Is Beach Break Live Still in Business? (2026 Update)
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Look for Beach Break Live on AmazonFull story →Founders Celia Norowzian and Ian Forshew brought Beach Break Live to the Den, a multi-day music festival built for students, wanting £50,000 for a quarter of the business, and initially had Peter Jones on board.
The festival does not appear to be running any longer.
Choosing Specialists Over A Studio Cheque
Jones offered the money asked for, but the founders opted instead to work with people already embedded in the travel and events trade, betting that specialist partners would serve a festival business better than a generalist investor could.
That bet paid off for a stretch. Attendance reportedly climbed to around 20,000 students at its high point, making it one of the country's bigger dedicated student festivals for a period.
A Run That Ended Quietly
The event relocated more than once, moving between Cornwall and Pembrey Country Park in Wales before settling back in Newquay for what turned out to be its last confirmed year, 2013.
Staging a festival is about as risky a business model as this archive contains, with artist fees, security, insurance and site costs all locked in months before a single ticket-holder shows up, and one poor year can undo several good ones.
Where Things Stand
Newquay's dominant summer event today is Boardmasters, an entirely separate festival that has taken over the slot this one once held.
No edition has been listed since, and the public trail ends after that final 2013 run.