After falling in love with Tropical Pressure Festival in 2024, we couldn’t resist returning for the 2025 edition.

Set in the beautiful surroundings of Mount Pleasant Eco Park in Cornwall, this small but vibrant world-music festival quickly became a family favourite for its friendly atmosphere, fully plant-based food offerings, and manageable size.

This year, we found the festival to be very similar to last year — and that’s a big part of its charm.

The familiar layout, activities, and overall vibe made it feel instantly welcoming.

In this review, I’ll share what Tropical Pressure is all about, what’s changed (and stayed the same) since last year, and why it remains one of our must-attend summer events.

If you’re thinking about going for the first time, this will give you a taste of what to expect.

What is Tropical Pressure Festival?

Tropical Pressure Festival is a small, vibrant world-music festival in Cornwall held each July at Mount Pleasant Eco Park near Porthtowan.

With just 3,500 attendees, it offers an intimate yet lively atmosphere, with live music stages, DJ areas, a family-friendly campsite, and a dedicated kids’ zone.

The festival champions sustainability with eco-friendly practices throughout. It also has a plant-based food policy, which means every vendor serves vegan dishes — making it perfect for plant-based travellers or anyone wanting to try incredible vegan street food.

Alongside the music, visitors can enjoy cultural workshops, artisan stalls, a wellness spa, and sweeping views over the Cornish coastline.

Similar to 2024 (and that’s a good thing)

If you read my Tropical Pressure Festival Review 2024, you’ll already have a clear idea of what to expect — and I highly recommend checking it out for lots more photos and detailed practical information.

This year’s festival was almost identical in layout, activities, and food offerings. I took barely any photos this year, instead soaking up the festival’s atmosphere with less screen time and device in my hand, but my last review has a lot more photos, and it really was very similar this year, with many of the same food stalls and decorations.

For us, that’s a positive. Once you find a festival that ticks all your boxes, the familiarity makes you want to return year after year. It’s great to know what you’re getting, and it means you can plan your weekend with confidence.

Why we love Tropical Pressure Festival

One of the best things about Tropical Pressure is that it isn’t overcrowded.

With only 3,500 tickets available, it still has a brilliant atmosphere without the downsides of long queues everywhere. Aside from the bars at night, we didn’t have to wait long for food or wristband collection.

We live about 30 minutes from Porthtowan, so we arrived on the Friday after school, around 5 pm.

The short journey makes it easy for us to attend without rushing, although it did mean we left on Sunday evening to get the kids home for school the next day.

A vegan paradise

As a vegan family, the fully plant-based food offering is a huge draw.

Although the festival isn’t marketed as a vegan festival, the food vendors are only allowed to sell vegan dishes — meaning we can enjoy food from any stall without having to check ingredients.

This year, a new juice and smoothie bar appeared near the main stage.

We enjoyed freshly squeezed juices and smoothies on a couple of occasions, which were perfect in the warm weather.

Other food highlights included:

• A vegan junk food truck near Jupiter’s Yard for cooked vegan breakfasts, nuggets, and chips
• A coffee van by the kids’ area selling excellent vegan lattes with plant-based milks — better than wherever we had purchased last year’s coffee from in the main section
• Burgers, tacos, hot dogs and more from various stalls
• Crepes and ice cream for dessert

I’d been looking forward to trying a massaman curry from the Thai van, which offered red, green, or massaman curry on different days.

Unfortunately, the massaman had already sold out by the time I went — a lesson to get your favourites early!

From the bar, we enjoyed cider, cocktails, and spiced rum with pineapple juice.

The kids had blackcurrant or cranberry juice, and this year the bar also sold vegan snacks like cake bites, sausage rolls, and even vegan scotch eggs.

Honestly, even without the music, for us it’s like a vegan food festival with a world-music soundtrack.

Kids’ entertainment

The kids’ zone is a huge reason our children love Tropical Pressure. They spent hours playing with circus equipment like diabolos and hoops.

Last year, our son was so keen on the diabolo that a fellow festival guest spent about an hour teaching him tricks. We bought him one afterwards, and now, a year later, he’s really skilled.

This year, he brought his own diabolo, practising in the camping area by our tent and Mazda Bongo campervan before heading to the circus skills area to show off his tricks.

So many people were impressed, and he loved helping other kids learn new moves.

They also enjoyed making friends in the family camping area, which has a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.

Music and atmosphere

I can’t name all the bands we saw, but the music was varied, upbeat, and positive.

It was the perfect soundtrack for a warm and sunny weekend, especially on the Saturday when the weather was glorious.

With the kids, we didn’t stay up late or join the adult workshops or spa sessions, but that’s the beauty of this festival — you can make it your own.

There is so much we didn’t experience, which one day we may when the kids are older or if we come by ourselves in the future.

Costs and value

Our tickets and family camping cost just under £400.

We took £400 spending money and used it all, covering food and drinks for the four of us over two days and an evening, plus a couple of T-shirts from the merch stall.

Final thoughts — would we go again?

Yes, absolutely.

The size, atmosphere, food, and family-friendly vibe make Tropical Pressure Festival one of our favourite summer events.

The only change I’d make is my sleeping arrangements — I had two terrible nights’ sleep in the tent.

Next time, I’d look into glamping with proper beds, renting an Airbnb or holiday home in Porthtowan, or even just getting day tickets.

Useful Tropical Pressure Links

If you want more practical tips, layout details, and photos, make sure you check out my Tropical Pressure Festival Review 2024 — it’s almost identical to 2025 and I took way more photos!

You can also visit their official website at www.tropicalpressure.co.uk