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 [...]

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, [...]