Best Medium Sized Festival

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Festivals nominated for this award generally started life much smaller, but have evolved upwards from their original roots due to their popularity and success in filling a growing niche. With a unique identity, following, and intimacy, many outdoor music fans think middle-capacity festivals get the perfect blend of atmosphere and scale. But which one did the business this year?

Other contenders:
Beautiful Days (info)
Belladrum (info)
Bestival (info)
Glade Festival (info)
Latitude Festival (info)
Lovebox (info)
Rock Ness (info)
Secret Garden Party (info)
The Big Chill (info)
Cambridge Folk Festival (info)
Green Man Festival (info)

Best Dance Event

Evolving from a combination of acid house and raves, dance events are the features at festival dedicated solely to all aspects of the genre. So whether it’s a dubstep tent or a drum n bass arena, the dance event is the one place you’re bound to see people grooving. But which event proved the best this summer?

Other contenders:
Beach Break Live - The Forest of Kernow (info)
BLOC Weekend (info)
Global Gathering (info)
Out To Graze - various venues (info)
Rock Ness - various venues (info)
Standon Calling - Barbarella's Loveship (info)
The Big Chill - various venues (info)
Glade Festival (info)
Bestival - various stages (info)
Camp Bestival - various stages (info)
Glastonbury - Dance Village (info)

Best Toilets

Whether it’s the pongy portable loos, the lingering longdrops or the unpleasant urinals, all festival toilets tang, but some stink more than others. But which festival boasted the cleanest cans and the best ratio of toilets to person?

Other contenders:
2000 Trees Festival (info)
Beautiful Days (info)
Download Festival (info)
Festinho (info)
Isle Of Wight Festival (info)
LeeFest (info)
One Love Festival (info)
Rhythm Festival (info)
Sunrise Celebration (info)
T In The Park (info)
Ben & Jerry's Sundae On The Common (info)

Best Headline Performance

Tiesto - Creamfields

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Albums can define a band but festival headline sets can define a generation. They can be the pinnacle of an act’s lifespan, carving them an illustrious career or they can reignite a revival from a dormant band. To succeed they must exude an extensive appeal, capture a crowd of thousands to include every single one and deliver a colossal performance. Some of the acts may have played more than one festival, but at which show did they tick the most boxes?

Other contenders:
Blur - Glastonbury (info)
Blur - T In The Park (info)
Kings Of Leon - Leeds Festival (info)
Kraftwerk - Bestival (info)
The Levellers - Beautiful Days (info)
Metallica - Sonisphere (info)
Radiohead - Reading Festival (info)
Slipknot - Download (info)
Underworld - Glade Festival (info)
Dizzee Rascal - Beach Break Live (info)
The Prodigy – Global Gathering (info)