Boardmasters campers warned campsite water is 'not safe' for use

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

Boardmasters happening in Cornwall currently from Wednesday 7th until Sunday 11th August 2013 have warned campers not to drink the water while a hitch with the temporary pipe network is fixed.

The festival has issued a warning saying, "Notice to all campers: Our drinking water supply to the campsite is currently out of order.

Please do not use the stand pipes to drink from, wash your teeth, prepare food or clean contact lenses. The showers are working and okay to use. There is FREE drinking water available from welfare, located in the campsite village.

If you have any questions, please ask the nearest security guard or steward who will be able to assist you. We're working with Cornwall Council and South West Water and aim to have the system back up and running as soon as possible."

Boardmasters is held on three sites across Newquay offering action sports including surf, skate, bmx, plus daily live music acts and the music festival.

The main event is 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, and many more.

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

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