Festivals can be expensive thanks to all the camping gear, travel, food and other supplies needed to get through the weekend with your stuff (and sanity) intact. The problem is, you need all of that stuff to avoid the usual festival horrors of soggy socks, wellies stuck in mud and phone batteries dying on the first day. Liftshare loves helping festival-goers enjoy a smooth…

On Monday we took a quick look at BoomTown Fair (August 13-16 on the Matterly Estate in Winchester), which is arguably one of the UK’s most unique music festivals. Formed in 2009, the first year kicked off the opening ‘chapter’ of a long narrative focussed on the fictional village of BoomTown and its weird and wonderful inhabitants like Nicholas Boom himself. Each…

We’ve been speaking with some really interesting and inspiring music festivals over the last six months. It’s helped Liftshare and our community explore new events across the UK, including a wide range of musical styles, themes and offerings. Check out our look at Boomtown Fair for a great example of a truly unique festival experience.

Liftshare has just started working with the wonderful festival Boomtown Fair, which takes place August 13-16 on the Matterly Estate in Winchester. This is one of the most different, wildly unique and intriguing festivals we’ve worked with in some time. Allow us to explain; BoomTown “rose up from the underground” in 2009 and started a narrative that flows alongside each…