Vote now in the European Festival Awards and you could win a new iPad 3 & tix to the winning festies!Vote Now – win tickets to every winning festival!eu.festivalawards.comIt’s that time of year again when you get to decide which festivals and acts ruled supreme this year in Europe. Click here to cast your vote ...and help determine the winners in this year’s Festival Awards Europe. You could win 2 VIP tickets to every winning festival and a new iPad 3! 4 great reasons ...

http://eu.festivalawards.com/featured/vote-now-win-tickets-to-every-winning-festival/Vote Now – win tickets to every winning festival!eu.festivalawards.comIt’s that time of year again when you get to decide which festivals and acts ruled supreme this year in Europe. Click here to cast your vote ...and help determine the winners in this year’s Festival Awards Europe. You could win 2 VIP tickets to every winning festival and a new iPad 3! 4 great reasons ...

UK Festival Awards 2012

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Can't believe the UK Festival Awards is 9 years old this year - time flies. Here's a brief history of an idea that started in a pub and ended up at The Roundhouse http://ow.ly/dx9qbA Brief Historyow.ly2004: UK Festival Awards launched as an online poll by Virtual Festivals.com, 12,000 fans vote. We fantasise about one day staging it as an event...

So this is how you set up your own festival then...

Who's got more festivals in them this year? Which ones are you going to?

So what did you all think of Creamfields, Reading Festival and Leeds Festival this weekend?

Calling Festival Organisers - UK Festival Awards applications now open! http://ow.ly/cJCkCUK Festival Awards Applications Now Openow.lyThe Festival Awards application process is now open to all events via an online form. The majority of awards categories will be decided by public...

2012 will be the greatest year yet for the UK Festival Awards - thanks to everyone for your support since we started this thing 8 years ago!2012 Tickets On-Sale now | UK Festival Awardswww.festivalawards.comFollowing last year’s sell-out success, the UK Festival Awards will return to London’s historic Roundhouse for its ninth edition to gather the nation’s festival industry under one roof and celebrate its latest glories in the wake of an eventful and challenging year for the sector. The winners, decid...

Favourite festival drink? Warm or cold? Alcoholic or non?

So it seems weather is playing a HUGE part in festivals this year!

What is the best thing about attending a festival? Music, friends, camping?

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Who gets there early for a festival? We know the likes of Reading Festival, Leeds Festival, Download Festival etc offer 5 day passes but how many of you just go for the days the music is on?

Is this the time you usually get up or go to sleep at a festival?

So come on, what has been your favourite festival?

What food stall would you suggest others to visit at a festival? What takeaways would you like to see there?

What's been your festival highlight of the year so far?

How many of you have attended the festival awards? Who's been more than once?

Where do you prefer to be at a festival? Out in the open or under a tent?

So we have an update for applications in 2012 - http://bit.ly/fa_update_2012

What do you think about our festival map? What other stuff would you like to see? http://on.fb.me/fa_map

So how was that weekend of festivals for you all? Which one did you go to?

Is the weather putting anyone off from going to festivals?

More great coverageReward For 20-Year Effortwww.pollstar.comHungary’s Sziget Festival was voted the continent’s best major outdoor at the European Festival Awards in Groningen Jan. 11.

More great coverage of Michael Eavis' Lifetime Achievement AwardWestcountry Regional News (West Country Tonight) - ITV Localwww.itv.comGlastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis will receive a lifetime achievement prize at the European Festival Awards in The Netherlands tonight. Mr Eavis is cited as being 'an inspiration' to other festival organisers around the world. Glastonbury has been running at Worthy Farm in Pilton since 197...

Ace piece in the Independent about the winners of the European Festival Awards!Here comes the sun: The best European festivals | Laura Davis | Independent Arts - News, notes and qblogs.independent.co.ukIn case you're suffering from the January blues and looking forward to things to plan for the summer, here are the winners from the Festival Awards in Europe.

http://eu.festivalawards.com/news/and-the-winners-are/...and the winners are!eu.festivalawards.comThe only pan-European initiative solely dedicated to recognising the hard work and achievements of the festival organisers and performing artists that brighten up the summer for tens of millions of fans each year.

Wow. Just seen the venue all dressed for the Awards... It looks incredible! If you're coming, you're in for a treat!

Three days to go! Who do you think will pick up the Awards?

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/michael-eavis-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award/Michael Eavis to receive lifetime achievement award | UNLIMITED | CMUwww.thecmuwebsite.comGlastonbury supremo Michael Eavis will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at next year’s European Festival Awards. The ceremony will be held at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival on 11 Jan. Commenting on the announcement, Eavis said: “After 41 years, to win something of this magnitude is somethi...

And the Beeb!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16248190Glastonbury founder to get honourwww.bbc.co.ukGlastonbury founder Michael Eavis is to be presented with a lifetime achievement prize at European Festival Awards in the Netherlands in January.

And here it is on Music Week too!
www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1047929Music Week - Glasto founder honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awardwww.musicweek.comFounder of the world-renowned Glastonbury Festival, Michael Eavis, is to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s European Festival Awards ceremony.

http://www.festivalinsights.com/2011/12/glastonbury-founder-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award/Glastonbury founder to receive Lifetime Achievement Awardwww.festivalinsights.comTHE FOUNDER of Glastonbury festival, Michael Eavis is to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s European Festival Awards ceremony. Each year the prize is dedicated to an individual whose personal vision and energy has propelled the entire festival industry forward in a dynam...

... and this is who they'll be watching perform!Acts announced for Awards showeu.festivalawards.comHOTLY-TIPPED James Vincent McMorrow and Selah Sue will be performing sets at the European Festival Awards on 11 January in Groningen, with one more act still to be announced. James Vincent McMorrow released his debut record, Early in the Morning, in Ireland to widespread critical acclaim in February...

European Festival Awards guests will get to check this great tech out
‘Game-changing’ RFID technology at Eurosonicwww.festivalinsights.comEUROSONIC NOORDERSLAG, the European Music Conference and Showcase Festival, has partnered with RFID festival solution specialists Intellitix to implement a revolutionary RFID access control system at both the festival and conference in January 2012. All conference and festival ticket holders will be...

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So... it's the final week of voting in the European Festival Awards. Have you had your say yet? You could win tickets to every winning festival!Voteeu.festivalawards.comCast your votes now for a chance to win a dream summer – two tickets to every winning festival at this year’s Awards! The deadline for voting is 6 December. Your privacy is important to us. Festival Awards Ltd will not sell or give your personal information, including email address, to anyone withou...

As some festivals announce their line-ups for 2012, who were your favourite artists at European festivals this year? tell us in the European Festival Awards and you could win an amazing prize! http://eu.festivalawards.com/vote/Voteeu.festivalawards.comCast your votes now for a chance to win a dream summer – two tickets to every winning festival at this year’s Awards! The deadline for voting is 6 December. Your privacy is important to us. Festival Awards Ltd will not sell or give your personal information, including email address, to anyone withou...

Nice one BillboardGlastonbury, Paolo Nutini Among Winners At U.K. Festival Awards; Festival Republic CEO Melvin Benn Dwww.billboard.bizHeadline performances from Beyonce, U2 and Coldplay helped Glastonbury win the best major festival award at the eight annual U.K. Festival Awards, held in London last night...

We love BBC NewsBBC - Newsbeat - Glastonbury named 2011's best major festival at awardswww.bbc.co.ukThe Somerset event is named this year's best major festival at the annual UK Festival Awards.

Cheers The GuardianGlastonbury, Bestival and Y-Not festival are big winners at industry awardswww.guardian.co.ukEighth annual UK festival awards also sees Ed Sheeran named breakthrough artist of the year

Thank you NMEGlastonbury, Bestival, Sonisphere win at UK Festival Awardswww.nme.comEd Sheeran, Chase & Status and Paolo Nutini also pick up awards

http://www.livebeats.com/?userId=3198.eventId=1309.cb=587UK FESTIVAL AWARDS SHOW Streamwww.livebeats.comWatch the Festival Awards Show live here tomorrow!

The UK Festival Awards show has sold out! However... if you didn't manage to get a ticket, but want to see all the goings-on, you can thanks to our friends at Livebeats, who will be streaming the Awards show tomorrow night!
Share the excitement and be the first to find out who's won either via our website, here on Facebook, or even over on the Livebeats site... Watch the UK Festival Awards live! | UK Festival Awardswww.festivalawards.comWatch all the action from the UK Festival Awards live here on Tuesday, 15 November...

Ah yes... that's better...

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I've woken up with "All night long" by Lionel Ritchie stuck in my head this morning! Argh! Think I'm going to have to put together a playlist of our nominated artists to help shift it...

Ladies and gentlemen... cast your votes! The European Festival Awards is open for you to choose your favourite events and actsVoting is open!eu.festivalawards.comCast your votes now for a chance to win a dream summer – two tickets to every winning festival at this year’s Awards!

European Festival Awards voting launches today. We're just finalising the last bits and it'll be live from 16.00 CET! Wonder who's going to win?

The countdown is on! Voting closes today at 5pm today, so if you haven't voted for your favourite festivals and artists yet, be quick! It's the last chance to be entered into our amazing prize draw to win two passes to every winning festival! www.festivalawards.com/vote Vote | UK Festival Awardswww.festivalawards.comCast your votes now for a chance to win a dream summer – two tickets to every winning festival at this year’s Awards! The deadline for voting is 10 October. Your privacy is important to us. Festival Awards Ltd will not sell or give your personal information, including email address, to anyone withou...

What was your favourite headliner this year? Was the return of Pulp a highlight? Or what about the mega-stars at Glastonbury such as U2 or Beyonce? How about Metallica at Soni, Muse at Reading/Leeds or even Baba Maal at WOMAD? Soooo many great memories!

Did you know you can vote in the Festival Awards via Facebook? Check out the Festival Awards Vote widget on the left hand column and vote for your favourite fests and artists!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Izx4KJQkcUK Festival Awards 2011 launch partywww.youtube.comHighlights from the launch of the UK Festival Awards 2011

What was your Festival Anthem of the Summer? We've put together a Spotify playlist so you can remind yourself of the fantastic tunes we've sortlisted in this category at the UK Festival Awards (yes, we know we're missing Chase and Status, but they're not on Spotify, so you'll just have to imagine it...). Vote for your favourite at www.festivalawards.com/voteUK Festival Awards - Anthem of the Summeropen.spotify.comAnthem of the Summer

http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/features/11637VF's Top 10 breakthrough acts of 2011 - vote for yours! - Who was our favourite undiscovered talent.www.virtualfestivals.comVF's Top 10 breakthrough acts of 2011 - vote for yours! During the first in a series of our critic's favourite bands and festivals from this summer, we rediscover our best breakthrough acts of 2011 - and you can vote for yours in the UK Festival Awards too.

Want to win tickets to the best festivals in the UK next year? Vote in the Festival Awards and you could pick up to tickets to every winning event!
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VOTING IS NOW LIVE IN THE UK FESTIVAL AWARDS!
http://www.festivalawards.com/vote/Votewww.festivalawards.comMAKE YOUR feelings known in this year’s UK Festival Awards and be in with the chance of winning a dream summer next year! We’re on the look-out for your favourite festival, the best headliner you saw this summer, your anthem of the summer and the best new act you uncovered and your favourite non-UK ...

Wow. AMAZING launch party last night at Red Bull Studios. Acoustic set from Alex Clare wowed a rammed room. We'll have photo evidence later... But for now we're getting ready to press the big red button on VOTING IN THE UK FESTIVAL AWARDS!

http://youtu.be/62wIQFgAAa8The Count Down!www.youtube.com

So excited about our launch party tomorrow! Voting in the UK Festival Awards starts 9am Friday 16th September... Are you ready?!

Our next City Sessions seminars are in Bristol on 16 September and Glasgow on 21 September. Check this out for more info: http://www.festivalinsights.com/category/citysessions/Festival Insights » City Sessionswww.festivalinsights.comFestival Insights Website

Greg - we always knew you liked a challenge but this takes the biscuit. We love this!In Video: Record breaker visits 26 festivals in 30 days - Watch Greg Parmley's trip including Portiswww.virtualfestivals.comIn Video: Record breaker visits 26 festivals in 30 days Despite a few hairy moments - not least Cavalera Conspiracy at With Full Force - which also included him losing his clothes, Greg Parmley has returned a record breaker after visiting 26 festivals in 30 days.

Interesting blog post here on the recent stage collapses...Guitar Road Report: Stage collapse and thoughts, and the Nathan Byrd memorial fund.........guitarroadreport.blogspot.com

We're all devastated hearing about the tragedy at Pukklepop. Our thoughts are with the friends and families of those who died, the injured, and with the organisers at this terrible time.