The Summer of 2011 may be long forgotten but the memories of the best festivals of the year have just been revealed!
More than 19,000 Irish music fans cast their votes in the 100% publicly-voted Irish Festival Awards – and the results are now in with Electric Picnic scooping 7 of the major gongs including ‘Best Large Festival’ and ‘Best Lineup’. The Rubber Bandits were honoured with ‘Best Alternative Act’; : And so I watch you from afar were voted ‘Best Irish Act’ while Galway Arts Festival won the award for ‘Best Street Spirit’.
“The Irish Festival Awards were set up in 2007 to honour the people behind the scenes that make every Irish Summer such an eclectic celebration of music, art and performance – and well done to Electric Picnic for stealing the show in 2011,” said Awards Director, Cillian Stewart. “Fans are still in with a chance to win tickets to every winning festival so don’t delay and like the Festival Awards Facebook page to enter now,” he said.
Results for Irish Festival Awards 2011
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: Rubber Bandits
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
