Best Major European Festival
in association with PlugGo
• Colours of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
• Electric Picnic (Ireland)
• EXIT Festival (Serbia)
• Hurricane & Southside (Germany)
• NOS Alive (former Optimus Alive) (Portugal)
• Rock am Ring/ Rock Im Park (Germany)
• Rock Werchter (Belgium)
• Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
• Sziget Festival (Hungary)
• Tomorrowland (Belgium)
• Wacken Open Air (Germany)
• Woodstock Festival (Poland)
Best Medium-Sized European Festival
• Audioriver (Poland)
• Berlin Festival (Germany)
• Best Kept Secret (The Netherlands)
• Electric Castle Festival (Romania)
• Hideout Festival (Croatia)
• Lovefest (Serbia)
• MasterCard Balaton Sound (Hungary)
• OFF Festival Katowice (Poland)
• Pohoda Festival (Slovakia)
• Sea Dance Festival (Montenegro)
• Volt Festival (Hungary)
• Way Out West (Sweden)
Best Small European Festival
• B.my.Lake (Hungary)
• Feest in het Park (Belgium)
• Festival Tauron Nowa Muzyka (Poland)
• Grape Festival (Slovakia)
• Happiness Festival (Germany)
• Indiependence (Ireland)
• Into The Great Wide Open (The Netherlands)
• Jazz in the Park (Romania)
• PLAI (Romania)
• The Garden Festival (Croatia)
Best New European Festival
• Bergfestival (Austria)
• Down The Rabbit Hole (The Netherlands)
• Festival The Brave (Holland)
• Imaginarium Festival (France)
• MS Artville (Germany)
• Sea Dance Festival (Montenegro)
• Serbia Wonderland Festival (Serbia)
• Signal Festival (Czech republic)
• Sunscape Festival (Malta)
• Your'in (Belgium)
Best Indoor Festival
• Blues in Hell (Norway)
• I Love Techno (Belgium)
• I Love Techno (France)
• Metal Hammer Paradise (Germany)
• Reeperbahn Festival (Germany)
• Rolling Stone Weekender (Germany)
• Sensation (The Netherlands)
• Sonar (Spain)
• TiMAF (Romania)
• Waves (Austria & Slovakia)
Newcomer Of The Year
in association with Eurosonic Noorderslag
• Birth of Joy
• George Ezra
• Hozier
• Jungle
• London Grammar
• Mighty Oaks
• Milky Chance
• Mo
• Royal Blood
• Stromae
Best Headliner
• Arcade Fire
• Arctic Monkeys
• Imagine Dragons
• Jack White
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Outkast
• Pearl Jam
• QOTSA
• Stromae
• The Black Keys
Festival Anthem of the Year
• Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine
• Atomic Bomb! - The Atomic Bomb! Band and Special Guests
• Black Keys - Lonely Boy
• Calvin Harris - Summer
• Ellie Goulding - Burn
• George Ezra - Budapest
• Outkast - Hey Ya
• Pharell Williams- Happy
• Royal Blood - Come on Over
• Stromae - Papaoutai
The following awards are decided purely by our jury of industry experts:
Best European Festival Line-Up
• Best Kept Secret (The Netherlands)
• Glastonbury (United Kingdom)
• Open'er Festival (Poland)
• Hurricane/Southside (Germany)
• Oya Festival (Norway)
• Pinkpop (The Netherlands)
• Primavera (Spain)
• Rock am Ring / Rock im Park (Germany)
• Rock Werchter (Belgium)
• Sziget (Hungary)
Artist’s Favourite European Festival
• Glastonbury (United Kingdom)
• Hove (Norway)
• Oya Festivalen (Norway)
• Primavera Sound (Spain)
• Pukkelpop (Belgium)
• Rock en Seine (France)
• Rock Werchter (Belgium)
• Slottsfjell (Norway)
• Sziget (Hungary)
• Way Out West (Sweden)
Promoter Of The Year
• FKP Scorpio (Germany)
• Friendly Fire (The Netherlands)
• Live Nation (Belgium)
• Metropolis (United Kingdom)
• ID&T (Belgium)
The Green Operations Award
• Boom (Portugal)
• Cabaret Vert (France)
• Cambridge Folk Festival (United Kingdom)
• Fusion (Germany)
• Ilosaarirock (Finland)
• Isle Of Wight (United Kingdom)
• Maifeld Derby (Germany)
• Melt! (Germany)
• Mysteryland (The Netherlands)
• Northside (Denmark)
• Øya Festival (Norway)
• Rock Am Ring (Germany)
• Roskilde (Denmark)
• Shambala (United Kingdom)
• We Love Green (France)
• Welcome to the Future (The Netherlands)
The following categories do not have shortlists. The winners will be announced at the gala ceremony in Groningen on 14th January.
YES Group H&S Innovation Award In association with the YES Group and ICM&SS
Award For Excellence And Passion
Lifetime Achievement Award in association with Yourope