It’s a little known fact that our festival screens two types of films during our 3-day event: film contest entries and invited films. While film contest entries are submitted by the filmmakers themselves in a competition to win our coveted Gusher award, invited films are hand selected by our film committee to bring the bestContinue Reading
Christina Trujillo, who is writing this blog and thus feels a little strange about speaking in third person here, has been volunteering for BoomFest since 2010, although she regrettably found out about BoomFest too late to actually attend 2010’s festival. Christina moved here from Austin, and wanted a few friends, so she found BoomFest onContinue Reading
It’s hard to introduce Olivia, as she is the unofficial Queen of Live Music in Southeast Texas, and it’s rare to meet anyone who hasn’t rocked out at a show she’s booked. Olivia has worked tirelessly to bring awesome touring bands to Beaumont; first to her house/art gallery/live music venue/living art installation, as well asContinue Reading
Chase Kiker is 2016’s Director, taking over the reigns from Bryan Lee, who has been a part of the festival since 2010. But the real story here is Chase: it’s quite a meteoric rise from serving as a projectionist at the 2014 festival. Even after being accidentally locked into a film venue during his firstContinue Reading
In case you didn’t know, BoomFest is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, run by a group of very dedicated film and music lovers. Our goals have primarily been to 1) put on an awesome film & music festival, 2) have fun, and 3) save our panic attacks until after the festival ends. So far, we’ve been luckyContinue Reading
Planning for the 9th Annual Boomtown Film and Music Festival is well underway, so we wanna make sure your calendars are ready: February 25 – 27, 2016. Plug it in. We’ll wait. Ok, got that scheduled? Good. Let’s talk about 2016. First off, the most beloved BoomFest traditions are being protected. Here are some ofContinue Reading