UK Festival Awards 2015 – The Shortlists
The UK Festival Awards has revealed the shortlists for the vast majority of its categories, which include Best Major, Medium Sized and Small Festivals; Headline Performance of the Year; Best Non-Music Festival; Best Hospitality; The Grass Roots Festival Award; and many more.The UK Festival Awards will be held on November 26 at The Roundhouse in Camden. Preceding the Awards in the day time will be the UK Festival Conference, whose full listings were curated by Festival Insights and were announced last week. Find them here.The following categories were decided by the online public vote:Best Major FestivalBestivalBritish Summer Time Hyde ParkCreamfieldsDownloadGlastonburyIsle of Wight FestivalParklifeReading & LeedsT In The ParkV FestivalVictorious FestivalWirelessBest Medium Sized FestivalBeat HerderBeautiful DaysBloodstock Open AirCamp BestivalEnd Of The Road FestivalGreen ManKendal CallingLatitudeWe are FSTVLY Not FestivalBest Small Festival2000treesEden FestivalFestival Number 6Garage Nation FestivalLarmer Tree FestivalLost Village FestivalSouthampton Soundclash FestivalThe Secret FestivalThe Social FestivalTruck FestivalBest New FestivalBreaking Bands FestivalCommon PeopleForgotten FieldsGarage NationLindisfarne FestivalLost VillageRobin Hood Folk FestivalSouthampton Soundclash FestivalTogether The PeopleWild Life FestivalBest Dance FestivalBeat HerderBrownstock FestivalCreamfieldsElectric Daisy Carnival (EDC) UKField ManoeuvresLost Village FestivalParklifeRetro TraxWe are FSTVLWild Life FestivalBest Metropolitan FestivalBlackpool Music FestivalDot to DotLive at LeedsLiverpool CallingLiverpool Music WeekLiverpool Sound CityMacmillan FestMADE BirminghamSlam Dunk FestivalTramlinesBest Family Festival2000treesBeautiful DaysBritish Summer Time Hyde ParkCamp BestivalEden FestivalIsle of Wight FestivalKendal CallingLatitudeVictorious FestivalY Not FestivalThe Grass Roots Festival Award2000treesArcTanGentBarn on the FarmBeautiful DaysBloodstock Open AirEden FestivalGreen ManLost VillageThe Secret FestivalY Not FestivalBest Toilets2000treesBestivalCreamfieldsDownloadIsle of Wight FestivalKendal CallingReading & LeedsV FestivalWirelessY Not FestivalBest Overseas FestivalAnnie Mac Presents: Lost & Found Festival (Malta)Benicassim (Spain)Creamfields Ibiza (Spain)Electric Picnic (Ireland)Hideout Festival (Croatia)Ibiza Rocks (Spain)Lollapalooza Berlin (Germany)Pohoda Festival (Slovakia)Snowbombing (Austria)Sziget Festival (Hungary)Best Headline PerformanceBjörk at Wilderness FestivalThe Flaming Lips at Liverpool Sound CityFleetwood Mac at Isle of Wight FestivalFlorence and the Machine at GlastonburyGrace Jones at Festival Number 6Jon Hopkins at BlocJungle at Secret Garden PartyMissy Elliot at BestivalMuse at DownloadSufjan Stevens at End of the Road FestivalTaylor Swift at British Summer Time Hyde ParkThe Libertines at Reading & LeedsAnthem Of The SummerBring Me The Horizon – ThroneJames Bay – Hold Back the RiverJamie xx – Loud PlacesKendrick Lamar – King KuntaLionel Ritchie – Dancing on the CeilingMark Ronson – Uptown FunkPatti Smith – GloriaSkepta – ShutdownSpring King – CityThe Weeknd – Can’t Feel My FaceThe following categories were decided by panels of industry experts:Best Line-UpBestivalBritish Summer Time Hyde ParkCommon PeopleDownloadFestival Number 6Field DayIsle Of Wight FestivalKendal CallingLatitudeLiverpool Music WeekParklifeThe Social FestivalThe Extra Festival AwardBearded TheoryBlissfieldsFestival Number 6GrillstockLatitudeLiverpool International Music FestivalLost VillageStandon CallingThe Big FeastivalWild Life FestivalBest Festival For Emerging Talent (NEW)Barn on the FarmBloodstock Open AirBreakout FestivalCambridge Folk FestivalLive at LeedsLIVE in BarnsleyLiverpool International Music FestivalLiverpool Sound CityMammothfestReading & LeedsBest Use Of New TechnologyBelladrum Tartan Heart (for the Rapidscan Box Office app)Download (for RFID Cashless Dog Tags)Latitude (for its live digital coverage)Liverpool Sound City (for the Gigmit live music service)Port Elliot Festival (for Loowatt)Glastonbury Festival (for the Arcadia Spectacular biofuel flame system)Reading Festival (for the CoLocator service)Snowbombing (for RFID Cashless wristbands)Wild Life Festival (for The Terminal Stage)Best Hospitality (NEW)2000treesBritish Summer Time Hyde ParkCamp BestivalCreamfieldsDownloadFestival Number 6Fusion FestivalGlastonbury FestivalShambalaWilderness FestivalBest Non-Music Festival (NEW)Base Camp FestivalEroica BritanniaInnocent Un-PluggedInsomnia Gaming FestivalManchester International FestivalNASS FestivalSaloufestTaste of LondonThe Good Life ExperienceWildfire Adventure CampPromoter Of The YearAmust4Music (Bloodstock)Andy George, Jaymo & Ben Atkins (Lost Village)Andy Marsh & Ian Evans (Victorious)Count of Ten (Y-Not, Tramlines, Truck, Brownstock)Damien Sanders, Big Kev & Team (Fusion)Fiona Stewart & Team (Green Man)From the Fields (Kendal Calling, Forgotten Fields)John Giddings (Isle Of Wight / Solo Agency)Scott Barton (Creamfields)SJM Concerts (Wild Life Festival)Outstanding Contribution AwardWinner: Peter Gabriel