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)
Creamfields (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)
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)
Camp Bestival - various stages (info)
Glastonbury - Dance Village (info)

The Greener Festival Award

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The Red Kite mark is awarded by www.agreenerfestival.com on the basis of a questionnaire and where possible an environmental assessment. All festivals must demonstrate that they have coherent green policies promoting environmental efficiency and sustainability, including issues such as CO2 emissions, waste management and recycling. The following events are leading the charge but which is the Greenest of them all?

Other contenders:
Croissant Neuf Summer Party (info)
Isle Of Wight Festival (info)
Sunrise Celebration (info)
Waveform (info)
Workhouse (info)

Best Headline Performance

Kraftwerk - Bestival

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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)
The Levellers - Beautiful Days (info)
Metallica - Sonisphere (info)
Radiohead - Reading Festival (info)
Slipknot - Download (info)
Tiesto - Creamfields (info)
Underworld - Glade Festival (info)
Dizzee Rascal - Beach Break Live (info)
The Prodigy – Global Gathering (info)

Virtual Festivals Critics' Choice Award

Carl Cox - 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)
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)
Bon Iver - Camp Bestival (info)