Boardmasters Festival
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| Genre | Rock, indie rock, alternative rock, Dance |
| Dates | First weekend of August, annually |
| Location(s) | Newquay, Cornwall, England |
| Years active | 1981–present |
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| www.Boardmasters.co.uk | |
Coordinates: 50°26′23″N 5°02′51″W / 50.4398°N 5.0476°W
Boardmasters Festival is an annual event held in Cornwall, United Kingdom, usually held over four days in mid-August. The event is a combination of live music and surfing/skateboarding competitions in and around the town of Newquay. The festival has a heritage that goes back to 1981 and a current capacity of over 40,000.
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 Womens Open, WSL Men's Longboard, WSL Women's Longboard, Boys/Girls Pro Junior and Under 12's.
The event is owned and managed by Vision Nine Group.
The Watergate Bay site hosts the music arena and all festival camping. Music performances run from Thursday to Sunday across seven music stages; The Main Stage, Unleashed, The View, Mavericks, The Point, Keg & Pasty and the VIP Bar/Stage. Past years have seen acts performing such Bastille, Faithless, Rudimental, Snoop Dogg, Chase and Status, Basement Jaxx, Ed Sheeran, Plan B, Leftfield, Cypress Hill, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim, Newton Faulkner and Ben Howard. As well as music there is a variety of bars, stalls and fairground rides on the site.
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