Arctic Monkeys top UKFAs - and our Award winners pick up their flags!

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"]The Camp Bestival teamThe Arctic Monkey's performance at Glastonbury picked up the best headline gong and Download picked up Best Major Festival at the UK Festival Awards at the Roundhouse in Camden last night, hosted by comedian Phil Jupitus . Camp Bestival picked up Best Family Festival, Cumbria's Kendal Calling won best medium sized festival and Bearded Theory, held in Derby, won best small festival.  James Drury, managing director of UK Festival Awards, said: "In this, our 10th year, we had the most fiercely-fought competition for the awards adding "There were so many incredible festivals taking place this year that it's not surprising that 575,000 votes were cast by fans from across the world." Daft Punk's international hit Get Lucky won the anthem of the summer, beating songs such as Bastille's Pompeii and Imagine Dragons' Radioactive. Rudimental beat the likes of Haim, Bastille and Disclosure to win breakthrough act of the year. And Shambala Festival won the overall Greener Festival Award from a list of nominees that included the Croisant Neuf Summer Party, The Sunrise Celebration, The Cambridge Folk Festival and the Glastonbury Festival.The full list is this .......Public Voted AwardsBest Major Festival: DownloadBest Medium-Sized Festival: Kendal CallingBest Small Festival: Bearded TheoryBest New Festival: We Are FSTVLBest Dance Event: CreamfieldsBest Metropolitan Festival: Dot To DotBest Family Festival: Camp BestivalBest Grassroots Event: 2000 Trees FestivalBest Overseas Festival: Snowbombing (Austria)Best Toilets: ArctangentHeadline Performance Of The Year: Arctic Monkeys - GlastonburyAnthem Of The Summer: Daft Punk - Get LuckyBreakthrough Act Of The Year: RudimentalJury Voted AwardsBest Line-Up: LatitudeConcession Of The Year: Strumpets With CrumpetsThe Greener Festival Award: Shambala FestivalBest Brand Activation: Virgin MediaThe Extra-Festival Activity Award: WildernessPromoter Of The Year: Paddy Glasgow (Glasgowbury)Best Use Of New Technology: Barclaycard Presents British Summer TimeThe Outstanding Achievement Award: Fiona Stewart, Green Man FestivalAnd here are some of our wonderful Award winners picking up their 'Flags' at the UK Festival Award at the Roundhouse on the 2nd December. Claire and and Matt from our sponsors Robertson Taylor were on hand to give out the Awards - which were again 'Flags' made from tents salvaged from Festivals and put to good use. Thanks to the UKFAs for hosting this! [/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"]Nozstock pick up their Greener Festuval Award Flag[/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"]Wood pick up their Flag[/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"]A happy group of winners!Big Big thanks to our friends at Robertson Taylor for sponsoring this - they really are just the best - and really good insurance brokers too! Thank you to Paul and the team there. And thank you to Kat and her team at Friends of the Earth - who gave all of our winners packs of 'bee saver' wildflower seedsfoe  www.foe.co.uk RT-Logo  http://rtworldwide.com/[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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