The Final Shortlists Revealed
EDIT: Winners in red
The votes have been counted and we can now reveal the final shortlists.
This year’s UK Festival Awards have seen record numbers of events applying to participate (more than 300) and votes cast by fans (more than half a million).
The winners in each category, already decided by the voting process, will be announced and presented with their trophies at the gala ceremony which returns to The Roundhouse in London on Monday 3rd December. Tickets to the show are available here.
Steve Jenner, Festival Awards co-founder comments: “The phenomenal surge of public votes cast in this year’s Awards proves that the public’s passion for Britain’s music festivals has never been greater. The shortlists they have produced are a very positive reflection the scale, diversity, colour and creativity that makes the UK’s festival landscape so unique and special”.
Best Major Festival
- BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend
- Bestival
- Creamfields
- Download
- GlobalGathering
- Hard Rock Calling
- Isle Of Wight Festival
- Reading & Leeds
- T in the Park
- V Festival
Best Medium-Sized Festival
In association with EventBrite
- Beautiful Days
- Bingley Music Live
- Bloodstock Open Air Festival
- Camp Bestival
- Green Man
- Kendal Calling
- Latitude
- RockNess
- The Secret Garden Party
- Wakestock
Best Small Festival
In association with Jeremiah Weed
- 2000trees
- Beat Herder
- Cambridge Rock Festival
- Festival No.6
- Glasgowbury
- Lakefest
- Strawberry Fields Festival
- Wilderness
- Y Not Festival
- Zoo Project
Best New Festival
In association with Access All Areas
- BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend
- Beacons Music & Arts Festival
- Eastern Electrics Festival
- Festival No.6
- Gathering
- Lakefest
- No Direction Home Festival
- Over the Moon Festival
- Retro Trax
- Xstatic Summer Festival
Best Dance Event
In association with Peppermint Bars
- BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend
- Beat Herder
- Bestival
- Creamfields
- Glade Festival
- GlobalGathering
- Lovebox
- Nozstock: The Hidden Valley Festival
- Shakedown Festival
- Zoo Project
Best Metropolitan Festival
- Camden Crawl
- Dot To Dot Festival
- Freeze Festival
- Gathering
- Live At Leeds
- Liverpool Sound City
- London Summer Jam
- Orkney Folk Festival
- Slam Dunk Festival
- Tramlines
Best Line-Up*
- Beach Break Live
- Bestival
- Download
- Festival No.6
- LeeFest
- Radio 1 Hackney Weekend
- Truck
- Wakestock
- Wireless
- Y Not
Best Family Festival
In association with Showsec
- 2000trees
- Bearded Theory
- Beautiful Days
- Beverley Folk Festival
- Blissfields
- Cambridge Folk Festival
- Camp Bestival
- Lakefest
- Latitude
- Wilderness Festival
The Grass Roots Festival Award
In association with ID&C
- 2000trees
- Beautiful Days
- Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
- Bloodstock Open Air Festival
- End of the Road Festival
- Green Man
- Greenbelt
- Hop Farm Music Festival
- Lakefest
- Y Not Festival
Best Toilets
In association with XL Video
- BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend
- Beautiful Days
- Bestival
- Bloodstock Open Air Festival
- Download
- Latitude
- Lodestar
- Reading & Leeds
- T in the Park
- V Festival
Best Overseas Festival
- Benicassim (Spain)
- Ibiza Rocks (Spain)
- Tomorrowland (Belgium)
- Burning Man (USA)
- Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival (Ireland)
- Optimus Alive (Portugal)
- Outlook & Dimensions (Croatia)
- Snowbombing (Austria)
- Sziget Festival (Hungary)
- Audioriver (Poland)
Agency Of The Year **
In association with IQ Magazine
- 13 Artists
- CAA
- Coda
- Free Trade Agency
- ITB
- K2
- Primary Talent
- The Agency Group
- William Morris
- X-Ray
Headline Performance Of The Year
- New Order at Festival No. 6
- Stevie Wonder at Bestival
- Mogwai at Green Man
- Dizzee Rascal at Kendal Calling
- Ed Sheeran at Wakestock
- Slayer at I’ll Be Your Mirror/ATP
- Jay-Z at Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend
- Metallica at Download
- The Stone Roses at T in the Park
- The Cure at Reading & Leeds
Best Breakthrough Act
In association with Jagermeister
- Emeli Sande
- Lana Del Rey
- Alt-J
- Jake Bugg
- Alabama Shakes
- Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
- Django Django
- Azealia Banks
- Dry The River
- Frank Ocean
Anthem Of The Summer
- Florence & The Machine – ‘Shake It Out’
- The Black Keys – ‘Lonely Boy’
- Rihanna – ‘We Found Love’
- Azealia Banks – ’212′
- The Vaccines – ‘Teenage Icon’
- Arctic Monkeys – ‘R U Mine?’
- Two Door Cinema Club – ‘Sleep Alone’
- Alabama Shakes – ‘Hold On’
- Nicki Minaj - ‘Starships’
- Django Django – ‘Default’
Promoter Of The Year***
- Amust4Music (Bloodstock)
- Eastern Electrics Festival Team
- Gareth Cooper (Festival No. 6, Beach Break, Lollibop)
- Kilimanjaro Live (Wakestock, Vans Warped)
- Leo Green (Bluesfest)
- Rob da Bank (Bestivals)
- The Cream Team (Creamfields)
- Underbelly (Priceless London Wonderground)
- Upton Blues Festival Organising Committee
- Y-Not Festival Team (Truck Festival, Y-Not)
The Extra-Festival Activity Award***
- BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend (Radio 1’s Academy)
- Beat Herder Festival (attention to detail)
- Bearded Theory (Angel Gardens)
- Blissfields Festival (School Sports Day Theme)
- The Camden Crawl (alternative events programme)
- Galtres Festival (Dragons & Knights Theme)
- Green Man (Holiday Ticket)
- Land Of Kings (extreme creativity)
- Live From Jodrell Bank (extreme creativity)
- RockNess Express
The Greener Festival Award
- Cambridge Folk Festival
- Croissant Neuf Summer Party
- Latitude
- Leeds Festival
- Manchester Christmas Markets
- Milton Keynes Fringe Festival Shambala
- Reading Festival
- Sunrise Celebration
- T-in-The-Park
Best Brand Activation
In association with CGA Strategy
- Evo
- Jagermeister
- Kraken Black Spiced Rum
- Lucozade Energy
- Persil
- Ray-Ban
- Relentless Energy Drink
- Rizla
- The Southern Comfort Juke Joint
- Tuborg
- Vodafone
Concession Of The Year****
- afterCHOC
- Blas Burgerworks
- Chunky Chips & Wicked Dips
- The Harefields Bakery & Roasts
- I Love Ostrich
- The Laughing Stock
- Paelleria
- Pizza Tabun
- Viva La Cheese
- Woodburns Expresso Pizza Bar
