Boardmasters announces the Beach Sessions headliners

The 1975, and Benjamin Francis Leftwich

By Scott Williams | Published: Thu 18th Apr 2013

Boardmasters 2013 - Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Photo credit: Karen Williams

Boardmasters 2013

Wednesday 7th to Sunday 11th August 2013
Watergate Bay, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4AN, England MAP
£109 with camping, day tickets £39
Daily capacity: 12,500

The 1975, and Benjamin Francis Leftwich will headline the Beach Sessions at Fistral that start Boardmasters happening on Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th August 2013.

Benjamin Francis Leftwich
The Beach Sessions sell out every year proving to be on of the most popular events on offer. With support acts still to be announced, and are separate ticketed events priced at £15 for either day. Boardmasters is held on three sites across Newquay offering action sports including surf, skate, bmx, plus daily live music acts and the music festival.

They join a line-up for the main event headlined by The Vaccines on Friday, Basement Jaxx on Saturday, and Ben Howard on Sunday, plus Everything Everything, Tom Odell, Grandmaster Flash, Frightened Rabbit, Miles Kane, The Joy Formidable, We Are The Ocean, Ryan Keen, Andy Burrows (I Am Arrows), Hudson Taylor, ahab, The Skints, Mistajam's Speakerbox project, Benga, Redlight, Fenech-Soler, Mallory Knox, Nina Nesbitt, Hawk Eyes, Delphic, Little Comets, Brothers & Bones, Ben Caplan, Swim Deep, The Struts, Dexters, The Dedicated Nothing, Tall Ships, The PJP Band, Wet Nuns, The Physics House Band, Marc O'Reilly, Roo Panes, Joel Baker, India Bourne, Lily & Meg, Submental, Jello, Snatch The Wax, Ben Caplan, Brother & Bones, Josh Kumra, The Breaks Collective, MJ Cole, Devolution, Copy Paste Soul, Darko, Alex Tiernan-Locke, Robbin Parris, Tommie Quick, Tom Costelloe, Tim Nice, Ashley Thomas, Clean Bandit, Cosmo Jarvis, The Other Tribe, Dusky, T Williams, Bondax, Gorgon City, Monki, Maribou City, Panda, and Eton Messy DJs. For the line-up details, and day splits, as available please click here.

This year sees the introduction of a third night of the music festival at Watergate Bay with the whole event running from Wednesday 7th until Sunday 11th August 2013 with camping over four days.

For the line-up details, and day splits, as available please click here.

Fistral Beach, the surf capital of Cornwall, for sun, sea and surf action will host an array of surfers competing in the UK Pro Surf Tour. With an eclectic range of competitive categories, everyone from pro riders to groms can take part in this years competition with the formats to include: Men's Open, Women's Open, Men's Longboard, Pro Junior (Under 20's), Under 16's Mixed and Air Show.

Lining Fistral's sandy shores is the popular beach bar, live music performances, boutique stalls, art installations including surf art, photography and films and top action from the Boardmasters Skate and BMX ramps.

An adult weekend ticket for the three days from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th August 2013 is priced at £99, and £109 with camping. Deposit options are available. A weekend car park pass is £10, and a campervan pass is priced at £25. Children aged 10 years and under can attend free but require a ticket.

To buy tickets, click here.




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