AGF Win Prestigious Primavera Award 2022!

A Greener Festival were delighted this month to receive the coveted Primavera Award for 2022, joining previous illustrious winners such as Neneh Cherry and The Roskilde Festival.The Primavera Award is an annual award which aims to highlight the professional career of a personan association or company that has had a special influence in the area of music.AGF's Associates Manager, Agostina Obeid was on hand at the ceremony in Barcelona to collect the award.Agostina spoke of AGF's commitment and passion for people and the environment and thanked everyone who had contributed to AGF's success over the years;

"All of us at AGF are so happy and grateful to receive the Primavera Award. AGF started 15 years ago as a way to boost action at festivals to care for environment and people, and the purpose behind the party, and today we are a global team working throughout the music and event space. At the core of it all is the desire for the enrichment and enhancement of life. By living lives filled by fun, community and creativity, as we do at festivals,  and by protecting and enhancing life in the natural world at the same time. This award is gratefully received by the hundreds of AGF assessors and the team all around the world , the hundreds of festivals that have participated over the years, and the thousands of individuals who have taken strides over these decades to make a greener music sector. We thank you all."

AGF were also represented at the event by Jocelyn Gan who joined an expert panel discussion on sustainability, energy and waste management at festivals. Jocelyn was joined on the panel by UN representative Marta Rojas, biologist Irene Alvarez de Quevedo Gisport, and Primavera Sound's Albert Bochetto.The full award ceremony and panel discussion can be viewed here.You can read more about the Primavera Award here.

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