Festival Awards Europe Announce Longlists And Public Voting Begins

The third edition of the awards looks set to be bigger and better with a 15% increase in the number of festivals taking part and entries from 32 different countries.

James Drury, MD of Festival Awards Ltd, which organises the Awards said: “The response from festivals has been phenomenal. The Awards are all about recognising the hard work which goes into producing Europe’s diverse and vibrant festival industry and having chance to celebrate the achievements of the past 12 months.”

Decided by a combination of public vote and industry juries, these Awards are the only pan-European body solely dedicated to recognising the contributions and achievements of the event organisers and performing artists that generate billions of Euros for local economies and brighten up the summer for tens of millions of festival-goers each year.

Public voting runs from 24th October to 6th December. Vote online here: https://sut5.co.uk/clickthrough.php?iD=4&iItem=134636&iLink=42080905&strUnique_ID=816bc089dbb29855413c94d8685e17&strUrl=http%3A%2F%2Feu.festivalawards.com%2F https://eu.festivalawards.com/

Presented as a partnership between Festival Awards Ltd, YOUROPE and Eurosonic Noorderslag, the Festival Awards Europe will take place on Wednesday, 11th January 2012 at Groningen’s De Oosterpoort in The Netherlands, on the opening night of Eurosonic Noorderslag. Winners will be announced on the night with live acts and aftershow party.

This year’s Award Categories are as follows:
Best Major European Festival
Best Medium-Sized European Festival
Best Small European Festival
Best New European Festival
Best Indoor Festival
Best European Festival Line-Up
YOUROPE Green ‘N’ Clean Festival Of The Year
Artist’s Favourite European Festival
Best Newcomer
Best Headliner
Festival Anthem of the Year
Virtual Festivals Europe presents Promoter Of The Year
YOUROPE Lifetime Achievement Award