Boardmasters 2025: Everything visitors should know

The festival will take place from 6 to 10 August

Thousands of music and surfing fans will be attending the annual Boardmasters festival in Cornwall.

It will take place from 6 to 10 August across two sites at Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach in Newquay, and the first tranche of performers was announced in November.

General sale tickets went on sale on 29 November 2024 through the festival website.

Here is everything ticket-holders need to know about Boardmasters 2025, from who is performing to how to get there.

How can I buy tickets?

Presale day tickets went on sale 27 March 2025 and remaining day tickets went on sale on Friday 28 March.

People had been able to purchase them from the Boardmasters website.

Boardmasters said it was working with Tixel for ticket resales and asked people not to use platforms not officially partnered with them.

How much are tickets?

Boardmasters said weekend tickets started from £229, with camping and no-camping options.

For camping tickets, there were options to be able to access the festival from 6 to 11 August, or 7 to 11 August.

There were three-day no-camping tickets available.

VIP tickets started from £329 and included camping and non-camping options.

The festival is set to return for 2025

The camping options include fast-track entry to campsites and the arena, as well as access to the VIP campsite bar.

Child tickets have also been available from £25.

Day tickets started from £99 and day VIP tickets started from £125.

Those aged nine to 15 years old must have an adult ticket and be accompanied by an adult over 21.

Boardmasters said its tickets were sold in pricing tiers and - once one tier sold out, it would move up to the next tier.

Boardmasters 2025 line-up

Boardmasters said The Prodigy, Raye and Central Cee would headline the festival.

Organisers named 40 further acts in November and more acts in January.

Organisers said they would introduce afternoon sessions for the first time and these would be headed up by Kaiser Chiefs, Natasha Bedingfield and Rizzle Kicks.

London Grammar, Maribou State, Nelly Furtado, Wet Leg and others are also due to also play.

There have been a number of acts announced for 2025

Where can I watch the surfing?

Festival-goers will also be able to watch international surfing pros at Fistral Beach.

Competitions include the Boardmasters OPEN men’s and women’s division and the Boardmasters Longboard OPEN men’s and women’s division.

There will also be a Junior OPEN boys and girls division.

Camping information

The weekend camping ticket includes entry to the festival, general campsites and main arena.

There is also a new Camping+, which offers a reserved camping pitch and the use of premium facilities, including hot showers.

There is also a new Chilled Camping zone, which can host groups of six per party - with a dedicated campsite with controlled access, an 11:00 GMT noise curfew and a 24-hour reception.

VIP weekend camping includes reserving a pitch, showers and toilets access, and a complimentary on-site parking pass.

For the first time, Boardmasters has also offered accommodation packages for those choosing to stay off-site in Newquay.

Boardmasters said its campsites and car parks would open from 10:00 BST on Wednesday and close at 12:00 on Monday 11 August.

Travel options

This year there will be an increase from 85 to 119 long-distance routes with Big Green Coach.

These will be available to festival-goers from all over the country, along with 50 coaches serving the nearby park and ride.

The coach would drop festival goers off inside the festival at the Boardmasters Coach Station.

Boardmasters said travelling by train to Newquay for Boardmasters was an eco-friendly way to reach the festival and those arriving by train could go by shuttle bus to the event.

Organisers have also relocated drop-offs, now nearer to gates.

Organisers said it did not have a Park and Ride this year and drop off and pick up was available by following directions to GREEN/A3059.

Traffic management

Organisers said the one-way traffic system and soft road closures were in place to reduce the impact during the peak times for festival goer arrivals and departures.

Organisers said, in light of evaluations of the 2024 traffic plan's successes and challenges, it partnered with key operational stakeholders, including Cornwall Council Highways and Streetworks Teams, Devon and Cornwall Police, National Highways, and local transport providers.

It added a one-way traffic system and soft road closures were in place to reduce the impact during the peak times for festival-goer arrivals and departures.

Residents and those travelling to businesses or properties within the one-way system areas would still be permitted access as usual, it said.

Those without a specific destination or simply wishing to traverse the area must follow the signed one-way system.

Organisers said residents or those visiting a local business should inform the traffic marshal and they would be directed through.

Environmental sustainability

Organisers said sustainability and an awareness of the impact on the local environment was part of its ethos.

It said it was building on the existing work and introducing new initiatives with the aim of striving to make Boardmasters one of the most environmentally-conscious and low-impact festivals.

It said this year it was asking attendees to sign a pledge to make Boardmasters 2025 the most sustainable one.

It added the Leave Only Footprints pledge involved campers to pack up campsites, take tents home and leave no trace.

It added it was also looking for volunteers to be part of the Leave Only Footprints crew.