Smoking in any indoor area is illegal and could result in you being fined. Camping: There is no option to camp at Fistral Beach. All Boardmasters camping is located alongside the Main Arena at Watergate Bay. Please head to the Campsites Information page for more info on camping at Boardmasters.
Due to the on-going pandemic Boardmasters 2020 is no longer able to go ahead this year. Boardmasters 2021 will return: 11 – 15 August 2021 in Newquay, Cornwall.
Boardmasters Festival 11 - 15 August 2021 | Boardmasters Festival 11 - 15 August 2021.
Cornwall's biggest annual surf and music festival Boardmasters is set to go ahead, with the organisers showing tentative signs that it'll have the all-clear for August. The festival, hosted at Watergate Bay at Newquay, was cancelled last year due to Covid-19 restrictions - and pushed back to 2021.
Boardmasters Festival is an annual event held in Cornwall, United Kingdom, usually held over five days on the second weekend of August. The event is a combination of live music and surfing/skateboarding competitions in and around the town of Newquay.
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Boardmasters Festival operates on a tiered ticket system. This simply means that our ticket prices start cheaper for the early birds and increase as time goes on. The tiers of pricing are set when the Festival goes on sale and will progress up through different price tier changes as we get closer to the event.
8 Hidden Gems of Boardmasters
- Beach Bar-B-Q. Two things that EVERYONE loves - the beach and a BBQ.
- The Big Fistral Beach Clean.
- The View.
- VIP Bar.
- Boardmasters Restaurant.
- Hot Tubs.
- Boardmasters After Parties.
- The Beach Sessions.
It uses closed roads, it's considerably quicker than private car and parking in Newquay is very limited. The shuttle bus service will run between the Watergate Bay Festival Site and Newquay Town Centre (for Fistral Beach) between 07:00 and 04.30 each day. Single ticket: £4 Return ticket: £6.
Boardmasters Festival 2020Kings of Leon, Skepta and The 1975 have been confirmed as the three headliners for Boardmasters 2020, set to take place on 5-9th August 2020.
Brilliant variety of music , food and experiences ! The camping is great fun and the staff is helpful and make you feel safe at night. Would recommend for first festival or for someone just wanting to enjoy music and drinks / food !
It's easy to
get to Newquay by train from all over the UK, with direct routes from some of the country's biggest cities, such as London, Birmingham and Manchester. Most trains to
Newquay arrive into
Newquay train station.
Getting from Newquay station to the beach
- Great Western Beach.
- Towan Beach.
- Fistral Beach.
Where is boardmasters 2019?
Watergate Bay
Fistral Beach
Boomtown Fair is held at the Matterley Estate near Winchester, Hampshire.
Family activities within the festival include a circus, crafty workshops, and family yoga. Outside the festival, older children can also book into surfing, sup and kayaking. Then of course there's the beautiful Fistral beach itself…
Tickets are sold to consumers only. We reserve the right to cancel tickets purchased by businesses, traders, or persons acting on their behalf, who engage in the commercial resale of tickets.
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Accommodations in Newquay near Boardmasters Festival
- Atlantic Hotel. Hotel. Popular Choice.
- OYO Godolphin Arms Hotel. Hotel. 8.0Very good(195 reviews)
- Hotel Victoria. Hotel. Popular Choice.
- Lewinnick Lodge. Hotel.
- Studio 2. Entire Apartment.
- Ohana House. Entire House.
- The Escape. Hostel.
- Griffin Inn. Bed & Breakfast.
