Festival Awards 2007 – Best of the Best?

9th Oct 2007

So which do you think was the best major festival, the best rock act, the best newcomer, the best grassroots festival, best anthem of the summer and most memorable moment this year? These are just some of the funky categories at this years Festival Awards 2007.

Grandmaster mixologist DJ Yoda link, follows his sublime A-Z of Radio 1 mix, which went out as part of the stations 40th Birthday celebrations, with a nomination for Best Dance Act at this year’s Virtual Festivals’ UK Festival Awards.

Voting is already underway at link link so take the time out to cast your vote and you could win tickets to every winning festival in 2008! *Voting closes on the 28th October 2007.

Set for a clean sweep, the Isle of Wight's very own Bestival is nominated for nine awards in total

The 3 day, merry-go-round of mayhem, this year curated by Rob Da Bank is up for all of the following awards:

Best Medium-Sized Festival
Best Line-up
Fan-Friendly Festival Award
Family Festival Award
Best Party Arena
(Bestival Big Top in association with Samsung)
Most Memorable Moment
(Suggs from Madness invades Primal Scream's headline set at Bestival)

Plus… there are several other awards that we have a stake in. Including:

Festival Feel Good Act
(The Cuban Brothers at Bestival)
Best Headline Act
(Primal Scream at Bestival)
Best Dance Act
(DJ Yoda at Bestival)

These awards are entirely voted for by the public so we urge everyone to put down their cup of tea and go right now to
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With a veritable feast of acts ranging massively in diversity from established artists Beastie Boys, Chemical Brothers, Horace Andy and Soul II Soul all the way through to new acts Bonde de Role, Architecture In Helsinki and Seasick Steve via top DJs Coldcut, DJ Yoda and Francois K, it’s a deserved pat on the back for Bestival Curator Rob da Bank to be nominated for Best Line-up.