EXIT Best in Europe
Wednesday, 07 November 2007
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UK Festival Awards 2007, together with Yourope, the European Association of the 40 largest festivals in Europe, has awarded EXIT as the Best European Festival.
On behalf of EXIT the Best European Festival award was
accepted by Ivan Milivojev, Production Manager, and Konstantin
Polzovic, Head Associate. The ceremony was held at the Koko club,
London, with eight hundred people present including representatives of
the major British and other European festivals. The first to
congratulate Ivan and Kole on the award was John Giddins, The Rolling
Stones promoter and the Isle of Wight festival organizer.
International public vote on the Internet chose the Best European Festival among the nominees listing FIB Benicassim
(Spain), Roskilde (Denmark), Hultsfred (Sweden), Les
Eurockeennes de Belfort (France), Pinkpop, Lowlands (the Netherlands),
Quart Festival (Norway), Pukkelpop and Rock Werchter (Belgium).
Other categories included festivals held in Great Britain such as
Glastonbury, Reading, T in the Park and many more. The Best Major
Festival award went to Isle Of Wight, while the V festival was awarded
for the Best Line Up and Glastonbury took the award for innovation. The
full list of winners can be found at the UK Festival Awards 2007
website.
This year saw a fourth UK Festival Awards.
In 2005 and 2006 public voted T in the Park as Best Festival, with
winners awarded in many other categories including Best Small Festival,
Best Line-Up, Most Anticipated Festival, Best Headliner etc. This year
Best European Festival category was first introduced.
Early 2006, British weekly The Observer recommended our festival as the
best in the world and an absolute must-see, while in May this year
MSN.com, second most visited website in the world, listed EXIT fourth in
their world's festivals top list.
Congratulations to YOU!