Festival Awards Europe: Deadline for nominations extended

23 September 2010 15.50 BST

Due to high levels of interest the deadline for festivals to nominate themselves in second edition of the Festival Awards Europe has been extended. Nominations have already come from 28 countries and the number of events taking part is 20 per cent above last year's total.

"We've had more applications than last year, and festivals are still contacting us about being involved," says James Drury, Managing Director of Festival Awards Ltd. "So we've decided to extend the nomination deadline to 8 October, and push public voting back to 13 October, to enable as many events as possible to take part. The Festival Awards is about celebrating the incredible achievements of festival organisers over the last 12 months, and it's exciting to see such vibrancy in the industry."

The application form can be filled in online and only takes about 5 mins to complete http://eu.festivalawards.com/index.cfm/apply/

Following its successful debut last January, Festival Awards Europe will return to Groningen in the New Year with a larger venue and more categories.

Decided by a combination of public vote and industry juries, these Awards are the only pan-European body solely dedicated to recognising the contributions and achievements of the event organisers and performing artists that generate billions of Euros for local economies and brighten up the summer for tens of millions of festival-goers each year.

Featuring live acts and an aftershow party, the Awards Show takes place on Wednesday 12th January 2011 at Groningen's Stadsschouwburg in The Netherlands, on the opening day of the 25th Anniversary edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag.

Tickets:
Tickets (up to 6 tickets per buyer) to the European Festival Awards, which will include a drinks reception, buffet dinner, live performances and an aftershow party will be exclusively available, on a strict first-come-first-served basis, for festivals and promoters (Eurosonic Noorderslag registration is required)

Below you find the EFA 2011 link. It is secured with password; EFA2011
http://sut5.co.uk/clickthrough.php?iD=4&iItem=108503&iLink=30724067&strUnique_ID=96e8f6e1891ef8f0d2fa065a6f0660&strUrl=http://www.ticketmaster.nl/html/connect.htmI?EVNT=EU120111

Register for EuroSonic Noorderslag 2011:
http://sut5.co.uk/clickthrough.php?iD=4&iItem=108503&iLink=30724067&strUnique_ID=e07405af90cea1443c2eaacf654cd7&strUrl=http://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/conference/about/register/