Christ, we love festival season.
It’s Christmas for those of us who love nothing more than dancing in a field with their friends, arms in the air and voices hoarse from bellowing along to some of our favourite songs in a spot that’s more generally reserved for dog walkers, amateur footballers, and the occasional picnic enthusiast.
But if there’s one festival that we love more than the others, it just might be Boardmasters.
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This Cornish extravaganza has long held a reputation as one of this country’s go-to good-time weekenders – and if you ask us, it’s for good reason.
Well, a few good reasons, actually. Firstly, have you seen the location? It’s nestled on the edge of a clifftop by the Atlantic Ocean, with roaring waves to its left and the rolling hills of God’s own garden county to its right.
And then, of course, we have the music. Not only has this South-Western jewel consistently knocked it out of the park with its headliners – Raye in 2025, Sam Fender in 2024, and Liam Gallagher in 2023, anyone? – but it also consistently boasts one of the best line-ups of shit-hot new talent that you’ll find anywhere in the country.
It’s just nice to see a festival the size of Boardmasters still making an effort to support brand new music, really, isn’t it?
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In fact, our only complaint about Boardmasters is that, sometimes, the line-up might be a little too good.
Which leaves you, dear reader, in an unfortunate spot. Because how on earth are you supposed to find the time to trawl through an entire festival’s worth of superstars (or soon-to-be-superstars) and cherry-pick the ones that you absolutely, unequivocally cannot miss if you’re heading down to Cornwall on that surely sunny August weekend?
Well, fear not, because your good friends at One on One HQ have your back. We’ve taken the liberty of going through the entire Boardmasters 2026 line-up and picking out a few of the top-tier bangers you’ll be bouncing along to over the course of the weekend, with the sole intention of helping you get in the mood for what we’re sure will end up being one of the highlights of your summer.
