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UK Festival Awards 2013 winners announced

03 December 2013, 10:38 | Written by Luke Morgan Britton
(News)

The UK Festival Awards were held last night (2 December), marking the best events of the past twelve months.

Among the winners were Download for “Best Major Festival”, Dot To Dot for “Best Metropolitan Festival”, Camp Bestival for “Best Family Festival” and 2000trees Festival for “Best Family Event”. There was even a prize for “Best Toilets”.

Check out the full list of winners below, via Clash:

BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL
Download

BEST MEDIUM-SIZED FESTIVAL in association with Eventbrite
Kendal Calling

BEST SMALL FESTIVAL in association with Intelligent Venue Solutions
Bearded Theory

BEST NEW FESTIVAL in association with Robertson Taylor
We Are FSTVL

BEST DANCE EVENT
Creamfields

BEST METROPOLITAN FESTIVAL
Dot To Dot

BEST FAMILY FESTIVAL
Camp Bestival

BEST GRASSROOTS EVENT in association with ID&C
2000trees Festival

BEST TOILETS in association with XL Video
ArcTanGent

BEST OVERSEAS FESTIVAL
Snowbombing (Austria)

HEADLINE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR in association with Relentless Energy Drink
Arctic Monkeys – Glastonbury

ANTHEM OF THE SUMMER in association with Jagermeister
Get Lucky – Daft Punk

BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR
Rudimental

CODA BEST LINE-UP in association with J20 Lates (decided by a panel of renowned UK music journalists)
Latitude

CONCESSION OF THE YEAR
Strumpets with Crumpets

THE GREENER FESTIVAL AWARD in association with A Greener Festival
Shambala Festival

BEST BRAND ACTIVATION in association with the European Sponsorship Association
Virgin Media

THE EXTRA-FESTIVAL ACTIVITY AWARD
Wilderness

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR in association in association with Peppermint Bars
Paddy Glasgow (Glasgowbury)

BEST USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY in association with Stuff magazine
Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time (in Hyde Park) Intelligent Venue Solutions

THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in association with Festival HQ
Fiona Stewart, Green Man Festival

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