EXIT i Dimension među najboljim europskim festivalima

U predselekciji za najbolje europske festivale bilo je ponuđeno preko 250 europskih festivala iz 30 različitih zemalja, iz svake kategorije odabrano je po 10 najboljih dok će se najbolji odabrati na svečanoj ceremoniji Festival Awards Europe u Oosterport Congress centru u Groningenu u Nizozemskoj 9. siječnja 2013.

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Od regionalnih festivala osim Exita koji se unatoč nominacijama za najbolji europski festival  bori s opstankom i financijama, te Dimensionsa prvi put održanog festivala u Puli, beogradski Wariors Dance Festival natječe se u istog kategoriji kao i Dimensions za najbolji novi festival.

Niže je poredak prvog kruga najbolji deset festivala po kategorijama:

BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL
1. EXIT Festival (Serbia)
2. Heineken Open'er Festival (Poland)
3. Hurricane & Southside (Germany)
4. Optimus Alive (Portugal)
5. Rock Werchter (Belgium)
6. Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
7. Sziget (Hungary)
8. Tomorrowland (Belgium)
9. Wacken Open Air (Germany)
10. Woodstock Festival (Poland)

BEST MEDIUM-SIZED FESTIVAL
1. Area4 Festival (Germany)
2. Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival (Ireland)
3. Heineken Balaton Sound (Hungary)
4. Lokerse Feesten (Belgium)
5. Melt! Festival (Germany)
6. OFF Festival (Poland)
7. Pohoda Festival (Slovakia)
8. Rock-A-Field (Luxembourg)
9. Smukfest (Denmark)
10. Ursynalia – Warsaw Student Festival (Poland)

BEST SMALL FESTIVAL
1. Absolutely Free Festival (Belgium)
2. Appletree Garden (Germany)
3. Bialystok Pozytywne Wibracje Festival (Poland)
4. Grape Festival (Slovakia)
5. Mini-Rock-Festival (Germany)
6. Plai (Romania)
7. Tauron New Music Festival (Poland)
8. Vestrock (The Netherlands)
9. We Love Green (France)
10. Winterthurer Musikfestwochen (Switzerland)

BEST NEW FESTIVAL
1. Electro Magnetic (Germany)
2. Dimensions Festival (Croatia)
3. Hadra Trance Festival VI (France)
4. Liss Ard Music Festival (Ireland)
5. Mair1 Festival (Germany)
6. Pestivals (Latvia)
7. Ronquieres Festival (Belgium)
8. Vestrock Junior (The Netherlands)
9. Warriors Dance Festival (Serbia)
10. XO Live (The Netherlands)

BEST INDOOR FESTIVAL
1. Blues in Hell (Norway)
2. Dia De La Musica (Spain)
3. Eurosonic Noorderslag (The Netherlands)
4. I Love Techno (Belgium)
5. Le Printemps De Bourges (France)
6. Reeperbahn Festival (Germany)
7. Sensation (Denmark)
8. Sensation (Netherlands)
9. The Rolling Stone Weekender (Germany)
10. Waves Vienna (Austria)

BEST EUROPEAN FESTIVAL LINE-UP
1. Melt! Festival (Germany)
2. Optimus Alive (Portugal)
3. Primavera (Spain)
4. Pukkelpop (Belgium)
5. Rock am Ring / Rock im Park (Germany)
6. Rock Werchter (Belgium)
7. Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
8. Southside / Hurricane (Germany)
9. Tomorrowland (Belgium)
10. Way out West (Sweden)

ANTHEM OF THE YEAR
1. Die Toten Hosen “Tage wie dieser”
2. Florence & The Machine “Shake it out”
3. Foster the People “Pumped up Kicks”
4. Jack White “Seven Nation Army”
5. Lykke Li “I follow Rivers”
6. M83 – “Midnight City”
7. Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man”
8. Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks”
9. The Black Keys “Lonely Boy”
10. Will and the People “Lion in the morning sun”

HEADLINER OF THE YEAR
1. Bon Iver
2. Florence & The Machine
3. Foo Fighters
4. Jack White
5. Mumford & Sons
6. Pearl Jam
7. The Black Keys
8. The Cure
9. The Killers
10. The Stones Roses

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR with Eurosonic Noorderslag
1. Alabama Shakes
2. Alt J
3. Anna Calvi
4. Azealia Banks
5. Dope D.O.D
6. Dry the River
7. Ewert and the Two Dragons
8. Jessie Ware
9. Kraftklub
10. Of Monsters and Men

ARTISTS’ FAVOURITE FESTIVAL *
1. OpenAir St.Gallen (Switzerland)
2. Optimus Alive (Portugal)
3. Oya Festivalen (Norway)
4. Parades de Coura (Portugal)
5. Primavera Sound (Spain)
6. Pukkelpop (Belgium)
7. Rock Werchter (Belgium)
8. Way out West (Sweden)
9. Roskilde (Denmark)
10. Woodstock (Poland)

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR with Virtual Festivals Europe *
1. Everything is new in Lisbon (Portugal)
2. ID & T (The Nederlands)
3. Live Nation (Belgium)
4. Luger (Sweden)
5. Pukkelpop (Belgium)

GREEN OPERATIONS AWARD with Yourope and The GO Group **
1. Boom Festival (Portugal)
2. Maifeld Derby (Germany)
3. Open Air St.Gallen (Switzerland)
4. Way Out West (Sweden)
5. We Love Green (France)