SandFest (music festival)

Boutique beach festival in Bournemouth, England

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SandFest

Genre| Music festival
Frequency| Annually
Location(s)| Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, England.
Years active| 7 years
Inaugurated| 9 July 2017 (2017-7-9)
Founders| Ty Temel[1]
Most recent| 10 July 2022 (2022-7-10)
Next event| 9 July 2023 (2023-7-9)
Capacity| 5,000[2]
Organised by| TML Events[3]
Website| www.sandfest.co.uk

SandFest is an independent one-day music festival held annually on the south coast of England at Sandbanks Beach, Dorset. It was first held in 2017 and has remained at its current site since. SandFest classes itself as a boutique beach festival[4] and features mainly house music, drum and bass, rap and grime artists. It has a capacity of 5000 people.[citation needed]

The festival is run by TML Events Company Director Ty Temel, who is also the owner of Halo Nightclub and multiple other local businesses to Bournemouth and Poole.[3] A number of prominent music acts have performed at SandFest including Chase & Status, Rudimental, Idris Elba, Tinie Tempah, Faithless and Example.[citation needed]

## Location

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The festival takes place on Sandbanks Beach. In 2005 Sandbanks was reported to have the fourth highest land value by area in the world.[5] The Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs Coastline area has been dubbed "Britain's Palm Beach".[6]

## Charitable activities

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SandFest supports mental health charity Dorset Mind, a charity which aims to educate & raise awareness about mental health, challenge stigma & encourage recovery towards positive mental health & wellbeing across Dorset.[7]

## See also

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* List of electronic music festivals
* List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ "PICTURES: Idris Elba appears at SandFest 2018". Bournemouth Echo. 17 July 2018.
2. ^ "There's a new outdoor music festival coming to Sandbanks this summer (and you can win tickets)". Bournemouth Echo. 13 June 2017.
3. ^ a b "TML EVENTS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
4. ^ "SandFest 2021 | Beach Festival Sandbanks Beach, Poole - 11th July 2021".
5. ^ "Island on the market for £2.5 million". BBC News. 13 April 2005.
6. ^ Morris, Steven (2 November 2005). "£3m for modest bungalow needing TLC". The Guardian.
7. ^ "Charity Partner Testimonies ⋆ Dorset Mind Mental Health".

## External links

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* SandFest official website
* SandFest Instagram account
* SandFest Facebook account

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