The big winner of the European Festival Awards was Sziget Festival 2011 , as announced last night at an awards ceremony held in Groningen's De Oosterport, The Netherlands. Best line-up went to Rock Werchter and the headliners that stood out were the Coldplay. The winners emerged from 350.000 votes from 32 different countries! A large number surely!
The Sziget Festival 2011 was voted the Best Large European Festival and bested major festival such as the Hurricane (Germany) and Roskilde (Denmark).
Let's see the following winners of all categories. Rockwave Festival was on the list of middle Festivals.
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 (Belgium)
Best Indoor Festival - I Love Techno (Belgium)
Best European Festival Line-Up - Rock Werchter (Belgium)
YOUROPE Green 'N' Clean Festival Of The Year - Melt! ( Germany )
Artist's Favourite European Festival - Southside / Hurricane ( Germany )
Best Newcomer association with Eurosonic Noorderslag - James Blake
Best Headliner - Coldplay
Festival Anthem of the Year - Coldplay 'Viva La Vida'
Virtual Festivals Europe presents Promoter Of The Year - FKP Scorpio ( Germany )
YOUROPE Lifetime Achievement Award - Michael Eavis, Glastonbury (UK)
Said Fruzsina Szep of Sziget festival said: " We were very much hoping to win this award and it really means a lot to us because 2012 will be the 20th edition of our festival. "
Want to see the first 5 Festivals in each category?
BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL
Hurricane Festival (Germany)
Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
Sziget (Hungary)
Tomorrowland (Belgium)
Wacken Open Air ( Germany )
BEST MEDIUM-SIZED FESTIVAL in association with Megaforce
Berlin Festival ( Germany )
Melt! Festival ( Germany )
Off Festival (Poland)
Pohoda Festival (Slovakia)
Rock for People (Czech Republic)
BEST SMALL FESTIVAL
Appletree Garden ( Germany )
Blues in Hell (Norway)
Extrema Outdoor ( Belgium )
Haldern Pop ( Germany )
Springtime Festival ( Belgium )
BEST NEW FESTIVAL
Extrema Outdoor ( Belgium )
Festival Hongerige Wolf (Netherlands)
Luna Festa (Belgium)
The Green Village (Ireland)
Waves Vienna ( Germany )
BEST INDOOR FESTIVAL
Blues in Hell (Norway)
I Love Techno ( Belgium )
Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)
Reeperbahn Festival ( Germany )
Springfestival ( Belgium )
ANTHEM OF THE YEAR
Aloe Black - I Need a Dollar
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Foo Fighters - Rope
Foster The People - Pumped up Kicks
HEADLINER OF THE YEAR
Arctic Monkeys
Chemical Brothers
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stone Age
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR in association with Eurosonic Noorderslag
Anna Calvi
James Blake
Magnetic Man
Selah Sue
The Vaccines
BEST EUROPEAN FESTIVAL LINE-UP
Heineken Opener Festival (Poland)
Hurricane / Southside ( Germany
Oya Festivalen (Norway)
Rock am Ring ( Germany )
Rock Werchter ( Belgium )
YOUROPE GREEN 'N' CLEAN AWARD
Melt! ( Germany )
Oya Festivalen (Norway)
Shambala (UK)
SOS 4.8 (Spain)
ARTISTS 'FAVOURITE FESTIVAL
End of the Road Festival (UK)
Paléo Festival Nyon (Switzerland)
Southside / Hurricane ( Germany )
Sziget Festival (Hungary)
T in the Park (Scotland)
The winners of 2010?
Best Major European Festival: Heineken Open'er Festival - Poland
Best Medium-Sized European Festival: Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival - Ireland
Best Small European Festival: 5 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
Best Headliner - Muse
Festival Anthem of the Year: Muse 'Uprising'
YOUROPE Green 'N' Clean Festival Of The Year: Boom Festival - Portugal
Artist's Favourite European Festival - Melt! - Germany
Virtual Festivals Europe presents Promoter Of The Year: Kilimanjaro/K2
YOUROPE Lifetime Achievement Award: Leif Skov, Roskilde
http://eu.festivalawards. com
The Sziget Festival 2011 was voted the Best Large European Festival and bested major festival such as the Hurricane (Germany) and Roskilde (Denmark).
Let's see the following winners of all categories. Rockwave Festival was on the list of middle Festivals.
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 (Belgium)
Best Indoor Festival - I Love Techno (Belgium)
Best European Festival Line-Up - Rock Werchter (Belgium)
YOUROPE Green 'N' Clean Festival Of The Year - Melt! ( Germany )
Artist's Favourite European Festival - Southside / Hurricane ( Germany )
Best Newcomer association with Eurosonic Noorderslag - James Blake
Best Headliner - Coldplay
Festival Anthem of the Year - Coldplay 'Viva La Vida'
Virtual Festivals Europe presents Promoter Of The Year - FKP Scorpio ( Germany )
YOUROPE Lifetime Achievement Award - Michael Eavis, Glastonbury (UK)
Said Fruzsina Szep of Sziget festival said: " We were very much hoping to win this award and it really means a lot to us because 2012 will be the 20th edition of our festival. "
Want to see the first 5 Festivals in each category?
BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL
Hurricane Festival (Germany)
Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
Sziget (Hungary)
Tomorrowland (Belgium)
Wacken Open Air ( Germany )
BEST MEDIUM-SIZED FESTIVAL in association with Megaforce Berlin Festival ( Germany )
Melt! Festival ( Germany )
Off Festival (Poland)
Pohoda Festival (Slovakia)
Rock for People (Czech Republic)
BEST SMALL FESTIVAL
Appletree Garden ( Germany )
Blues in Hell (Norway)
Extrema Outdoor ( Belgium )
Haldern Pop ( Germany )
Springtime Festival ( Belgium )
BEST NEW FESTIVAL
Extrema Outdoor ( Belgium )
Festival Hongerige Wolf (Netherlands)
Luna Festa (Belgium)
The Green Village (Ireland)
Waves Vienna ( Germany )
BEST INDOOR FESTIVAL
Blues in Hell (Norway)
I Love Techno ( Belgium )
Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)
Reeperbahn Festival ( Germany )
Springfestival ( Belgium )
ANTHEM OF THE YEAR
Aloe Black - I Need a Dollar
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Foo Fighters - Rope
Foster The People - Pumped up Kicks
HEADLINER OF THE YEAR Arctic Monkeys
Chemical Brothers
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stone Age
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR in association with Eurosonic Noorderslag
Anna Calvi
James Blake
Magnetic Man
Selah Sue
The Vaccines
BEST EUROPEAN FESTIVAL LINE-UP
Heineken Opener Festival (Poland)
Hurricane / Southside ( Germany
Oya Festivalen (Norway)
Rock am Ring ( Germany )
Rock Werchter ( Belgium )
YOUROPE GREEN 'N' CLEAN AWARD
Melt! ( Germany )
Oya Festivalen (Norway)
Shambala (UK)
SOS 4.8 (Spain)
ARTISTS 'FAVOURITE FESTIVAL End of the Road Festival (UK)
Paléo Festival Nyon (Switzerland)
Southside / Hurricane ( Germany )
Sziget Festival (Hungary)
T in the Park (Scotland)
The winners of 2010?
Best Major European Festival: Heineken Open'er Festival - Poland
Best Medium-Sized European Festival: Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival - Ireland
Best Small European Festival: 5 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
Best Headliner - Muse
Festival Anthem of the Year: Muse 'Uprising'
YOUROPE Green 'N' Clean Festival Of The Year: Boom Festival - Portugal
Artist's Favourite European Festival - Melt! - Germany
Virtual Festivals Europe presents Promoter Of The Year: Kilimanjaro/K2
YOUROPE Lifetime Achievement Award: Leif Skov, Roskilde
http://eu.festivalawards. com
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