The shortlists for the 2015 European Festival Awards has been revealed.
The winners will be announced on-stage at the European Festival Awards gala ceremony on the opening night of Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, the Netherlands on Wednesday, January 14, 2015.
Music festivals in more than 35 different European countries compete for public-voted accolades including the Best Major, Medium, Small, New and Indoor Festivals as well as the Line-Up Of The Year. The titles for artists include Headliner Of The Year, Best Newcomer and Anthem Of The Year.
In 2014, a record 1.2 million votes were cast by fans for their favourite festivals and artists, a 100% increase on last year’s figures.
Steve Jenner, co-founder and director comments: “With more festivals from more countries participating in these awards than previously, we were expecting an increase in fan engagement but not to this extent – we are blown away by the response!
"As well as being a positive indicator of confidence returning to the market, this shows that festivals are becoming more skilled in communicating with their customers, strengthening audience loyalty and leveraging it. It should make for a great party in Groningen this year.”
The shortlists for each category are as follows:
Best Major European Festival
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
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
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)