| Boardmasters Festival | |
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| Genre | Rock, Indie rock, Alternative rock, Dance |
| Dates | Second weekend of August |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Newquay, Cornwall, England |
| Coordinates | 50°26′20″N 5°2′32″W / 50.43889°N 5.04222°W |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Most recent | 9–13 August 2023 |
| Next event | 7 – 11 August 2024 |
| Participants | See lineups |
| Attendance | 53,000 (2023) |
| Website | boardmasters |
Boardmasters Festival is an annual event held in Cornwall, United Kingdom, usually spanning 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. The festival was founded in 1981 as a surfing competition,[1] and in 2005 it was expanded to include music acts, taking place at Watergate Bay. In 2024 the official capacity of the event was increased to 58,000.[2][3][4]
The majority of the music performances take place to the north of Newquay near Watergate Bay. The Men's Pro 5 Star WQS surf competition takes place on Fistral Beach where a skate ramp is built for the BMX and Skateboard competitions. Other sporting events include The Women's Open, WSL Men's Longboard, WSL Women's Longboard, Boys/Girls Pro Junior and Under 12's.[5][6][7] It is also known to feature a well-being program, a tea-room, and a fairground.[8]
The event is owned and managed by Vision Nine Group. In 2017 the Boardmasters Foundation was started to support local causes, such as the RNLI, with c. £436,000 raised up to 2023.[5]
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- ^ "Boardmasters seeks to raise numbers". Newquay Voice. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ Pilley, Max (15 February 2024). "Boardmasters gets permission to increase capacity by thousands". NME. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b Bett, John (22 March 2024). "Boardmasters is the Cornish festival that started as a surf event but tried to get too big". Cornwall Live. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Delpero, Lemoigne, Odriozola, Hopkins Take Out 2023 Boardmasters Titles - World Surf League". World Surf League. 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Epic surfing for the final day at Boardmasters". Carve. 2023. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Lavin, Will (17 August 2021). "Boardmasters 2021 review: beach-side bonanza makes long-awaited return". NME. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.