Boardmasters 2021

August 11th - 15th 2021

Watergate Bay, Cornwall

High up on the cliff tops of Newquay's Watergate Bay, Cornwall's premier music festival will take place once again. The Boardmasters festival 2021 takes place between 11th and 15th August and promises a huge line up including Foals, Gorillaz, Honey Dijon and Jayda G!

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What the organisers say

We're thrilled to reveal your three Boardmasters 2021 headliners as Foals, Gorillaz & Jorja Smith PLUS 100 acts including Sam Fender, Loyle Carner, Jamie xx, Lianne La Havas, The Kooks, Blossoms, Mahalia Music, slowthai, ANDY C, Eats Everything, Django Django, Young T & Bugsey, Arlo Parks & a whole host more.

A poster for the boardmasters music festival

The ultimate surf & music festival on the Cornish coast.

11 - 15 August 2020, Newquay, Cornwall. See you at the beach!

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Tickets available from boardmasters.com

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Line Up

FOALS

SAM FENDER

KANO

LIANNE LA HAVAS

MAHALIA

JADE BIRD

KOJEY RADICAL

ANDY C + TONN PIPER

HOLLY HUMBERSTONE

EATS EVERYTHING

GABRIELLE APLIN

EMMA MCGRATH

OLIVIA DEAN

SONNY FODERA

MISTAJAM

FRANKY WAH

KAREN HARDING

MAJESTIC

ALFIE TEMPLEMAN

THE NATIVE

DIXON BROTHERS

2SHY MC

HONEY DIJON

EJECA

MADVILLA

METRIK

BILLIE MARTEN

SAM RICHARDSON & THE RENEGADES

LUCY SPRAGGAN

KAM-BU

BARELY LEGAL

JOESEF

JOSH BARRY

SHAPES

KETTAMA

GEORGIA

GORILLAZ

LOYLE CARNER

THE KOOKS

BECKY HILL

DJANGO DJANGO

BASEMENT JAXX DJ SET

MAISIE PETERS

OCEAN WISDOM

THE SNUTS

BABY QUEEN

YOUNG T & BUGSEY

THE FOUR OWLS

ASHNIKKO

CRUCAST

GRIFF

TIFFANY CALVER

BKLAVA

TSHA

CHARLIE BOON

ZERO

HOLLIE COOK

ANDREW CUSHIN

LADY LESHURR

EKKAH

ELIZA SHADDAD

BRU-C

DARKZY

KANINE

LAZCRU

MC AD

SKEPSIS

WINDOW KID

CHUBBY & THE GANG

GERD JANSON

DJ TARGET

CRUCAST

INHALER

JORJA SMITH

JAMIE XX

BLOSSOMS

SLOWTHAI

BEABADOOBEE

MARIBOU STATE DJ SET

ARLO PARKS

MAVERICK SABRE

THE BIG MOON

GENGAHR

NOISY

ADELPHI MUSIC FACTORY

JAMES HYPE

JAGUAR SKILLS

CHARLIE HEDGES

JUST KIDDIN

ALLAH-LAS

FOLAMOUR

JAYDA G

NETSKY

CHRIS LORENZO

SHERELLE

JAGUAR

CRISSY CRISS

PHIBES

CHARLIE TEE

GENTLEMAN’S DUB CLUB

SIGALA LIVE

JAMIE WEBSTER

HELÉNA STAR

KELLI-LEIGH

WILL & THE PEOPLE

RESPONS

LULAH FRANCS

CONDUCTA

GDC SOUNDSYSTEM

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