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by Elliot Mitchell | Photos by WENN

European Festival Awards announce final shortlist

London Grammar, Arctic Monkeys among nominees

 

European Festival Awards announce final shortlist

Photo: WENN

The European Festival awards have revealed their final shortlist. Check out the full list of nominees below.

Entering its sixth year, the awards are voted for by fans and a panel of industry professionals, and highlight the achievements of music festivals in 35 different European countries. This year saw the awards receive a record 1.2 million votes.

Categories range from Best 'Major', 'Medium' and 'Small' festival to 'Lineup of the Year' and 'Best Headliner', with a host of other accolades announced at the ceremony, set to take place in January.

London Grammar, Royal Blood, Milky Chance and MO are among the acts nominated for 'Newcomer of the Year', whilst Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Jack White, Outkast and QOTSA feature on the 'Headliner of the Year' shortlist.

Watch the video for London Grammar's 'Strong' below:

The winners will be announced at an official ceremony at Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in January, check out the full list of nominees below.

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 (The Netherlands)
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
Pharrell Williams- Happy
Royal Blood - Come on Over
Stromae - Papaoutai

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 (Previously the Yourope Green ‘N’ Clean 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)

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