Boomtown Fair co-founder Luke Mitchell takes us behind the scenes to discuss his life and times at the helm of one of the UK’s most spectacular and successful festivals. 

The AAA Backstage podcast series meets festival founders to explore what lies behind the events and their instigators. This conversation was recorded while sitting on a car bonnet with a panoramic view of the festival build at Matterley Estate in the South Downs National Park, where Boomtown has been staged since 2011. Luke charts his event organising experience, including the transition from staging massive raves to the inaugural Boomtown, and the challenges of overseeing what’s become one of the UK’s biggest festivals involving a hugely complex three-month build.

Secret Garden Party festival founder Freddie Fellowes takes us behind the scenes to discuss his life and times at the helm of the hugely influential event. 

AAA’s new podcast series goes backstage with festival founders to explore what lies behind the events and their instigators. This conversation was recorded face to face on location at Grange Farm in Cambridgeshire, where the festival has been staged since its inception in 2003. This episode covers everything from mass nudity and mud wrestling to accommodating royals, the challenges of remaining independent, re-launching after a five-year hiatus, and transforming the event into a social enterprise.

Freddie is interviewed by AAA’s content director Christopher Barrett.