European Festival Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

european festival awards 2015The finalists for this year’s European Festival Awards have been revealed.

With more than 800,000 votes cast from 50 different countries, the shortlist for this year’s awards has been revealed.

UK Festivals landing a shortlist spot include Glastonbury, Latitude and Green Man.

The winners will be announced at the European Festival Awards gala ceremony at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen on Wednesday 13th January 2016.

The full European Festival Awards shortlist is as follows:

Best Major Festival in association with Charge Candy
Deichbrand Festival (Germany)
Dour Festival (Belgium)
Exit Festival (Serbia)
Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium)
Mysteryland (Netherlands)
Pinkpop (Netherlands)
Rock Werchter (Belgium)
Sziget Festival (Hungary)
Tomorrowland (Belgium)
Untold Festival (Romania)

Best Medium-Sized Festival in association with Eventbrite
Wish Outdoor (Netherlands)
Telekom Volt Festival (Hungary)
Solar Weekend (Netherlands)
Sea Dance Festival (Montenegro)
Positivus Festival (Latvia)
Open Air St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Main Square Festival (France)
Lovefest (Serbia)
Les Ardentes (Belgium)
Electric Castle Festival (Romania)

Best Small Festival
Amsterdam Woods (Netherlands)
B My Lake (Hungary)
Festival Tauron Nowa Muzyka (Poland)
Happiness Festival (Germany)
Into The Great Wide Open (Netherlands)
Jazz In The Park (Romania)
Mini-Rock Festival (Germany)
Plai (Romania)
Vestrock (Netherlands)
Your’In Festival (Belgium)

Best New Festival
Amsterdam Woods (Netherlands)
Creamfields Ibiza (Spain)
I Love Techno Europe (France)
Krakow Live Festival (Poland)
Lollapalooza Berlin (Germany)
Parookaville (Germany)
Untold Festival (Romania)

Best Indoor Festival
Hideout Festival (Croatia)
Incubate Festival (Netherlands)
Le Printemps De Bourges (France)
Les Heures Ind (Belgium)
Les Transardentes (Belgium)
Lokerse Feesten (Belgium)
Mayday (Germany)
[Pias Nites] (Various Countries)
Progpower Europe (Netherlands)
TIMAF (Romania)

Festival Anthem Of The Year
Alt-J – Let Hand free
Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck
Hozier – Take me to Church
Major Lazor – Lean On
Pattie Smith – People got the Power
Rudimental – Never let you go
Tame Impala – Let it happen
The Prodigy – Day is my Enemy
Wanda – Amore
Years and Years – King

Newcomer Of The Year in association with Eurosonic Noorderslag
Annenmaykantereit
Hozier
Ibeyi
Jack Garratt
James Bay
Kate Tempest
Royal Blood
Run the Jewels
Wolf Alice
Years & Years

Best Headliner
Alt-J
Chemical Brothers
Florence & the Machine
Foo Fighters
Kendrick Lamar
Kylie Minogue
Marteria
Muse
Robbie Williams
The Prodigy

Best Line Up
Best Kept Secret (Netherlands)
Glastonbury (United Kingdom)
Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium)
La Route Du Rock (France)
Lollapalooza Berlin (Germany)
Oya Festivalen (Norway)
Primavera Sound Festival (Spain)
Rock Werchter (Belgium)
Roskilde (Denmark)
Sziget (Hungary)

Artists’ Favourite Festival
BBK Live (Spain)
Best Kept Secret (Netherlands)
Exit Festival (Serbia)
Highfield (Germany)
Latitude (United Kingdom)
Les Viellies Charues (France)
Lowlands (Netherlands)
Pukkelpop (Belgium)
Rock Werchter (Denmark)
Sziget (Hungary)

Promoter Of The Year in association with Bucks New University
Green Man Team (United Kingdom)
Ejekt (Greece)
Festival Republic (United Kingdom)
FKP Scorpio (Germany)
Hörstmann Unternehmensgruppe (Germany)
ICS (Germany)
From The Fields (United Kingdom)
Live Nation (United Kingdom)
Live Nation (Belgium)
Primavera (Spain)

Agent of the Year
Emma Banks (CAA)
Alex Bruford (ATC Live)
Isla Angus (Earth Agency)
Jason Edwards (Coda)
Mike Greek (CAA)
Natasha Bent (United Artists)
Nick Matthews (Coda)
Rob Challice (Coda)
Solomon Parker (Coda)
Tom Schroeder (Coda)

Green Operations Award in association with Yourope and the GO Group
Leper Hardcore Fest (Belgium)
Off Festival (Poland)
Open Air St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Shambala (United Kingdom)
Tollwood Festival (Germany)

A limited number of tickets to the event are still available via the European Festival Awards website.




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