mxdwn.co.uk » Newquay https://www.mxdwn.co.uk all that matters in music in the UK Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:35:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Boardmasters 2020 Line Up Announced: Skepta, Kings Of Leon and The 1975 Billed https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/boardmasters-2020-line-up-announced-skepta-kings-of-leon-and-the-1975-billed/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/boardmasters-2020-line-up-announced-skepta-kings-of-leon-and-the-1975-billed/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:05:45 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=14658 Boardmasters has announced the line-up for the 2020 festival. So, who’s on the bill this year? The 1975, Skepta and Southern rockers Kings Of Leon will be headlining. The festival runs from August 5-9 at Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay in Newquay, Cornwall.

Furthermore, this year marks the festival’s 40th anniversary. Skepta will headline on Friday, with Kings of Leon on the day after, and The 1975 closing the festival.

Other acts scheduled for the Cornwall festival include Little Simz, Dizzee Rascal, Mura Masa, Sam Fender, and The Kooks. Indie acts Mabel and Loyle Carner are also billed. Check out the full line up from their Twitter post below.

Boardmasters was last year canceled due to severe weather. Organizers of the event declared that it’d been officially postponed on Tuesday night. A yellow weather warning was issued by the Met Office. 

Acts scheduled included Florence & The Machine, Foals, Franz Ferdinand and the Wu-Tang Clan. Others scheduled included grime icon Giggs, Razorlight, and Jorja Smith.

Boardmasters issued a statement: “The safety of you, the fans and attendees, as well as performers and crew comes first, and the potential risk is too severe for the event to go ahead at this time.” 

They added: “We sincerely regret the disappointment to fans, and apologise for any disruption caused to local businesses, performers and crew who were looking forward to Boardmasters as much as we were”. 

Weather permitting, 2020 should be a big year for the Newquay festival-goers. Tickets are available for purchase now and can be found at the link here.

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/boardmasters-2020-line-up-announced-skepta-kings-of-leon-and-the-1975-billed/feed/ 0 Boardmasters Festival Cancelled A Day Before Opening Due to Storm Forecasts https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/boardmasters-festival-cancelled-a-day-before-opening-due-to-storm-forecasts/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/boardmasters-festival-cancelled-a-day-before-opening-due-to-storm-forecasts/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:09:04 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=12574 The music and surfing festival, Boardmasters, annually held in Newquay, Cornwall, has been canceled due to severe weather forecasted for the upcoming weekend. The gates open to the festival on Wednesday, but music acts are not set to play until Friday.

The festival, (attended by 55,000 people in 2018), was set to be headlined by acts including Florence & The Machine, Foals, Franz Ferdinand and the Wu-Tang Clan. Organizers of the event declared that it’d been officially postponed on Tuesday night.

Boardmasters issued a statement regarding the last moment cancellation, saying. “The safety of you, the fans and attendees, as well as performers and crew comes first, and the potential risk is too severe for the event to go ahead at this time.” 

“We sincerely regret the disappointment to fans, and apologise for any disruption caused to local businesses, performers and crew who were looking forward to Boardmasters as much as we were”. They went on to mention that refund information would be shared “as soon as possible”. 

A yellow weather warning has been issued by The Met Office for the majority of England and Wales on Friday and Saturday. It has been predicted that a heavy rain band and thunderstorms may cause disruption for the Newquay festival at Watergate Bay, which dates back to 1981.