European Festival Awards

The European Festival Awards were initiated in 2010 by the European festival association Yourope and the festival website Virtual Festivals Europe.^[1] The awards are presented annually in January of the following year at the European music conference and showcase festival Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, The Netherlands.^[2] The European Festival Awards are aimed at European Festivals and their organizations, who make an important contribution to society. There are awards in 13 categories such as “Best big European festival” and “Best European festival line-up”.^[3]

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Best Major Festival	Best Medium-Sized Festival
Open'er Festival Exit FM4 Frequency Festival Hellfest Lollapalooza Berlin Lowlands Nova Rock Festival Pukkelpop Rock Werchter Sziget Festival	Electric Castle Balaton Sound Down the Rabbit Hole Let It Roll Melt! Festival OFF Festival Orange Warsaw Festival Pohoda Sea Dance Festival We Love Green
Best Small Festival	Best New Festival
Jazz in the Park Arsenal Fest Leffingeleuren Maifeld Derby No Sleep Festival Roadburn Festival Sharpe Festival Szene Openair Tauron Nowa Muzyka Katowice Wacken Winter Nights	No Sleep Festival Afronation FEST Festival Jika Jika Mystic Festival REVOLT
Best Indoor Festival	Line-Up of the Year
Reeperbahn Festival Blues in Hell FOCUS Wales Hamburg Metal Dayz Let it Roll Winter MENT Ljubljana Mithra Jazz à Liège Prognosis Festival Sudwave – Festival & Conference Taksirat Festival	Glastonbury Festival Lollapalooza Berlin Lowlands Open'er Festival Pohoda Primavera Sound Pukkelpop Rock Werchter Sziget Festival Wacken Open Air
Promoter of the Year	Agent of the Year
Wepromote Alter Art Festival Republic FKP Scorpio Goodlive MCT Berlin Pohoda Primavera Sound Ruisrock Wacken ICS	Lucy Dickins (WME) Alex Bruford (ATC Live) Angus Baskerville (13 Artists) Ian Huffam (X-Ray Touring) Kiki Ressler (KKT) Maria May (CAA) Mike Malak (Paradigm) Natasha Bent (Paradigm) Paul Wilson (CAA) Rob Challice (Paradigm)
The Award for Excellence & Passion	The Brand Activation Award
Codruta Vulcu Alex Hardee Barrie Marshall Ben Challis Daniel Fontana Eric van Eerdenburg Folkert Koopmans Holger Jan Schmidt Kim Bloem Mikołaj Ziółkowski	Open'er Festival and Netflix: Stranger Things Lowlands and Rabobank: Brasserie 2050 Øyafestivalen and Fortum: The Green Rider Sziget Festival and IBIS: IBIS Music Untold and KFC: Haunted Camping We Love Green and Back Market: Back Market x We Love Green Circular
The Take a Stand Award	The Green Operations Award
Das Fest AWAKE Festival Svobody Orange Blossom Pol'and'Rock Festival	Open Air St. Gallen Electric Castle Øyafestivalen PortAmérica Roskilde Festival We Love Green
The Health & Safety Innovation Award	Newcomer of the Year
Balaton Sound Happiness Festival Pohoda Wat en Schlick Festival	Billie Eilish Black Midi Fontaines D.C. Idles Jessie Reyez Lizzo Rosalía Sam Fender Sea Girls Slowthai
Lifetime Achievement Award
Holger Hübner and Thomas Jensen (Wacken Open Air)

Best Major Festival	Best Medium-Sized Festival
Wacken Open Air Colours of Ostrava Hellfest Lowlands Open'er Festival Pinkpop Rock Werchter Roskilde Festival Sziget Festival Tomorrowland	NorthSide Festival AWAKE Electric Castle Happiness Festival North Sea Jazz OFF Festival Øyafestivalen Reeperbahn Festival Reload Festival Sea Dance Festival
Best Small Festival	Best New Festival
Artmania Festival LB27 Reggae Camp Metal Hammer Paradise Mladí Ladí Jazz OUT.FEST PULS Festival Tauron Nowa Muzyka Katowice / Telekom Electronic Beats Festival Wacken Winter Nights Ypsigrock Festival	Rolling Stone Park Arcadia London EchoWaves Festival 84 Full Metal Holiday Garden Neverland Festival Stereoparc The Monastery Werner Rennen
Best Indoor Festival	Line-Up of the Year
WOS Festival x SON Estrella Galicia Autumn Moon Festival c/o pop Festival Metal Hammer Paradise Mladí Ladí Jazz PULS Festival Rolling Stone Park Rolling Stone Weekender Waves Vienna WinterWorld	Roskilde Festival Graspop Metal Meeting Hellfest Lowlands Mad Cool Festival Open'er Festival Open Air St. Gallen Pinkpop Primavera Sound Rock Werchter
Promoter of the Year	Agent of the Year
Mojo Alter Art Barracuda Down the Drain FKP Scorpio Luger Roskilde Festival Ruisrock Wacken ICS Wepromote	Mike Greek (CAA) Alex Hardee (Coda Music Agency) Angus Baskerville (13 Artists) Clementine Bunel (Coda Music Agency) Emma Banks (CAA) Isla Angus (ATC Live) Josh Javor (X-Ray Touring) Paul Wilson (CAA) Rob Challice (Coda Music Agency) Steve Zapp (ITB)
The Award for Excellence & Passion	The Brand Activation Award
Michal Kaščák Ben Challis Chris Tofu Eric van Eerdenburg Gabi Ruiz Holger Jan Schmidt Ivan Milivojev Jean-Louis Brossard Philippe Cornu Stefan Lehmkuhl	Ruisrock and Fortum Haven Festival and IKEA Open'er Festival and Mastercard Paléo Festival and HES-SO Sziget Festival and Magyar Telekom Untold Festival and Coca-Cola
The Take a Stand Award	The Green Operations Award
Pohoda Artmania Festival and EEMC AWAKE Bánkitó Festival EXIT Greenbelt Festival	DGTL Amsterdam EDP Cooljazz Green Gathering NorthSide Festival Paradise City We Love Green
The Health & Safety Innovation Award	Newcomer of the Year
Roskilde Festival Lowlands Open Air St. Gallen Pinkpop Ruisrock Reload Festival	Greta Van Fleet Alma Brockhampton Idles Jorja Smith Parcels Sigrid Superorganism Yungblud Zeal & Ardor
Lifetime Achievement Award
Peter Smidt

Category	Winner	Country
Best Major Festival	EXIT	Serbia
Best Medium-Sized Festival	Down the Rabbit Hole	The Netherlands
Best Small Festival	MENT Ljubljana	Slovenia
Best New Festival	Wacken Winter Nights	Germany
Best Indoor Festival	MENT Ljubljana	Slovenia
Best Line-Up	Sziget Festival	Hungary
Newcomer of the Year	Rag'n'Bone Man	United Kingdom
Green Operations Award	Pohoda	Slovakia
Promoter of the Year	Goodlive	Germany
Lifetime Achievement Award	Daniel Rossellat	Switzerland
Excellence And Passion Award	Fruzsina Szép	Hungary
Agent of the Year	Alex Bruford (ATC Live)	United Kingdom
The Brand Activation Award	The Miele Powerwash at Lowlands	The Netherlands
The Health and Safety Innovation Award	Paléo Festival Nyon & Roskilde Festival	Switzerland & Denmark
The Take a Stand Award	Roskilde Festival	Denmark

Category	Winner	Country
Best Major Festival	Untold festival^[4]^[5]	Romania
Best Medium-Sized Festival	Telekom Volt festival	Hungary
Best Small Festival	Happiness festival	Germany
Best New Festival	Lollapalooza Berlin	Germany
Best Indoor Festival	Les Transardentes	Belgium
Best Line-Up	Sziget Festival	Hungary
Newcomer of the Year	Hozier	Ireland
Best Headliner	The Prodigy	United Kingdom
Festival Anthem of the Year	Lean On (Major Lazer)	United Kingdom
Green Operations Award	Tollwood Festival	Germany
Artist's Favourite Festival	Rock Werchter	Belgium
Promoter of the Year	Hörstmann unternehmensgruppe	Germany
Lifetime Achievement Award	Jean-Louis Brossard and Béatrice Macé (Rencontres Trans Musicales)	France
Excellence And Passion Award	Chris Kemp	United Kingdom
Emma Banks (CAA)\|United Kingdom
Das Fest\|Germany

Category	Winner	Country
Best Major Festival	Sziget Festival	Hungary
Best Medium-Sized European Festival	Sea Dance Festival	Montenegro
Best Small European Festival	Festival Tauron Nowa Muzyka	Poland
Best New Festival	Down The Rabbit Hole	The Netherlands
Best Indoor Festival	I Love Techno	Belgium
Best European Festival Line-Up	Glastonbury Festival	United Kingdom
Newcomer of the Year	Stromae	Belgium
Headliner of the Year	Arctic Monkeys	United Kingdom
Festival Anthem of the Year	‘R U Mine’ (Arctic Monkeys)	United Kingdom
Green Operations Award	Roskilde Festival	Denmark
The Health & Safety Innovation Award	MOJO/LOC Festivals	The Netherlands
Artist's Favourite European Festival	Primavera Sound	Spain
Promoter of the Year	Live Nation	Belgium
Lifetime Achievement Award	Melvin Benn	United Kingdom
The Award for Excellence And Passion	Rikke Øxner	Denmark

European Festival Awards

Winners of the European Festival Awards

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