Raye To Headline Boardmasters Festival 2025
Raye, The Prodigy, London Grammar, Nelly Furtado and Wet Leg are among the first wave of acts announced for this year’s Boardmasters festival.
Other headliners for the Newquay festival, set to take place from 6-10 August, include Alongside the headliners are Maribou State, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Rizzle Kicks, and Natasha Bedingfield. See below for a full list of acts announced so far.
Presale tickets will be available from 10am tomorrow (28 November). General sale tickets will be released the day after at the same time.
The announcement follows the recent news last that Raye will headline All Points East, London, on 23 August 2925. She has also recently been nominated in three Grammys categories – Best New Artist, Songwriter of the Year, and Non-Classical and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for her work on Lucky Daye’s album Algorithm. She shared her tearful reaction on her socials alongside the caption, “I woke up feeling worried and overthinking my future then got nominated for two grammys.”
The singer-songwriter released her debut album My 21st Century Blues in 2022. Her song Escapism charted at No 1 on the UK Official Singles Chart in 2022 and peaked at No 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. Earlier this year, she won in six categories at the 2024 BRIT Awards, a new record for an artist on a single night.
Last summer saw the singer share the ambitious new track Genesis. “There is a Nina Simone quote, ‘It is an artist’s duty to reflect the times’,” she said. “This quote is everything to me and I believe the best way I can try to do this is through my art and my music.” Last week, Raye continued her how streak by winning Best UK Artist at the MTV European Music Awards, held in Manchester.
Boardmasters 2025 – first wave of acts
Raye
The Prodigy
Nelly Furtado
London Grammar
Maribou State
Wet Leg
Kaiser Chiefs
Rizzle Kicks
Natasha Bedingfield
Franz Ferdinand
BOU + B Live 24
Bru-C
Hard Life
Interplanetary Criminal
Myles Smith
Ocean Alley
Salute
Ahadadream
A Little Sound
Arielle Free
Badger
Basslayerz
Beth McCarthy
Bob Vylan
Fat Dog
Jazzy
Newton Faulkner
Oppidan
Orla Gartland
Paris Paloma
Sally C
Bakey
Biianco
Crybaby
Dan Shake B2B Charlie Boon
Deadletter
Emily Makis
Gardna
Joshua James
LU.RE
Luvcat
Paige Tomlinson
Sim0ne
Soft Launch
Storm Mollison
Waze