Vote for your favourite festival in the UK Festival Awards 2024!
The 100% Fan-Voted UK Festival Awards for 2024 are now live! Find out the categories and shortlists for each below, as well as how to vote.
Date published: 3rd Oct 2024
The UK Festival Awards—basically the Oscars of the festival world—are back for 2024, and that means it's time to give your favourite muddy weekend its well-earned moment in the spotlight. Whether it's that small, quirky gathering in a hidden field or the massive gathering you and tens of thousands of others have planning your summer around; these awards celebrate the best of the best in the UK's festival scene.
On this page, you'll find a list of all the categories, so you can be properly clued up before you make your all-important vote; but when it's time to do just that, you will need to head over to the official Survey Monkey page, which you can find linked below. Oh, and after voting, you’ll get the chance to fill out the UK Festival Census Survey. Do that, and you might just bag yourself a £100 Amazon voucher. Voting and potential shopping spree? Yes, please!
Voting for the UK Festival Awards 2024 is now open, scroll down to find out all the categories and nominees, and when you're ready to vote, you can do so - HERE
We at Skiddle are proud to sell for many of the nominated festivals! Click on any festival names with a link below for more information on and tickets to their 2025 editions!
Best Large Festival
"This award goes to the best festival with a daily capacity exceeding 40,000."
Nominees:
Boomtown, Download Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, Manchester Pride Festival, Parklife, TRNSMT Festival, Victorious
Best Medium-Sized Festival
"This award goes to the best festival with a daily capacity between 10,000 and 39,999."
Nominees:
2000trees, Festival Africa Oye, ArcTanGent Festival, Audi Presents Wilderness, Bearded Theory Festival, Beautiful Days, Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Big Feastival, Birmingham Weekender Festival, Bloodstock Festival, Bournemouth 7s Festival, Bristol Pride, BS3, Camp Bestival Dorset, CarFest, Cross The Tracks, Flow Festival, Hospitality In The Woods, In It Together Festival, Kendal Calling, Kubix Festival, Latitude, Live at Leeds In The Park, Live from Wythenshawe Park, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Lytham Festival, National Festival of Making, Northern Pride presents Pride in the City 2024, Slam Dunk Festival, Terminal V Festival, The Brit Fest, Tramlines Festival, Truck Festival, VWFestival, Wide Awake, Y Not Festival
Best Small Festival
"This award goes to the best festival with a daily capacity between 1001 and 9999."
Nominees:
3Wishes Fairy Festival, A NEW DAY FESTIVAL 2024, A Stone's Throw Festival, Alderfest, ALSO Festival, Arboretum Beer Festival, AVA Festival, Back 2 Festival, Beardy Folk Festival, Beat-Herder, Beat the Streets, Black Isle Calling, Blackpool Cricket Club Festival, Blue Reef Festival, Bonfest, Bram Stoker Festival, Brighten The Corners Festival, Brixton Disco Festival, Buckle & Boots Country Music Festival, Call of The Wild Festival, Cheltenham 7s festival, Cloud X Festival, Coast Fest, Daresbury Festival, Deer Shed, Derbyshire Sausage & Cider Festival, Deva Fest, DocksFest, Dot To Dot Festival, Druridge Bay Festival, Eden Festival, Ely Folk Festival, Exmouth Festival, Festival of Bounce, Festival On The Hills, Field Maneuvers 2024, ELV Oman Air, FLY Open Air, FOCUS Wales 2024, Folk by the Oak, Foolhardy Folk Festival, Fortress Festival, Góbéfest, Gate to Southwell Festival, Get Together, Gone Wild Festival, Good Vibrations Society, Got The Love Festival, Hardwick Festival, HebCelt Festival, Heyside Cricket Club Festival, Hide&Seek Festival, High Tide Twickenham, Homobloc, Kilkenomics, Lazydays Festival, Leigh Cricket Club Festival, Lindisfarne Festival, Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival, Live at Leeds In The City, Live From The Yard Hull, Liverpool Sound City, Love Trails Festival, Maid of Stone, Manchester Adored, Manchester Punk Festival, Mighty Dub Fest, Milnrow Cricket Club Festival, Minety Music Festival, Monument Festival, Morley Music Festival, Moseley Folk & Arts Festival, Mutations Festival, Nozstock: The Hidden Valley, Old Town Live, Picnic and Pop, Poole Harbour Festival, RADAR Festival, RALLY, Reggae & Riddim Festival, Rock and Pop the Park: Bexleyheath, Rock n Ribs Festival, ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS, Rockaway Beach, Salt & Tar, Shrewsbury Food Festival, ShyneFest, Sign of The Times Festival, Skye Live Festival, SMALL TOWN, BIG MUSIC, Snowbombing, Solstice On The Mount, Stowaway Festival, Swingathon, Swn Festival, Teddy Rocks Festival, Tewkesbury Live Free Music Festival, The Gathering Sounds, The Great Estate Festival, The Green Gathering, The North East Dog Festival, The Reeling, The Secret Garden Party, The Wild Wood Disco, Thought Bubble, Tiree Music Festival, Trentham Live, Vanlove Fest, VDubs in the Valley, Wild Fields Festival, Wychwood Festival.
Best Micro Festival
"This award goes to the best festival with a daily capacity below 1000."
Nominees:
Burn It Down Festival, Test Fest, Outer Town, Milton Keynes Day Fest, Between The Trees, ALFOLD ROCK and BLUES 2024, The Growing Wild Children's Festival, Phazed Out Festival, Trawsnewid: Transform 2024, Birkenhead Live, ALTITUDE COMEDY FESTIVAL, Mangata Festival, Weston-super-Mare Sea Shanty and Folk Music Festival, Ragged Bear Festival, Wibbly Woods, Sidmouth Fringe, Noise in the Valley Festival, Afro Fiesta, Bishops Waltham Festival, Woo Fest, WOOD-FEST, Coastal Crawl, Gold Sounds, Breaking Bands Festival, Crapfest, Make a Scene Summerjam, RockWich Festival, Energetic by Nature, The UK Kids' Comedy Festival, Leicester Comedy Festival, VanLife Fest.
Best New Festival
"This award goes to the most promising new festival that launched after September 2023."
Nominees:
Afro Fiesta, Black Isle Calling, BS3, DocksFest, Druridge Bay Festival, Energetic by Nature, Got The Love Festival, Lazydays Festival, Live From The Yard Hull, Milnrow Cricket Club Festival, Milton Keynes Day Fest, Monument Festival, Noise in the Valley Festival, Phazed Out Festival, Rock and Pop the Park: Bexleyheath, SMALL TOWN, BIG MUSIC, The Brit Fest, Trawsnewid: Transform 2024, Wild Fields Festival.
Best Metropolitan Festival
"One of the more significant changes in the festival landscape over the last few years has been the rise of metropolitan festivals, and this award is bestowed upon the festival that most convincingly made a city its own."
Nominees:
A Stone's Throw Festival, ALTITUDE COMEDY FESTIVAL, AVA Festival, Beat the Streets, Brighten The Corners Festival, Brixton Disco Festival, BS3, Burn It Down Festival, Cloud X Festival, Coastal Crawl, Cross The Tracks, Dot To Dot Festival, Exmouth Festival, FLY Open Air, FOCUS Wales 2024, Fortress Festival, Get Together, Gobefest, High Tide Twickenham, Homobloc, Kilkenomics, Kubix Festival, Leicester Comedy Festival, Live at Leeds In The City, Live From The Yard Hull, Live from Wythenshawe Park, Liverpool Sound City, Manchester Pride Festival, Manchester Punk Festival, Mangata Festival, Moseley Folk & Arts Festival, Mutations Festival, National Festival of Making, Northern Pride presents Pride in the City 2024, Outer Town, Parklife, Phazed Out Festival, RADAR Festival, Ragged Bear Festival, RALLY, Reggae & Riddim Festival, Rockaway Beach, Swn Festival, Tewkesbury Live Free Music Festival, The Gathering Sounds, Tramlines Festival, TRNSMT Festival, Victorious Festival, Wide Awake.
The Grassroots Festival Award
"This award acknowledges the independent festivals whose organisers sacrifice their time, energy and finances in order to host an event that’s true to their ideals and free of commercial interests."
Nominees:
2000trees Festival, 3 Wishes Fairy Festival, A NEW DAY FESTIVAL 2024, A Stone's Throw Festival, ALFOLD ROCK and BLUES 2024, ALTITUDE COMEDY FESTIVAL, ArcTanGent Festival, Beardy Folk Festival, Beat-Herder, Beat the Streets, Beautiful Days, Bishops Waltham Festival, Blackpool Cricket Club Festival, Breaking Bands Festival, Brighten The Corners Festival, Buckle & Boots Country Music Festival, Burn It Down Festival, Call of The Wild Festival, Cloud X Festival, Coast Fest, Daresbury Festival, Derbyshire Sausage & Cider Festival, Druridge Bay Festival, Eden Festival, Ely Folk Festival, Energetic by Nature, Festival On The Hills, Field Maneuvers 2024, Foolhardy Folk Festival, Fortress Festival, Gate to Southwell Festival, Get Together, Good Vibrations Society, Gobefest, Heyside Cricket Club Festival, Hide&Seek Festival, High Tide Twickenham, Lazydays Festival, Leigh Cricket Club Festival, Lindisfarne Festival, Manchester Adored, Manchester Punk Festival, Mangata Festival, Milnrow Cricket Club Festival, Monument Festival, Morley Music Festival, Noise in the Valley Festival, Nozstock: The Hidden Valley, Outer Town, Phazed Out Festival, Ragged Bear Festival, Rockaway Beach, RockWich Festival, Sidmouth Fringe, Sign of The Times Festival, Solstice On The Mount, Stowaway Festival, Swn Festival, Teddy Rocks Festival, Terminal V Festival 2024, The Gathering Sounds, The Green Gathering, The Growing Wild Children's Festival, The Secret Garden Party, The Wild Wood Disco, Trentham Live, Weston-super-Mare Sea Shanty and Folk Music Festival, Wibbly Woods, Wild Fields Festival, Woo Fest, Wychwood Festival.
Best Family Festival
"In contrast to the hedonism that still characterises many festivals, this award goes to the event that best caters towards families – taking into account both the quality of entertainment and facilities on offer."
Nominees:
2000trees Festival, 3 Wishes Fairy Festival, Africa Oye, Afro Fiesta, Alderfest, ALSO Festival, Audi Presents Wilderness, Bearded Theory Festival, Beautiful Days, Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Big Feastival, Bishops Waltham Festival, Blackpool cricket club festival, Bram Stoker Festival, Breaking Bands Festival, Call of The Wild Festival, Camp Bestival Dorset, CarFest, Coast Fest, Deer Shed, Deva Fest, Eden Festival, Exmouth Festival, Festival of Bounce, Festival On The Hills, Folk by the Oak, Góbéfest, Gone Wild Festival, Good Vibrations Society, Hardwick Festival, HebCelt Festival, Heyside Cricket Club Festival, In It Together Festival, Kendal Calling, Leigh cricket club festival, Mighty Dub Fest, Milnrow cricket club festival, Minety Music Festival, Morley Music Festival, Moseley Folk & Arts Festival, National Festival of Making, Picnic and Pop, Rock n Ribs Festival, ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS, Rock the Mote, RockWich Festival, Shrewsbury Food Festival, ShyneFest, SMALL TOWN, BIG MUSIC, Stowaway Festival, Teddy Rocks Festival, Test Fest, The Great Estate Festival, The Green Gathering, The Growing Wild Children's Festival, The Reeling, The UK Kids' Comedy Festival, Tiree Music Festival, Tramlines Festival, Truck Festival, VanLife Fest, Victorious Festival, VWFestival, Weston-super-Mare Sea Shanty and Folk Music Festival, Woo Fest, Wychwood Festival, Y Not Festival
Best Non-Music Festival
"From food & drink festivals, film festivals, gaming, sports, and so on, this award recognising the best non-music festival in the UK for 2024"
Nominees:
ALTITUDE COMEDY FESTIVAL, Arboretum Beer Festival, Bournemouth 7s Festival, Bram Stoker Festival, Bristol Pride, Cheltenham 7s festival, Energetic by Nature, Festival of Bounce, Kilkenomics, Leicester Comedy Festival, Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival, Manchester Pride Festival, National Festival of Making, Shrewsbury Food Festival, The Great Estate Festival, The North East Dog Festival, The UK Kids' Comedy Festival, Thought Bubble, VanLife Fest, Vanlove Fest, VDubs in the Valley, VWFestival
See your favourite festival amongst the masses? Well then make your vote by heading to the voting survey - HERE
Check out our What's On Guide to discover more rowdy raves and sweaty gigs taking place over the coming weeks and months. For festivals, lifestyle events and more, head on over to our Things To Do page or be inspired by the event selections on our Inspire Me page.
