The European Festival Awards – in association with YOUROPE and Eurosonic Noorderslag – will return on 14th January 2015 at De Oosterpoort in Groningen, The Netherlands.
Decided by a combination of public vote and industry juries, the European Festival Awards are the only pan-European body dedicated to recognising the contributions and achievements of event organisers and performing artists.
This year sees the launch of a brand new Award For Excellence And Passion, dedicated to an individual whose exceptional passion and dedication has created a truly unique and magical entity in the marketplace much bigger than the sum of acts that perform there.
Exit, Melt, Imagine Dragons and Arctic Monkeys were among the winners at last year’s European Festival Awards which featured over 350 festivals from 32 different countries, with over 1 million votes cast.
Nominations are now open and will run until 27th September 2014, during which time festivals can apply to take part in the awards at eu.festivalawards.com/apply
Public voting in this year’s Awards will run from 6th to 27th October 2014. The final shortlists will be announced on 10th November with the winners revealed at the awards show on 14th January.
Tickets to the event are on sale now. Platinum Tickets including a gala dinner are restricted to festival organisers (maximum 4 tickets per festival) until 30th October, at eu.festivalawards.com/tickets
Watch interview with last year’s Best Major Festival Winner…
