The results of the UK Festival Awards 2011 have just been announced – with Glastonbury, Bestival and Secret Garden Party picking up the big prizes. Glastonbury took the award for Best Major Festival at a packed London Roundhouse while Secret Garden Party and End of the Road were crowned best medium and small festival respectively. Bestival was the Fans’ Favourite and Croatia’s Outlook won the award for Best Overseas Festival. Ed Sheeran picked up the award for Best Breakthrough Act and Paolo Nutini’s set at Latitude was named Headline Performance of the Year.
And those winners in full are:
Best New Festival in association with Access All Areas: Wilderness
Best Metropolitan Festival: Tramlines
Best Dance Event in association with Peppermint: Creamfields
Best Overseas Festival: Outlook (Croatia)
Best Family Festival in association with Showsec: Beautiful Days
Best Breakthrough Artist: Ed Sheeran
Line-Up of the Year in association with XL Video: Sonisphere
Headline Performance of the Year in association with Jagermeister: Paolo Nutini – Latitude
Anthem of the Summer: Chase and Status – Blind Faith
Agent of the Year in association with IQ: Steve Strange
Promoter of the Year in association with Virtual Festivals: Secret Productions
Best Small Festival in association with Doodson: End of the Road
Best Medium-Sized Festival: Secret Garden Party
Best Major Festival in association with The Ticket Factory: Glastonbury
Fans’ Favourite Festival: Bestival
The Lifetime Achievement Award: Steve Heap, Mrs Casey Music / Towersey Village Festival
The following awards were presented at the Festival Conference:
The Grass Roots Festival Award in association with ID&C: Y-Not Festival
Concession of the Year: The Beat Hotel
The Greener Festival Award in association with Robertson Taylor and agreenerfestival.com: Shambala
Best Toilets in association with Shewee: Y-Not Festival
Best Sponsor Activation in association with Field Marketing and Brand Experience: Capitalize – Bacardi
The Extra-Festival Activity Award in association with Music Week: Bearded Kitten
Outstanding Contribution to Festival Production in association with TPi: The Event Safety Shop