UK Festival Award winnersannounced

Mon 22nd Nov, 2010 in International News

It’s the awards ceremony UK music fans await with bated breath each and every year. “Who won Best Toilets?,” you’ll hear people ask in hushed tones… (it was Scotland’s T In The Park, by the way.) Yes, winners have been revealed at the 2010 UK Festival Awards.

Apart from the aforementioned honour of Best Toilets – admittedly, when it comes to music festivals, it’s something organisers should receive kudos for – the UK Festival Awards also named winners like Best Dance Event, Line-Up of the Year, Anthem of the Summer, Promoter of the Year and Lifetime Achievement.

Creamfields came up trumps in the Best Dance Event category, while Austrian ski-field knees-up Snowbombing won in the Overseas Festival race. The much-loved Bestival won in several categories, including Best Family Festival and Best Major Festival, while the big daddy of them all – Glastonbury – scored Promoter of the Year.

The majority of the categories were determined by public vote, so it’s fair to say ‘the people have spoken’; however a few were also selected by a jury of journalists and industry experts.

Best Toilets – T In The Park
Best Metropolitan Festival – Gaymers Camden Crawl
Best Family Festival in association with Showsec – Camp Bestival
Best Breakthrough Artist in association with Rizla – Mumford & Sons
Best Dance Event in association with Peppermint Bars – Creamfields
Feel Good Act of the Summer in association with Be-at TV – Paolo Nutini
Best New Festival in association with Access All Areas – Vintage At Goodwood
Headline Performance of the Year in association with Jagermeister – AC/DC at Download Festival
Virtual Festivals’ Critics Choice^ – Biffy Clyro at Glastonbury
Overseas Festival – Snowbombing
Anthem of the Summer in association with HMV – Florence & The Machine You’ve Got The Love
Line-Up of the Year in association with XL Video^ – Rockness
Promoter of the Year in association with IQ^ – Glastonbury
Best Small Festival in association with Doodson Entertainment – Kendal Calling
Best Medium Festival in association with Smirnoff Flavours – Green Man
Best Major Festival in association with Tuborg – Bestival
Lifetime Achievement in association with Music Week – Geoff Ellis, DF Concerts

^ Chosen by a jury of journalists and industry experts.