Boardmasters Festival 2018 was the third year that I have been there photographing for Cornwall Live.
Since I moved to Cornwall in 2005 I have attended most years and have seen the festival grow & evolve from it’s roots as a Surf Festival.  Surfing is still at the heart of the festival. But the music now plays a huge and important part to Boardmasters.

Boardmasters 2018 saw headliners Catfish & the Bottlemen, The Chemical Brothers & George Ezra perform to 50,000 people.  The site at Watergate Bay is huge now compared to when I first attended in 2005.
With twelve stages & area’s to the festival there is pretty much something for everyone.  And as the Boardmasters website states ‘Discover carefully curated stages that play host to a world of talent; ranging from local acoustic artists, to mind-bending visual performers, via world-class international headliners’.

I spend most of the weekend between the Main Stage and the Land of the Saints Stage.  But managed to see & shoot at the other stages & areas: Unleashed, The Point, The View, Keg & Pasty and the Netloft.

I do love this festival and being a Wedding Photographer in Cornwall means that August is a very busy time.  But I always try & keep the weekend free to enjoy a different side of my photography.
As always, thanks to Lee at Cornwall Live for letting me shoot again, Liam at SW1 Productions and the team at LD Communications. It’s been a pleasure to work alongside you.  

Friday: The Rezner, Raye, Hanterhir, Kernow King, Miles Kane, Ash, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Idris Elba.

Saturday:  Nadine Shah, Editors, Years & Years, Feeder, Lily Allen, The Chemical Brothers.

Sunday:  The Velvet Hands, Mildred Maud, Yonaka, Confidence Man, Declan McKenna, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Andy Quick Band, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, The Horrors, Craig David, George Ezra. 

Same time next year Boardmasters!