The European Festival Awards were initiated in 2010 by the European festival association Yourope and the festival website Virtual Festivals Europe."European Festival Awards", Eurosonic-noorderslag.nl. June 18, 2009 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."European Festival Awards" , Eurosonic-noorderslag.nl. Retrieved August 24, 2011 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”."And the Winners Are" , eu.festivalawards.com. Retrieved, August 24, 2011
Winners of the European Festival Awards 2019 Best Major Festival Best Medium-Sized Festival 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 ICSLucy 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 FestivalBillie Eilish Black Midi Fontaines D.C. Idles Jessie Reyez Lizzo Rosalía Sam Fender Sea Girls Slowthai Lifetime Achievement AwardHolger Hübner and Thomas Jensen (Wacken Open Air)
2018 Best Major Festival Best Medium-Sized Festival 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 WepromoteMike 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 FestivalGreta Van Fleet Alma Brockhampton Idles Jorja Smith Parcels Sigrid Superorganism Yungblud Zeal & Ardor Lifetime Achievement AwardPeter Smidt
2017 Category Winner Country 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 NightsGermany Best Indoor Festival MENT LjubljanaSlovenia Best Line-Up Sziget Festival Hungary Newcomer of the Year Rag'n'Bone ManUnited Kingdom Green Operations Award Pohoda Slovakia Promoter of the Year GoodliveGermany Lifetime Achievement Award Daniel RossellatSwitzerland Excellence And Passion Award Fruzsina SzépHungaryAgent of the YearAlex Bruford (ATC Live)United KingdomThe Brand Activation AwardThe Miele Powerwash at LowlandsThe NetherlandsThe Health and Safety Innovation AwardPaléo Festival Nyon & Roskilde Festival Switzerland & DenmarkThe Take a Stand Award Roskilde FestivalDenmark
2016 Category Winner Country Best Major Festival Rock Werchter Belgium
2015 Category Winner Country Best Major Festival Untold festival Romania Best Medium-Sized Festival Telekom Volt festivalHungary Best Small Festival Happiness festivalGermany Best New Festival Lollapalooza BerlinGermany Best Indoor Festival Les TransardentesBelgium Best Line-Up Sziget Festival Hungary Newcomer of the Year HozierIreland Best Headliner The ProdigyUnited Kingdom Festival Anthem of the Year Lean On (Major Lazer)United Kingdom Green Operations Award Tollwood FestivalGermany Artist's Favourite Festival Rock WerchterBelgium Promoter of the Year Hörstmann unternehmensgruppeGermany Lifetime Achievement Award Jean-Louis Brossard and Béatrice Macé (Rencontres Trans Musicales)France Excellence And Passion Award Chris KempUnited KingdomEmma Banks (CAA)|United KingdomDas Fest|Germany
2014 Category Winner Country 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 Category Winner Country 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 Category Winner Country 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 Category Winner Country 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 Category Winner Country 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
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