We’re going to be talking about the recently concluded European Festival Awards today! Initiated in 2010 by the European festival association Yourope, the European Festival Awards are aimed at European Festivals and their organizations making an important contribution to the music scene.
We’re going to be talking about the recently concluded European Festival Awards today! Initiated in 2010 by the European festival association Yourope, the European Festival Awards are aimed at European Festivals and their organizations making an important contribution to the music scene.
Before anything, we want to say a massive congratulations to all the winners of the 2019 European Festival Awards. 150 applications from over 30 countries were received and 350,000 votes were cast by the public. This resulted in 117 shortlisted nominees in 14 distinct categories, not counting the Lifetime Achievement Award. Learn more on their website! www.Europeanfestivalawards.org
Without further ado, here are all winners in the 15 categories of the European Festival Awards 2019!
Winners
For
Best major festival: Open’er Festival (Poland)
Best medium-sized festival: Electric Castle (Romania)
Best small festival: Jazz in the Park also from (Romania)
Best indoor festival: Reeperbahn Festival (Germany)
Best new festival: No Sleep Festival (Serbia)
Line-up of the year: Glastonbury (United Kingdom)
Newcomer of the year: American artist Billie Eilish
The lifetime achievement award: Holger Hübner and Thomas Jensen (Wacken Open Air)
The green operations award: OpenAir St Gallen (Switzerland)
The health and safety innovation award: Balaton Sound (Hungary)
The brand activation award: Open’er Festival (Poland) & Netflix’s Stranger Things
The Take a Stand award: Das Fest (Germany)
The award for excellence and passion: Codruta Vulcu
Promoter of the year: Wepromote (Switzerland)
Agent of the year: Lucy Dickins (WME)
And those are the 15 winners from the recently concluded 2019 European Festival Awards! Who do you think will be killing the European festival scene this 2020? Let us know on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Keep up with everything electronic music as well on our website – www.clubbingtv.com.
Again, a huge congratulations to all of the winners of the 2019 European Festival Awards! We can’t wait for what’s in store this year!