Charlotte’s 2024 BOOM festival promises dance, poetry and weird, wonderful art

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Charlotte’s 2024 BOOM festival promises dance, poetry and weird, wonderful art

Published April 25, 2024
WFAE | By Nick de la Canal

Artist Umayal Annamalai draws chalk art during the 2022 BOOM festival at Camp North End.

Hula hoops, youth poets, psychedelic performance art, and dance troupes representing cultures around the world. These are a few of the sights and sounds that will fill Camp North End this weekend at the seventh annual BOOM festival.

The three-day event, which kicks off Friday, celebrates contemporary and experimental art on the fringes of pop culture. The festival’s founder, Manoj Kesavan, joined WFAE’s Nick de la Canal to discuss what to expect at this year’s event.