Boom 2008

			Boom 2008 Dates Revealed Earth dweller be it guided by the cosmopolitan superpowers, or living in a community or just living an Earth friendly life, you know what this means: the Boom dates. That’s the time for a break. Just having fun and celebrating life on a freestyle ethos. Encompassed with the full moon of August 2008 we have tuned the following dates: August 11: Gates opening - Welcome to Boom 2008! August 12 - August 17: Boom 2008 in full swing. August 18: Gates closing - See you in Boom 2010! August 20: Boom after party…Utopia!
			Boom's New Dimensions Adventure! That’s the word to name it. Edition after edition Boom Festival likes to move forward and innovate, breaking all borders and established guidelines. We anticipate now three novelties for next Boom… Expect a bigger input in new thinking paradigms with a major event associated with Boom. We will launch a pioneer festival called Reboot that will occur before Boom Festival. Be sure that if you’re after the next big thing in the world of music, Boom will know it. There will be a new music area for diverse genres such as dubstep or minimal (no new rave nor mainstream music folks!). To break lose the constraints of body-ego-centered-thinking we’ll launch a pioneer project to cross-pollinate performance arts. These arts will come alive throughout Boom in a countless series of multimedia productions, experimental theatre, dances, performance - based shows. We’ll interpret avant-garde shows with artists from around the globe.
			Tickets Go On Sale In January We’ve split up in different phases the ticket purchase. It is advisable to buy the tickets as soon as possible, as prices increase as time goes by and tickets are limited. Again we’ll have a Boom e-ticket service operating from the Boom website (www.boomfestival.org) so that you can acquire the ticket comfortably. Online Tickets - Phases and Prices: 1st phase (January 8 – February 20): 95€ 2nd phase (February 21 – May 19) : 115€ 3rd phase (May 20 – July 18): 135€ Ambassador Tickets - Phases and Prices: 1st phase (March 7 – May 19) : 115€ 2nd phase (June 3 – July 18): 135€ At the gates: 160€ Notes: Economic Developing countries: 80€, purchase locally. Country with free entries: Macedonia. More info soon. The Boom Bus service will be held in order to help out all the people that want to come to the Boom directly from the airports. We’re also upgrading this service as the Boom Bus service is also a way for people to avoid carbon emissions. We suggest all people that want a pleasant Boom and a better environment to come to the gathering with the Boom Bus: it’s more ecological, comfortable, cheaper and safer.
			The Boom Sustainable Adventure You’ve seen it in 2006: many efforts being made in order to make Boom a sustainable festival. For next edition we’ll reinforce the projects: dry toilets, biological treatment of waters, solar energy panels and windmills. We are also developing a project for collecting vegetable oil from the local region to reuse in the Boom generators. Most of the Boom infrastructures will be made with biological or eco materials. Keep an eye on your carbon footprint, change behaviors and attitudes for a better environment and use enjoy it wisely as you’re a Boom participant.
			The Boom Book And The New DVD Anticipating the next Boom, two projects will be released. The “Boom Book” is a book made throughout the year of 2007. A masterpiece of art and culture celebrating Boom´s 10th anniversary. It’s a pioneering book designed in avant-garde visual style and full of in-depth contents. Written by artists, anthropologists, journalists and photographers reflecting the Boom experience and its place of visionary culture in today’s world. It’s the Boom contributions for the perspectives towards the present and future reality(ies). The Boom DVD will be an outlook of Boom 2006. An introduction for next edition. It’s a synthesis of the spirit, an emotional and funny document that catches the familiar spirit of “We Are One”. A filmed message for the human consciousness.

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