BOOM Charlotte moves to University City in 2025
QNotes Carolinas confirmed that BOOM Charlotte is shifting its eighth annual festival to University City for 2025, after years at Camp North End park.
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BOOM Charlotte Offers Diverse Festival Lineup
The Charlotte Observer covered BOOM Charlotte's 2025 Fringe lineup announcement, previewing its University City debut, and varied programming line-up.

BOOM Charlotte 2025
WCCB Charlotte previewed the eighth annual BOOM Charlotte, a three-day celebration of arts coming back to the Shoppes at University Place this spring.

University City to host 3-day arts festival
University City to host 3-day arts festival

BOOM Charlotte Returns With a New Home in University City
QCNerve reports: BOOM Charlotte Returns With a New Home Here’s an excerpt:
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BOOM Charlotte moves to University City in 2025
QNotes Carolinas confirmed that BOOM Charlotte is shifting its eighth annual festival to University City for 2025, after years at Camp North End park.

BOOM Charlotte's Immersive Arts Festival Is on the Move with a New Location
The Charlotte Observer reported that BOOM Charlotte's eighth annual festival would relocate to University City for a new lakefront festival home also.

Charlotte Arts Festival Announces Move to University Area
QCity Metro reported that BOOM Charlotte will move its 2025 festival to the University City lakefront, reaching new audiences amidst its rapid growth.

BOOM Charlotte to Take Place in University City
University City Partners announced a new partnership with BOOM Charlotte to host the festival's eighth annual event in University City this April too.

Experience Arts & Culture at Boom Charlotte
WBTV's On Your Side Tonight spoke with the Charlotte Poetry Festival about their performance on the BOOM Charlotte stage during the 2024 showcase too.

Previewing This Year's BOOM Charlotte Festival
WBTV's QC Life got a sneak peek of the 2024 BOOM Charlotte festival ahead of the weekend's events, previewing its acts, and activities, for attendees.
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8 Things to Do This Weekend in the Charlotte Area
WCNC's QC Happenings roundup of weekend events in the Charlotte area included BOOM Charlotte alongside its video listing of fun things to do entirely.
Charlotte's 2024 BOOM Festival Promises Dance, Poetry and Weird, Wonderful Art
WFAE previewed the seventh annual BOOM festival at Camp North End, with founder Manoj Kesavan discussing what attendees should expect this spring too.

BOOM Charlotte Set to Host Seventh Annual Fringe Arts Festival
Queen City Nerve previewed BOOM Charlotte's seventh year at Camp North End, recommending 10 local artists to watch across the festival weekend indeed.
Experience Arts & Culture at BOOM Charlotte
The City of Charlotte highlighted its partnership with BOOM Charlotte to launch Show & Tell, a 10-year plan supporting city arts and culture work too.
BOOM Charlotte to Take Over University City
CLTtoday previewed BOOM Charlotte's eighth annual festival, its first in University City, noting the move after nearly 10,000 attendees in 2024 again.
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Luvleeh: Our People
QNotes Carolinas interviewed Charlotte-based poet Luvleeh ahead of her performances at the BOOM Charlotte festival, discussing her craft and life too.

BOOM Charlotte Arts Festival Returns for Three-Day Run
Queen City Nerve previewed BOOM Charlotte's comeback to its pre-pandemic three-day formula at Camp North End, with passes for all the weekend's shows.
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BOOM Charlotte Returns to Camp North End for Three-Day Festival
QNotes Carolinas previewed BOOM Charlotte's sixth annual festival, back to a full three-day stint with more artists and performances than ever before.
BOOM Charlotte Has Created Space for Local Artists
The Charlotte Ledger profiled founder Manoj Kesavan on how BOOM Charlotte grew from 2012 street performances, into a major artist-led fringe festival.

BOOM Festival Seeks Diverse Talent for 2023 Return in Charlotte
QCity Metro reported on BOOM Charlotte's open call for local artists ahead of its sixth annual festival, showcasing a lengthy history of local talent.
BOOM Fringe Festival Claps Back in Real Life
Charlotte is Creative covered BOOM Fringe's return to Camp North End, after a two-year hiatus, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down the city.

Meet 'A Poet Named Superman,' Charlotte is Creative's New Best Friend!
WBTV's QC Life introduced viewers to spoken-word artist Greg Murray known as "A Poet Named Superman," ahead of his set at the BOOM Charlotte festival.

A Quick Guide to BOOM Charlotte's In-Person Return
Queen City Nerve offered readers a guide to BOOM Charlotte's first in-person return in two years, breaking down the festival's full programming slate.

BOOM Charlotte Art Festival Adds to Diverse Lineup
The Charlotte Observer previewed the fifth annual BOOM Charlotte festival's return after a two-year hiatus, highlighting its expanded, diverse lineup.
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BOOM Charlotte to Hold Live Show
QNotes Carolinas covered BOOM Charlotte's comeback after two pandemic years online, previewing its fifth annual live, in-person festival showcase too.
BOOM Charlotte Founder Wants to See Local Artists Prioritized
WFAE spoke with BOOM Charlotte founder Manoj Kesavan about why Charlotte's arts institutions should put more funding behind their local artists' work.
Charlotte Artists, Journalists Team Up to Tell Real-World Stories Through Comic Books
WCNC covered how Charlotte artists, and journalists, including BOOM collaborator Wolly McNair, paired up to tell real stories, through comic-book art.
Novela gráfica gratuita cuenta las historias detrás de la pandemia en Charlotte
La Noticia cubrió el proyecto "Pandemic" del Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, y BOOM Charlotte, una novela, gráfica, sobre el impacto del COVID-19.

Local Artists, Reporters Bring COVID-19 Graphic Novel to Life
QCity Metro detailed how the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative and BOOM Charlotte paired journalists, with artists for an eight chapter novel series.
Project Tells Stories From the Pandemic in Graphic Novel Style
WFAE's Morning Edition covered the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative's graphic-novel project pairing reporters with artists to tell pandemic stories.
COVID-19 Stories as Graphic Novels
The American Press Institute highlighted the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative and BOOM Charlotte's graphic novel about the pandemic's local impacts.
Here's a Distinctive Project
The NC Local News Workshop Newsletter spotlighted BOOM Charlotte again and the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative's new graphic novel, "The Pandemic."
Three Things To Be Excited About With Tim and Kia O.
QC Life's Tim Miner shared three Charlotte arts happenings to be excited about, including BOOM collaboration on the citywide A Call To Create project.

BOOM Festival Pivots to Become Virtual Forum for Community Voices
Queen City Nerve covered BOOM's pivot to a virtual forum, A Call to Create, responding to the Black Lives Matter protests, after George Floyd's death.
Celebrating Charlotte Arts… Virtually
Knight Foundation's Jayne Butler wrote about BOOM's pivot to virtual programming, after the 2020 festival was postponed, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Actors Needed to Fall Into 'TRAPT' Cast
The Charlotte Post ultimately covered auditions for "TRAPT," playwright Stacey Rose's production from her BOOM Festival Artist Residency in Charlotte.
A Rose by Any Other Name
The Charlotte Post profiled playwright Stacey Rose's return to Charlotte again for BOOM's first-ever artist residency and her new stage play, "TRAPT."
Celebrate Charlotte Arts Initiative
Knight Foundation, announced the twelve winners of its inaugural Celebrate Charlotte Arts initiative, who shared a $200,000 showcase at BOOM Festival.
BOOM Charlotte Festival (The Biscuit Podcast)
The Biscuit Podcast gathered sounds from the 2019 BOOM Charlotte Festival, interviewing founder Manoj Kesavan and local creatives about the fest also.
Top 9 Can't-Miss, Mostly Free Performances to Catch This Weekend
DEF CLT indeed previewed BOOM festival's fourth year, bringing three days of art, music, dance, theater and spoken word to Plaza Midwood in Charlotte.

BOOM Charlotte is the Best Arts Festival
Queen City Nerve named BOOM Charlotte the city's best arts festival, recapping its fourth year of avant-garde performance across Plaza Midwood venues.
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