Best Small Festival

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Celebrating the organisers who proudly proclaim 'small is beautiful', this award is for the festivals that don't want to be anything but. With a sense of community that just cannot be rivalled by some of the bigger events, small festivals are arguably the friendliest, the quirkiest and the most involving of all, pushing both the boundaries and the senses. So which one, in particular, is perfectly formed?

Other contenders:
2000 Trees Festival (info)
Blissfields (info)
Bloodstock (info)
Endorse It In Dorset (info)
Indie Tracks (info)
Kendal Calling (info)
LeeFest (info)
Strummercamp (info)
Summer Sundae Weekender (info)
Sunrise Celebration (info)
End Of The Road 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:
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)
Camp Bestival - various stages (info)
Glastonbury - Dance Village (info)

Best Headline Performance

Dizzee Rascal - Beach Break Live

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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)
Tiesto - Creamfields (info)
Underworld - Glade Festival (info)
The Prodigy – Global Gathering (info)