Following last year’s sell-out success, the UK Festival Awards will return to the Roundhouse in London to celebrate the vision, creativity and hard work of Great Britain’s world-leading music festival producers at the end of what is shaping up to be another epic festival year. Events wishing to take part in this year’s UK Festival [...]
The show Date: 3rd December, 2012 Venue: The Roundhouse, London Host: Phill Jupitus The second year at The Roundhouse saw the biggest turn-out yet and the first marriage proposal delivered on-stage by Alex Hardee of Festival Number 6 and Coda! And the winners were… Best New Festival Festival Number 6 Best Metropolitan Festival Camden Crawl [...]
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The UK Festival Awards has been celebrating the efforts of the nation’s festival industry since 2004. The Awards are decided through a combination of online fan votes and music industry experts. Fans have their say on which festival has left them with lifelong memories and which artists had them singing all the way back to [...]
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What is the UK Festival Awards? The annual Oscars of the contemporary music festival business The kite-mark for quality events in the sector The only body which recognises the herculean effort which goes into producing Britain’s world-leading music festival scene. Its mission is twofold: To highlight the spectacular achievements of the festival sector To empower [...]
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2004: UK Festival Awards launched as an online poll by Virtual Festivals.com, 12,000 fans vote. We fantasise about one day staging it as an event at The Roundhouse. The awards are presented in person to the winners in their local pubs of choice! 2005: 50,000+ fans vote; BBC 6 Music sign up as media partner. [...]
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We join the European festival industry in mourning after the passing of Claude Nobs, founder of the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, following a skiing accident. This loss of a true legend is best expressed by Claude’s own team, in the following message: Dear Claude, On January 10th, you left us! Only a few days after [...]
Ever wondered what makes an award-winner? Here we look at every winner in this year’s awards and what made them excel, from the public voted to the jury-decided categories… First, the public-voted ones… Best Major Festival – Bestival Says Clash News Editor Robin Murray: “No other festival managed to successfully cover as many genres, touch [...]
The show Date: 3rd December, 2012 Venue: The Roundhouse, London Host: Phill Jupitus The second year at The Roundhouse saw the biggest turn-out yet and the first marriage proposal delivered on-stage by Alex Hardee of Festival Number 6 and Coda! And the winners were… Best New Festival Festival Number 6 Best Metropolitan Festival Camden Crawl [...]
Live Nation’s Chief Operating Officer, John Probyn, is to be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s UK Festival Awards, which returns to The Roundhouse in London on Monday 3rd December. This honour, decided by the Festival Awards board, crowns a momentous year for the world-renowned production boss, which has seen him [...]
We can now reveal the shortlists for the Promoter Of The Year, Extra-Festival Activity and Concession Of The Year Awards. The final winners will be announced with the rest of the awards at The Roundhouse in London on Monday 3rd December. Promoter Of The Year Presented n association with Robertson Taylor, this award was decided [...]
The UK Festival Awards is a unique event that unites the leaders of Great Britain’s contemporary music festival industry under a single roof for one day and night to celebrate the past year’s successes, share insights and strategise for the year ahead. The event takes place at The Roundhouse in London, a heritage live music [...]
The shortlist for the Best Brand Activation Award, in association with CGA Strategy, has been revealed today. 6 independent judges all reviewed every single application and scored each one independently. The top 11 will now be submitted to the European Sponsorship Association who will pick the winner which will be announced at the UK Festival [...]
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, [...]
We are delighted to announce that this year’s UK Festival Awards will be hosted by Phill Jupitus, star of TV’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI, numerous radio shows and a performer at many UK festivals as lead vocalist with The Blockheads. The UK Festival Awards returns to The Roundhouse in London on Monday 3rd December. [...]
It is a period of transition and upheaval for the festival industry, characterised by turbulence and opportunity in the market. In order to most successfully weather the former and capitalise on the latter, festival producers must now work together to share intelligence and embrace new technology platforms. If you have an interest in the festival [...]
