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About 30,000 people of 147 nationalities are expected at the Boom Festival, which begins today, Sunday, in Idanha-a-Nova, and will continue until July 29, the guest country being Costa Rica.
" The Boom Festival is one of Idanha-a-Nova's major assets as a music city within UNESCO's network of creative cities, thus contributing to the success of the municipality's development strategy, for all the value it creates in the region, directly and indirectly "said Idanha-a-Nova Mayor Armindo Jacinto
Costa Rica is the guest country of this edition.
The independent biennial cultural event that takes place at the full moon in July or August since 1997 is already an international benchmark and has a huge social, economic impact and cultural in this region of the interior of the country, with 80% of festival suppliers are local and large.
" In 2018, Idanha-a-Nova becomes the first Portuguese Bio Region to join the International Network of Bio-Regions. The dynamism of organic farming and the provision of ecological products and services (…) are areas where the Boom Festival is an internationally renowned flag and often serves as a reference for projects that focus on Sustainability Practices Promoting Environmental Sustainability is one of the great pillars of the Boom Festival, a member of the United Nations Music and Environment Initiative since 2010, at the invitation of the United Nations Environment Program and distinguished in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, with the "Outstanding Greener Festival Award", the most important global award of sustainable events awarded by "A festival greener "
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