Electric Picnic wins big at festival awards

Eight gongs for the Stradbally spectacular...

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 02 Feb 2012

The online votes – 19,000 of them! - have been counted and the gongs handed out in the 2011 Festival Awards.

The results make particularly good reading for the Electric Picnic who are the victors in no fewer than eight categories.

Best Large Festival: Electric Picnic

Best Medium Festival: Rory Gallagher Tribute Festival

Best Small Festival: Body & Soul

Greenest Festival: Electric Picnic

Best One Day Festival: Arthur’s Day

Best New Festival: Forbidden Fruit

Best Dance Festival: Life

Best Traditional Festival: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann

Best Value: Arthur’s Day

Best Street Spirit: Galway Arts Festival

Best Headline Act: The Chemical Brothers

Best Rock Act: Muse

Best Dance Act: Underworld

Best Alternative Act: Rubberbandits

Best Irish Act: And So I Watch You From Afar

Best Lineup: Electric Picnic

Family Festival Award: Electric Picnic

Social Responsibility Award: Electric Picnic

Best Service: Electric Picnic

Best Toilets: Electric Picnic

The awards are staged by Cherrycool Promotions, the people behind Castlepalooza who exclude themselves in the interest of fairness.

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