The European Festival Awards – set to take place on January 11 2017 in Groningen, The Netherlands – has revealed the shortlists for its eighth edition. An illustrious celebration of the continent’s most vibrant live events, the EFA features a gala dinner, prestigious awards ceremony, and select showcase performances from some of the most exciting new acts poised to conquer 2017. Check out the shortlists below.
Best Small Festival
[PIAS] Nites (Belgium)
Amsterdam Woods Festival (Netherlands)
B my Lake Festival (Hungary)
Chant du Gros (Switzerland)
Freemusic Festival (France)
Happiness Festival (Germany)
Reeperbahn Festival (Germany)
Revolution Festival
Snowbombing (Austria)
Ypsigrock Festival (Italy)
Best Medium-Sized Festival
Best Kept Secret (Netherlands)
Down The Rabbit Hole (Netherlands)
Highfield (Germany)
Ilosaarirock Festival (Finland)
Main Square Festival (France)
Melt! Festival (Germany)
Off Festival (Poland)
Paleo Festival Nyon (Switzerland)
Pohoda Festival (Slovakia)
Positivus Festival (Latvia)
Best Major Festival
Dour Festival (Belgium)
EXIT Festival (Serbia)
Glastonbury Festival (UK)
Le Printemps de Bourges (France)
Lollapalooza Berlin (Germany)
Open’er Festival (Poland)
Rock Werchter (Belgium)
Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
Sziget Festival (Hungary)
Tomorrowland (Belgium)
Newcomer of the Year
Anderson .Paak
Annenmaykantereit
Aurora
Blossoms
Car Seat Headrest
Dua Lipa
Jain
Nothing but Thieves
Stormzy
Whitney
Headliner of the Year
Foals
Iggy Pop
LCD Soundsystem
Massive Attack
Mumford & Sons
Muse
PJ Harvey
Radiohead
Rammstein
Sigur Ros
Best Line-Up
Dour Festival
Glastonbury Festival
Melt!
NOS Alive
OpenAir St. Gallen
Paléo Festival Nyon
Pohoda
Primavera Sound
Rock Werchter
Roskilde Festival
Best New Festival
bluedot (UK)
Common People (UK)
Download Festival Paris (France)
Exodus ‘Superior Hardcore’ (Germany)
Extrema Noir (Belgium)
I Love Techno (France)
Mad Cool Festival (Spain)
Mandala Festival (Netherlands)
Polar Weekend (France)
Revolution Festival (Romania)
Best Indoor Festival
[PIAS] Nites (Belgium)
Blues In Hell (Norway)
I Love Techno (France)
Le Guess Who? (Netherlands)
Le Printemps de Bourges (France)
Les TransArdentes (Belgium)
One Of A Million Festival (Switzerland)
OUT.FEST (Portugal)
Reeperbahn Festival (Germany)
Taksirat (Macedonia)
Artists’ Favourite Festival
Bilbao BBK Live
Best Kept Secret
End of the Road
Latitude Festival
Lowlands Festival
OpenAir St.Gallen
Primavera Sound
Pukkelpop
Rock Werchter
Sziget Festival
Promoter of the Year
Alter Art Poland
Dan Panaitescu (Posthumous)
FKP Scorpio
Glastonbury Festival
Luger Sweden
Pohoda
Primavera Sound
Roskilde Festival
Wacken Open Air
WePromote Switzerland
Agent of the Year
Alex Bruford
Alex Hardee
Charlie Myatt
Clotaire Buche
Emma Banks
Jeff Craft
Mike Greek
Natasha Bent
Paul Wilson
Rob Challice
Award for Excellence and Passion
Alberto Guijarro
Ben Challis
Christof Huber
Damon Albarn
Dan Panaitescu (posthumous)
Fruzsina Szép
Ivan Milivojev
Martin Elbourne
Michal Kaskak
Ruud Berends
