Following last year’s sell-out success, the European Festival Awards will return to the Oosterport Congress Centre, Groningen, Holland for its fifth edition, crowning the opening night of the Eurosonic Noorderslag conference and festival on Wednesday January 15, 2014. This event celebrates the creativity and hard work which goes into producing Europe’s magnificent festival scene each year, as well as providing [...]
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We will miss you Claude Nobs
We join the European festival industry in mourning after the passing of Claude Nobs, founder of the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, following a skiing accident. This loss of a true legend is best expressed by Claude’s own team, in the following message: Dear Claude, On January 10th, you left us! Only a few days after [...]
And the winners are…
The best European music festivals, artists and promoters of 2012 were revealed at a sold-out ceremony, which took place at Groningen’s De Oosterport in The Netherlands, on the opening night of Eurosonic Noorderslag. The ceremony also included some of the hottest new European artists with performances from C2C from France, Norway’s Bernhoft and Jake Bugg from [...]
Event Information
You can find here all the information you need for attending this year’s European Festival Awards on Wednesday 9th January on the opening night of Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen. If you’re coming we look forward to seeing you there! Your registration Please make sure you print-out and bring with you the e-ticket which was sent [...]
Herman Schueremans to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award
The Live Nation Belgium CEO is to be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s European Festival Awards which returns to Groningen, Holland, on Wednesday 9th January to crown the opening night of Eurosonic Noorderslag. This honour, decided by the Festival Awards board, recognises a prestigious 40 year career that saw Herman [...]
The final shortlists announced
The 4th edition of the European Festival Awards has seen a record-breaking turn-out of festival-fans rallying to support their favourite events and artists. More than a million public votes have been cast across 49 European countries, highlighting the phenomenal passion for music festivals throughout the Continent. The final shortlists in categories ranging from Best Major [...]
Voting is now closed
Voting in the 2012 European Festival Awards is now closed. Thank you to everyone who made a difference by taking part. The top 10 shortlists in each public-voted category (and a few of the industry-voted ones) will be announced on Monday 12th November right here. The final winners will be revealed at the European Festival [...]
Introducing: The Green Operations Award
The European Festival Awards are delighted to welcome a very important new commendation this year in the form of the Green Operations Award. Intended as the ‘Green Oscar’ of the European Festival industry, this award is the brainchild of the Go Group, the independent, green steering committee founded by Yourope and Bucks New University. The [...]
Tickets now on sale!
Following last year’s sell-out success, the European Festival Awards will return to the Oosterport Congress Centre, Groningen, Holland for its fourth edition, crowning the opening night of the Eurosonic Noorderslag conference and festival on Wednesday 9th January 2013.This event, created as a platform to celebrate and recognise the colossal vision, creativity and hard work which goes into producing Europe’s magnificent festival scene each year, will unite the continental festival industry [...]
Last call for nominations!
The application process for events wishing to participate in this year’s European Festival Awards is closing this Friday (29th September) at 6pm CET. To register your event to take part, just submit this short online form here (which only takes 2 minutes). Your event will automatically be entered, where applicable, into the following categories, which [...]