How the Awards are decided

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 the campsite, through the following categories:

Fans’ Favourite Festival
Best Overseas Festival
Headline Performance of the Year
Best Breakthrough Artist
Anthem of the Summer

The following categories are decided by a judging panel made up of journalists and reviewers who will visit festivals and score them on criteria which have been set by the industry:

Best Major/Medium/Small Festival
Best Metropolitan Festival
Best New Festival
Best Toilets
Best Family Festival
Best New Festival
Best Line-Up

To be considered for these Awards, festivals need to fill out a short application form. We’ll do the rest!

The following Awards are decided by panels made up of people who are experts in the relevant sector:

Agent of the Year
Concession of the Year
The Greener Festival Award
Best Sponsor Activation
The Extra-Festival Activity Award
Outstanding Contribution to Festival Production
Promoter of the Year
The Lifetime Achievement Award

There is a full list of criteria which our judges are looking out forhere.

A full breakdown of the Awards is available here.