European Festival Awards

Ben l'Oncle Soul at the European Festival Awards 2010 - by André van der Veen

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]

## Winners of the European Festival Awards

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### 2019

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Best Major Festival  | Best Medium-Sized Festival

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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)

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Best Major Festival  | Best Medium-Sized Festival

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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

### 2017

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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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

### 2016

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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Best Major Festival | Rock Werchter | Belgium

### 2015

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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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

### 2014

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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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

### 2013

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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Best Major European Festival | EXIT | Serbia
Best Medium-Sized European Festival | Melt! | Germany
Best Small European Festival | Fusion Festival | Romania
Best New Festival | B.my.Lake | Hungary
Best Indoor Festival | Metal Hammer Paradise | Germany
Best European Festival Line-Up | Berlin Festival | Germany
Newcomer of the Year | Imagine Dragons | United States
Headliner of the Year | Arctic Monkeys | England
Festival Anthem of the Year | Get Lucky (Daft Punk) | France
The Green Operations Award In | Way Out West | Sweden
Artist's Favourite European Festival | Lowlands | Netherlands
Promoter of the Year | FKP Scorpio | Germany
Lifetime Achievement Award | Marek Lieberberg | Germany
Innovation Award | Paléo Festival | Switzerland

### 2012

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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Best Major European Festival | Tomorrowland | Belgium
Best Medium-Sized European Festival | Balaton Sound | Hungary
Best Small European Festival | Tauron New Music Festival | Poland
Best New European Festival | Electro Magnetic | Germany
Best Indoor Festival | Sensation | Netherlands
Best European Festival Line-Up | Rock am Ring and Rock im Park | Germany
Best Newcomer | Of Monsters and Men | Iceland
Best Headliner | Foo Fighters | United States
Festival Anthem of the Year | I Follow Rivers (Lykke Li) | Sweden
Yourope Green ‘N’ Clean Festival Of The Year | We Love Green | France
Artist's Favourite European Festival | Roskilde Festival | Denmark
Promoter Of The Year in association with Virtual Festivals Europe | Pukkelpop | Belgium
Yourope Lifetime Achievement Award | Herman Schueremans | Belgium

### 2011

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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Best Major European Festival | Sziget Festival | Hungary
Best Medium-Sized European Festival | Off Festival | Poland
Best Small European Festival | Haldern Pop | Germany
Best New European Festival | Extrema Outdoor | Germany
Best Indoor Festival | I Love Techno | Belgium
Best European Festival Line-Up | Rock Werchter | Belgium
Best Newcomer | James Blake | United Kingdom
Best Headliner | Coldplay | United Kingdom
Festival Anthem of the Year | Viva La Vida (Coldplay) | United Kingdom
Yourope Green ‘N’ Clean Festival Of The Year | Melt! | Germany
Artist's Favourite European Festival | Southside and Hurricane | Germany
Promoter Of The Year in association with Virtual Festivals Europe | FKP Scorpio | Germany
Yourope Lifetime Achievement Award | Michael Eavis | United Kingdom

### 2010

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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Best Major European Festival | Open'er Festival | Poland
Best Medium-Sized European Festival | Electric Picnic Music and Arts Festival | Ireland
Best Small European Festival | Tauron Nowa Muzyka Festival | Poland
Best New European Festival | Temple House Festival | Ireland
Best Indoor Festival | Rolling Stone Weekender | Germany
Best European Festival Line-Up | Oxegen | Ireland
Best Newcomer | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom
Best Headliner | Muse | United Kingdom
Festival Anthem of the Year | Uprising (Muse) | United Kingdom
Yourope Green ‘N’ Clean Festival Of The Year | Boom Festival | Portugal
Artist's Favourite European Festival | Melt! | Germany
Promoter Of The Year in association with Virtual Festivals Europe | Kilimanjaro/K2 |
Yourope Lifetime Achievement Award | Leif Skov | Denmark

### 2009

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Category  | Winner  | Country

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Best Major European Festival | Open'er Festival | Poland
Best Medium-Sized European Festival | Dour Festival | Belgium
Best Small European Festival | Cactusfestival [nl] | Belgium
Best New European Festival | Openfields Festival | Belgium
Best European Festival Line-Up | Rock Werchter | Belgium
Best Newcomer | White Lies | United Kingdom
Best Headliner | The Prodigy | United Kingdom
Festival Anthem of the Year | Viva la Vida (Coldplay) | United Kingdom
Yourope Green ‘N’ Clean Festival Of The Year | Øyafestivalen | Norway
Artist's Favourite European Festival | Rock Werchter | Belgium
Promoter Of The Year | Herman Schueremans | Belgium
Yourope Lifetime Achievement Award | Jan Smeets [nl] | Netherlands

## References

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1. ^ "European Festival Awards", Eurosonic-noorderslag.nl. June 18, 2009
2. ^ "European Festival Awards" Archived 2010-12-25 at archive.today, Eurosonic-noorderslag.nl. Retrieved August 24, 2011
3. ^ "And the Winners Are" Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, eu.festivalawards.com. Retrieved, August 24, 2011
4. ^ "European Festival Awards | Honouring the vision, creativity, expertise and effort that powers the UK's best music festivals". European Festival Awards. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
5. ^ "De winnaars van de European Festival Awards zijn…". 99 Festivals (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-01-19.

## External links

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* Website European Festival Awards
* Website Eurosonic Noorderslag