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UK Festival Awards presented
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 30 November 2015
So, well, yes, the UK Festival Awards were presented last week. Did you win? Well done. And if not, don’t worry, it’s the taking part that counts. You all took part, right? You all own a festival, yeah? Hmm, I think some of you aren’t trying hard enough.
Best Small Festival: Festival Number 6
Best Medium-Sized Festival: Y Not Festival
Best Major Festival: Bestival
Best New Festival: Wild Life Festival
Best Overseas Festival: Annie Mac Presents: Lost & Found
Best Metropolitan Festival: Liverpool Sound City
Best Dance Event: Creamfields
Best Family Festival: Isle Of Wight Festival
Best Non-Music Festival: Eroica Britannia
Best Festival For Emerging Talent: Liverpool International Music Festival
The Grass Roots Festival Award: Beautiful Days
Best Hospitality: Wilderness Festival
Best Toilets: Kendal Calling
Best Use Of New Technology: Glastonbury Festival for Arcadia Spectacular
The Extra-Festival Activity Award: The Big Feastival for the Wheat Project
Concession Of The Year: The Breakfast Club
The Brand Activation Award: Virgin Trains
Agency Of The Year: CAA
Promoter Of The Year: Lost Ventures
Line-Up Of The Year: Latitude
Anthem Of The Summer: Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
Headline Performance Of The Year: Fleetwood Mac at Isle Of Wight Festival
The Outstanding Contribution To Festivals Award: Peter Gabriel