BOOM Charlotte offers diverse festival lineup to boost ‘art and the unexpected’
.jpg "BOOM Charlotte has announced its 2025 Fringe artists, who will perform in intimate indoor events that are individually ticketed.")
BOOM Charlotte, the popular annual festival that showcases some of the most experimental aspects of the city’s arts scene, has recently announced its 2025 Fringe lineup.
The three-day event April 25-27 at The Shoppes at University Place will celebrate “art and the unexpected” with two kinds of experiences: BOOM Fringe, with ticketed indoor performances, and BOOM Intersection, with family-friendly outdoor performances and pop-ups.
This will be the eighth annual appearance of the event, which describes itself as “an exploration of creativity, community and connection.”
Festivalgoers will be able to immerse themselves in exploratory poetry and spoken word events, dance, theater and multi-disciplinary performances.
Tickets to Fringe performances are available for purchase online, as well as at the venues 30 minutes before the event begins. There also are opportunities to volunteer at BOOM Charlotte.
Here are the Fringe artists joining this year’s festival:
Showcase 1
- Vanessa Hunter, poetry/spoken word
- Evan Driggs, theater
- Zulynette, poetry/spoken word
Showcase 2
Showcase 3
- Nritya Dhwani Cultural Foundation and Angel Han, multi-disciplinary
- Frank Expression, poetry/spoken word
- The Garrison Experience, dance
- Sons of the Queen: @greylangreylan, @unclecharlesyall and @kevin_the_entertainer, multi-disciplinary
- SHAE Movement African Arts, dance
- Megan Flynn & Teresa VanDenend Sorge, dance
- JOYEMOVEMENT, dance
- Jordan Bailey, poetry/spoken word
- General Hospitality, theater
- Brooke McCarthy, theater
- Adrian Parrish, multi-disciplinary
BOOM Charlotte 2025
Location: The Shoppes at University Place, 8931 J M Keynes Dr., Charlotte, NC 28262
When: April 25-27
Tickets: Available online, with individual ticketed events, or a five-event pass for $60.. An all-access pass is $100.
More details: Go to https://boomcharlotte.org/boom-charlotte-2025/
This story was originally published February 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM.
