Iberian Festival Awards finalists announced

The Iberian Festival Awards, a new sister event to the UK and European Festival Awards, has announced its finalists for the inaugural event on 3 March.

The awards will be presented on the first night of the Talkfest International Music Festivals Forum in Lisbon.

The finalists (labelled “PT” for Portugal and “ES” for Spain) are:

Best major festival

• Bilbao BBK Live (ES)
• DreamBeach Villaricos (ES)
• FIB – Festival Internacional de Benicassim (ES)
• FMM Sines (PT)
• Low Festival (ES)
• Madrid Live Festival (ES)
• Musa Cascais (PT)
• Primavera Sound (ES)
• Resurrection Fest (ES)
• Rfm Somnii (PT)

Best medium-sized festival

• AgitÁgueda Art Festival (PT)
• Bons Sons (PT)
• Ebrovision (ES)
• EDP Cool Jazz (PT)
• Marearock Festival (ES)
• Med Loulé (PT)
• Mulafest (ES)
• Mundaka Festival (ES)
• Sumol Summer Fest (PT)
• The End of the World (ES)

Best small festival

• Arrecife en Vivo (ES)
• Bastard Rock (PT)
• Buenas Noches Madrid (ES)
• Flower Power Fest (PT)
• Free Art Festival (ES)
• Indie Music Fest (PT)
• inDouro Fest (PT)
• MAZ Basauri (ES)
• Party Sleep Repeat (PT)
• Sinsal Son Estrella Galicia (ES)

Best tourist promotion (sponsored by BTL)

• AgitÁgueda Art Festival (PT)
• Bilbao BBK Live (ES)
• Estrella de Levante SOS 4.8 (ES)
• Festival F (PT)
• Festival Forte (PT)
• Lisb-On #Jardim Sonoro (PT)
• Med Loulé (PT)
• Mundaka Festival (ES)
• Primavera Sound (ES)
• Resurrection Fest (ES)

Best new festival

• Almeirim Music Festival (PT)
• Flower Power Fest (PT)
• Fuzzville!!! (ES)
• InDouro Fest (PT)
• Montepio Às Vezes o Amor (PT)
• Mundaka Festival (ES)
• Piknic Electronik Lisboa (PT)
• Sound Bay Fest (PT)
• Um ao Molhe (PT)
• Universal Music Fest (ES)

Best line-up

• Bilbao BBK Live (ES)
• Bons Sons (PT)
• DreamBeach Villaricos (ES)
• Festival Forte (PT)
• FFM Sines (PT)
• Mundaka Festival (ES)
• Party Sleep Repeat (PT)
• Primavera Sound (ES)
• Resurrection Fest (ES)
• Rfm Somnii (PT)

Best campsite

• Azkena Rock Festival (ES)
• Bilbao BBK Live (ES)
• Bons Sons (PT)
• DreamBeach Villaricos (ES)
• Festival Forte (PT)
• FIB Benicassim (ES)
• Indie Music Fest (PT)
• Musa Cascais (PT)
• Resurrection Fest (ES)
• Sumol Summer Fest (PT)

Best indoor festival

• Bastard Rock (PT)
• Belém Art Fest (PT)
• Bime Live (ES)
• Fuzzville!!! (ES)
• Live for Madness Metal Fest (ES)
• Madrid Live Festival (ES)
• MAZ Basauri (ES)
• Montepio Às Vezes o Amor (PT)
• Party Sleep Repeat (PT)
• Sons de Vez (PT)

Best service provider

• Filpalcos (PT)
• Feeders (PT)
• Idasfest (ES)
• Marginal Voluntariado (PT)
• Milaneza (PT)
• Puro Audio (PT)
• Sleep’em’All (PT)
• Ticketline (PT)
• Ticketea (ES)
• Yumiwi (ES)

Best cultural programme

• Azkena Rock Festival (ES)
• Bons Sons (PT)
• Cruilla Barcelona (ES)
• Festival Jardins Palau Reial Pedralbes (ES)
• FMM Sines (PT)
• Med Loulé (PT)
• Mulafest (ES)
• Piknic Electronik Lisboa (PT)
• Primavera Sound (ES)
• Rotas & Rituais (PT)

Best communication

• Bilbao BBK Live (ES)
• Bons Sons (PT)
• DCode (ES)
• Edp Cooljazz (PT)
• Kutxa Kultur Festibala (ES)
• Lisb-On #Jardim Sonoro (PT)
• Low Festival (ES)
• Party Sleep Repeat (PT)
• Primavera Sound (ES)
• Sumol Summer Fest (PT)

Best brand activation

• Blueticket (PT)
• EDP / Desafio Global (PT)
• Estrela Damm (ES)
• Fnac (PT)
• Milaneza (PT)
• Mini / Yumiwi (ES)
• NOS / Feeders (PT)
• RTP (PT)
• Sociedade Ponto Verde / A Mercearia (PT)
• Vodafone (PT)

Best use of technology

• Best-Id (PT)
• EDP / Desafio Global (PT)
• Get a Fest! (PT)
• Idasfest (ES)
• Owonkey (ES)
• Playpass (ES)
• Ticketea (ES)
• Transglobal (PT)
• Thumbeo (PT)
• Yumiwi (ES)

Best media partner

• Arte Sonora (PT)
• Backstage (PT)
• Bi Fm (ES)
• Mondo Sonoro (ES)
• Noite e Música Magazine (PT)
• Radio 3 (ES)
• Rock FM (ES)
• RTP (PT)
• Vicious Magazine (ES)
• Vodafone FM (PT)

Best hosting and reception (sponsored by We Have Ideas)

• Bastard Rock (PT)
• Bons Sons (PT)
• Caos no Mésio (PT)
• Ebrovision (ES)
• Festival Forte (PT)
• Festival Jardins Palau Reial Pedralbes (ES)
• Live for Madness Metal Fest (ES)
• Mundaka Festival (ES)
• Piknic Electronik Lisboa (PT)
• The End of The World (ES)

Best infrastructure

• Bilbao BBK Live (ES)
• Bons Sons (PT)
• Festival Forte (PT)
• Low Festival (ES)
• Marearock Festival (ES)
• Nos Alive / Puro Audio (PT)
• Nos Primavera Sound / Filpalcos (PT)
• PortAmérica (ES)
• Primavera Sound (ES)
• Vodafone Paredes Coura / Filpalcos (PT)

Contribution to sustainability (sponsored by Alma Verde)

• ARTeNOU (ES)
• Bilbao BBK Live (ES)
• Bons Sons (PT)
• Edp CoolJazz (PT)
• Estrella de Levante SOS 48 (ES)
• Low Festival (ES)
• Med Loulé (PT)
• Mundaka Festival (ES)
• Musa Cascais (PT)
• Sumol Summer Fest (PT)

Best live performance (Portugal/Spain)

• Belako (Mundaka – ES)
• Buraka som Sistema (Meo Sudoeste – PT)
• Clã (Bons Sons – PT)
• Los Planetas (FIB – ES)
• Manel Cruz (Nos Primavera Sound – PT)
• Paco Osuna (Dreambeach – ES)
• Supersubmarina (Dcode – ES)
• The Legendary Tigerman (Vodafone Paredes De Coura – PT)
• Vetusta Morla (Medusa Sunbeach – ES)
• Xutos e Pontapes (Sol da Caparica – PT)

Best live performance (international)

• 30 Seconds To Mars (Neox Rocks – ES)
• Benjamin Clementine (Vodafone Mexefest – PT)
• Blur (FIB – ES)
• Charles Bradley (Vodafone Paredes de Coura – PT)
• Cypress Hill (Alrumbo – ES)
• Florence + the Machine (Super Bock Super Rock – PT)
• Kasabian (Low Festival – ES)
• Muse (NOS Alive – PT)
• Patti Smith (NOS Primavera Sound – PT)
• The National (Festival SOS 4.8 – ES)