Electric Bay Festival

About Electric Bay

Torre Abbey Meadows looks out over Torquay bay from the seafront. In 2027, Electric Bay returns there on 10-11 July as an 18+ electronic and dance music festival. The first edition ran in July 2022 at the same Torquay site.

The format paused in 2026. Its 2027 edition is the festival’s fifth-anniversary return, following a 2025 record year that drew more than 17,000 people.

Lineup and Programme

Announced acts include Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics with Tom Richards Essential Orchestra, taking the Saturday headline slot. The bill leans into electronic, dance, house and drum and bass.

Live DJ sets and dance-music performances sit alongside local food vendors and bars. Saturday carries the named booking.

Who Is It For?

This is an adult dance crowd rather than a family field. Entry is 18+. Photo ID is required.

The booking points toward club-led electronic, house and drum and bass audiences, with the site set up around bars, food vendors, welfare support and free water stations.

The Venue and Site

The site is Torre Abbey Meadows, Torbay Road, Torquay, a seafront open space used for events and picnics. Torquay railway station is about five minutes away on foot.

Facilities include free water stations, a welfare station, lost property handling and secure storage. Purchases on site are cashless. There are no cash machines.

Food, drink and merchandise sales run on site, and free carer or personal assistance tickets are handled through ticketing partners.

Travel to Electric Bay

Torquay railway station is about a five-minute walk from Torre Abbey Meadows. The site sits on Torbay Road, with nearby routes including Rathmore Road, Shedden Hill Road and the Avenue Road/Falkland Road approach.

• Nearest station: Torquay railway station on Rathmore Road, about five minutes’ walk from the site.
• By train: Exeter is about 35 minutes away, Plymouth about 50 minutes, Bristol about 1 hour 50 minutes and London about 2 hours 50 minutes.
• By road: Access is via the Torquay seafront road network around Torbay Road and Rathmore Road.
• Parking: The festival has no onsite parking. Shedden Hill is the closest recommended public car park, open 24 hours with 176 spaces.