Family Festival Award

Every year, there seem to be more and more children at festivals, with increasingly impressive areas and facilities for kids reflecting the rise. Games, workshops, kid zones and activities for youngsters all combine to make their weekend a memorable one - and often a much easier one for their mums and dads. Which festival was the most enjoyable for kids and parents this year?

Other contenders:
Harvest at Jimmy's (info)
Sunrise Celebration (info)
Beautiful Days (info)
Belladrum (info)
Guilfest (info)
Latitude Festival (info)
Solfest (info)
Cambridge Folk Festival (info)
Wickerman Festival (info)
Wychwood Festival (info)
Ben & Jerry's Sundae On The Common (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)
Creamfields (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)
Glastonbury - Dance Village (info)

Virtual Festivals Critics' Choice Award

Bon Iver - Camp Bestival

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This award is designed to celebrate those special acts who added something a little extra to their festival show. It could be comedy, nostalgia, crowd interaction or just that 'secret ingredient' - basically something that sets them apart from other performers as a real crowd pleaser.

Other contenders:
Alabama 3 - Rock Ness (info)
Carl Cox - Bestival (info)
Dead Kids - Standon Calling (info)
Eliza Carthy - Big Session Festival (info)
La Casa Azul - Indie Tracks (info)
Mean Poppa Lean - The Great Escape (info)
Pet Shop Boys - T In The Park (info)
The Specials - V Festival Chelmsford (info)
Thom Yorke - Latitude (info)
ZZ Top - Download (info)
The Prodigy - Glastonbury Festival (info)