Wednesday 6 – Sunday 10 August 2025. If you’re camping at the festival, you’ll be able to stay until our campsites close on Monday 11 August.

Boardmasters is split over two festival sites in Newquay, Cornwall.

Watergate Bay is where you’ll find our main arena and campsites. It’s the most beautiful festival site in the UK.

Our pro-surf competition takes place at the world famous Fistral Beach.

You don’t need a ticket for Fistral Beach but you will need to book a Weekend, 3 Day No-Camping or Day ticket for entry to our Watergate Bay site.

All ages are welcome, but you must be aged 16 or over to attend without an adult.

Anyone aged 15 or under will need to be accompanied by an adult aged 21 or over. One adult can look after up to 2 under 15s.

If you look under 16 we will ask you for ID before you can gain entry to the festival. Valid forms of ID are a Drivers License (provisional is ok), Passport or any other form of ID that is certified in the PASS System

We get asked every year if college ID or photocopies are ok. They’re not. We can only accept original versions of the IDs listed above.

We have lots of resources in place to look after our festivalgoers. You can find out more here 

Ahead of the festival we’ll be running our industry leading parent webinars again.

We’ll be covering the following topics:

• What to expect at a festival
• Advice for first time festivalgoers
• The safety measures we have in place
• Info about our welfare and medical services
• Plus the opportunity to ask questions

Want to attend a webinar? Register your interest here and we’ll be in touch later in the year.