The 11th annual UK Festival Awards took place yesterday at The Roundhouse in London, Steve Jenner, Festival Awards Director comments: “Another outstanding summer has made this year’s voting and judging a hugely exciting but also challenging task. Not that this put off the festival going public, we’ve seen a 25% rise in votes with over 720,000 cast this year.

So many events have put on an exceptional show and we’re thrilled to be able to praise many of them via the UK Festival Awards. Once more our ceremony has been a sell-out success and we’ve also sold more tickets than ever before for the Festival Conference.

We’re very proud to have assembled the great and good of the festival world for this occasion.”


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The full list of winners is below.

The following shortlists were decided by the online public vote:

Best Major Festival In association with: PlugGo

Glastonbury Festival

Best Medium-Sized Festival In association with: Eventbrite

We Are FSTVL

Best Small Festival

The Zoo Project Festival

Best New Festival In association with: ID&C

The Secret Festival

Best Family Festival In association with: Matthew Clark

Camp Bestival

Best Metropolitan Festival

Live at Leeds

Best Dance Event In association with: XL Video

Creamfields

The Grass Roots Festival Award

Leopallooza

Best Overseas Festival In association with: Yourope

Tomorrowland (Belgium)

Best Toilets

V Festival

Headline Performance of the Year In association with: SnoozeBox

(curated by Gigwise)

The Libertines at British Summer Time, Hyde Park

Best Breakthrough Artist In association with: Last.fm (curated by

Drowned In Sound)

Wolf Alice

Anthem of the Summer In association with: Clash Magazine

Calvin Harris ‘Summer’

The following more specialist awards are decided by panels of industry experts:

Line-Up Of The Year

Festival Number 6

Best Use of New Technology In association with: White Light

The Parklife Weekender – For their revolutionary portable substance-analysis system supplied by The Loop and working with Greater Manchester Police

Agency of the Year In association with: IQ Magazine

William Morris

Concession of the Year

Goodness Gracious Healthy Foods

The Greener Festival Award In association with: Bucks New University

Shambala

The Brand Activation Award In association with: The European Sponsorship Association

Malibu

The Extra-Festival Activity Award In association with: Airbeem

Beat Herder

Promoter of the Year In association with: Peppermint Bars

Rich Bryan (Bearded Theory)

The Outstanding Contribution to Festivals Award In association with: Intelligent Venue Solutions

Rob da Bank