR
BOOM BUS

The best way to get to the Festival is the Boom Bus, a charter bus service for a safer, more comfortable and sustainable Boom experience, providing transport from Lisbon and Madrid Airports directly to the festival and back. Book your ticket well in advance at the link below:

BY BUS/SHUTTLE

Shuttle Buses providing roundtrips from Castelo Branco and Idanha-a-Nova will be available each day of the festival. You can reach Castelo Branco by Bus from Braga, Famalicão, Porto and Guarda. More to be announced soon:

BY LYFT

Thousands have enjoyed the Lift Share experience to Boom. It’s one of the simplest, most effective ways of connecting people heading to the festival. Offer or look for a ride here

BY BUS

From Lisbon Airport the best option to go to the festival is the Boom Bus and you can buy tickets here
Otherwise you can take the bus from Lisbon’s Sete Rios Bus Station to Castelo Branco (2h 50 min journey). Shuttle Buses will be running from Castelo Branco to the festival gates.

BY TRAIN

From Lisbon’s Oriente Station take on the train to Castelo Branco (2h 45 min journey). Shuttle Buses will be running from Castelo Branco to the festival gates.

BY PLANE

From Lisbon Airport the best option to go to the festival is the Boom Bus and you can buy tickets here

BY BUS

From Madird Airport the best option to go the festival is the Boom Bus and you can buy tickets here
Otherwise you can take the bus from Madrid’s South Station to Salamanca (2h 45 min journey) and from there take the Bus to Castelo Branco (3h 30 min journey). Shuttle buses will be running from Castelo Branco to the festival gates.

BY PLANE

From Madird Airport the best option to go the festival is the Boom Bus and you can buy tickets here

BY BUS

From Porto’s 24 de Agosto Bus Station take the Bus to Castelo Branco (4h 40 min journey). Shuttle buses will be running from Castelo Branco to the festival gates.

BY TRAIN

From Porto Campagna Station take the train to Entroncamento (2h 15 min journey) and from there take the train to Castelo Branco (1h 45 min journey).

BY PLANE

From Porto Airport (OPO) take either the Metro to Porto Campagna Station to continue your journey to Castelo Branco with the train, or take the Metro to 24 de Agosto Bus Station (25 min journey), to continue your journey to Castelo Branco with the bus, as above. Shuttle buses will be running from Castelo Branco to the festival gates.

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