Boardmasters has locked in its final 2026 headliner – and it’s Lily Allen. Revealed via a massive piece of sand art on the Cornish coast (because of course), she joins Fatboy Slim and Kasabian at the top of the bill as part of the festival’s second wave announcement.
With Wave 2 now locked in, and a crowd that’s long been popular with queer women, Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach are shaping up to be the place to be this August.
Lily Allen arrives fresh from her BRIT-nominated 2025 album West End Girl, which she’ll be performing in full. She joins previously announced heavy-hitters including Loyle Carner, The Kooks, Rudimental, REN and queer music icon Tash Sultana.
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Joy Crookes returns to the coast following her critically acclaimed album Juniper, bringing her rich, soulful sound and emotionally sharp songwriting. Jacob Alon – Mercury Prize nominee and this year’s BRITs Critics’ Choice winner – brings their confessional indie-pop energy off the back of In Limerence. Plus Lucy Spraggan and Beans On Toast add heart-on-sleeve folk-pop for the singalong crowd.
On the electronic side, Fleetmac Wood are set to turn the cliffs into an open-air rave, while Hamdi, Sicaria, Lens and Gotham b2b Deekz will sort you out for those late nights. There’s also a homecoming b2b from Charlie Boon with BBC Radio 1’s Sarah Story.
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Rising pop and alt names including Rose Gray, Etta Marcus, Charlotte Plank, Holysseus Fly and Chloe Qisha keep the future-facing energy strong, while indie and genre-blurring acts like Old Mervs, Dirty Nice, Good Health Good Wealth and Oh My God! It’s The Church round things out.
The details
Tickets: Final tier tickets on sale now at boardmasters.com
What: Boardmasters Festival 2026
When: 5–9 August 2026
Where: Watergate Bay & Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall
Headliners: Lily Allen, Fatboy Slim, Kasabian
See you there,
Nonchalant x
This article was written by one of our creative team writers here at Nonchalant Magazine.
