One of Charlotte’s largest arts festivals with immersive artistic experiences will have a new location next year.

The eighth annual BOOM Charlotte will be April 25-27 at University City in north Charlotte, University City Partners and the festival founder said Tuesday. The three-day festival typically spotlights as many as 100 local artists and cutting-edge fringe arts and culture with dance, music, theater, poetry, visual art and film.

“It will be one of the most scenic places around the lake and have a different look and experience,” Manoj Kesavan, founder and executive director of BOOM Charlotte, told The Charlotte Observer.

The festival originally was held in Plaza Midwood. At its height, in 2019 before a two-year hiatus in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic, BOOM Charlotte drew about 20,000 attendees. The last two festivals were held at Camp North End drawing about 10,000 people, Kesavan said.

 

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