Winners of the European Festival Awards 2023

Congratulations all the winners to their 2023 European Festival Awards. For this year, festivals from over 30 countries participated and 300,000 votes have been cast by the public. This resulted in 111 shortlisted nominees in 12 different categories, not counting the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Now, without further ado, here are all winners in the 13 categories of the European Festival Awards 2023:

The Take a Stand Award

Presented by: Take a Stand

Sziget Festival, HU
Line-Up of the Year

Presented by: IQ Magazine

Glastonbury, GB
The Event Safety Award

Presented by: YES Group
OpenAir St.Gallen, CH
Agent of the Year
Tom Schroeder – Wasserman Music
Best Small Festival
Maifeld Derby, DE
Newcomer of the Year

Presented by: ESNS

Balming Tiger, KR

The Brand Activation Award

Heroes & Hype Festivals & Unilever Axe, DE

Best Medium-Sized Festival
Pohoda Festival, SK

The Green Operations Award

Presented by: GO Group

Boom Festival, PT
Best Major Festival

Presented by: See Tickets
Hurricane Festival, DE
The Award for Excellence and Passion

Eric van Eerdenburg, NL

Promoter of the Year

Alter Art, PL
The Lifetime Achievement Award

Ruud Berends, NL

YOUROPE - The European Festival Association
The European Festival Awards Team would like to extend a huge thank you to all of those who participated in and attended the European Festival Awards 2023. Special thanks to their presenting Partner See Tickets, their sponsors EPS and 3F, their media partner IQ Magazine and all of the European Festival Awards partners including all supporters and members of the jury.

See you next year for the Awards 14th edition