Festival No. 6,
the event that launched this year at the unique location of
Portmeirion in Wales, has also proved a hugely popular choice among
voters and judges, scoring the title of 'Best New
Festival'. Festival No. 6 triumphed further when British
music legends New Order, present at this evening's
award ceremony, collected the prize for 'Headline
Performance Of The Year' and the festival's mastermind
Gareth Cooper scooped 'Promoter Of The Year'.
1200 guests at the event held at London's Roundhouse
also applauded the evening's recipient of the Lifetime
Achievement Award, Live Nation's Chief Operating Officer,
John Probyn. Probyn collected his accolade in the
wake of both an Olympic and record-breaking year, and following a
continuing highly-celebrated career in the entertainment
industry.
A
colourful array of the year's best festivals celebrated into the
night as Camden Crawl, Latitude, Green Man, Bloodstock Open
Air and Global Gathering also joined the
ranks of the winners picking up awards across the evening. A full
list of winners can be found below.
Steve Jenner, Festival Awards co-founder comments: "It is
pleasing to see so many first-time category winners breaking
through this year and indicative of the dynamic movements in the
market at this time. Much more than winning gongs, though, the
Festival Awards are about celebrating and uniting the UK festival
industry which, in these turbulent times, is more vital than
ever."
2012 Awards winners in
full:
Best Major Festival:
Bestival
Best Medium-Sized Festival sponsored by
Eventbrite:
Bloodstock Open Air Festival
Best Small Festival sponsored by Jeremiah
Weed:
Y Not Festival
Best New Festival sponsored by Access All
Areas:
Festival No.6
Best Dance Event sponsored by Peppermint
Bars:
GlobalGathering
Best Metropolitan Festival:
Camden Crawl
Best Line-Up:
Download
Best Family Festival:
Latitude
The Grass Roots Festival Award:
Green Man
Best Toilets sponsored by XL Video:
Lodestar
Best Overseas Festival:
Benicassim (Spain)
Agency Of The Year sponsored by IQ:
William Morris
Promoter Of The Year
sponsored by Robertson Taylor:
Gareth Cooper (Festival No. 6, Beach Break, Lollibop)
Headline Performance Of The Year:
New Order at Festival No. 6
Best Breakthrough Act sponsored by
Jagermeister:
Jake Bugg
Anthem Of The Summer:
Django Django - 'Default'
The Extra-Festival Activity Award:
Live From Jodrell Bank
Concession Of The Year:
Paelleria
The Greener Festival Award:
Croissant Neuf Summer Party
Best Brand Activation sponsored by CGA:
Southern Comfort Juke Joint
Lifetime Achievement Award:
John Probyn
Festival No6 will return to Portmeirion on 13,14,15
September 2013
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