How the Awards are decided

This year, we have placed more awards than ever before in the hands of the public vote, without the influence of a judging panel.

The votes have been weighted according to festival size, with the decision being ultimately guided by the proportion of your audience that thinks you deserve their vote.

The following categories are decided by public vote:

• Best Non-Music Festival • Best Family Festival • The Grassroots Festival Award • Best Overseas Festival • Best New Festival • Best Metropolitan Festival • Best Small Festival • Best Medium Festival • Best Large Festival

For the following awards, we engage a panel of relevant specialists and industry luminaries to study entries and decide their preferences. Those categories decided by the judging panel

are:

• Marketing Campaign of the Year • The Innovation Award • The Sarah Nulty Community Impact Award • The Positively Perfect Pivot Award • Best Festival Production • The Brand Activation Award • Line-Up of the Year • Year • The UK Greener Festival Award • Promoter of the year

The Outstanding Contribution to Festival Award is decided by Festival Awards staff.