Festival Insights and UK Festival Awards

15/09/2026

This is your final chance to enter the UK Festival Awards 2026. 🎪

Whether you’re starting your application or making those final tweaks, make sure your entry is submitted before the deadline tonight.

Entries close at midnight, Tuesday 15 September.

Submit your entry now, link below!
🔗https://enter.festivalawards.com/ukfestivalawards2026/en/page/applications

08/09/2026

One week to go!

Entries for the UK Festival Awards 2026 close in just one week. Not started your application yet? Haven’t finished it? Now is the time to get your entry in 🎪

Set your reminders! The deadline is Tuesday 15 September.

Submit your entry now!
🔗 https://enter.festivalawards.com/ukfestivalawards2026/en/page/applications

02/09/2026

Entries for the UK Festival Awards 2026 are closing soon!

Not started your application yet? Haven't finished it? Now is the time! 🎪

Set your reminders! The deadline is Tuesday 15 September.

🔗 Submit your entry now: https://festivalawards.com/how-to-enter/

25/08/2026

Entries for the UK Festival Awards 2026 close in just three weeks, so now’s the time to get your entry in! 🎪

With new and updated categories for 2026, there are more opportunities than ever to showcase the incredible work happening across the UK festival industry.

Don’t miss your chance!

Submit your entry now via the link in below
🔗 https://festivalawards.com/how-to-enter/

21/08/2026

With an ever-expanding range of platforms and channels available, marketing a festival has become an increasingly creative and strategic discipline. This award recognises campaigns that capture attention, engage audiences, and deliver measurable results through innovative and effective marketing.

🔸Strategy & objective alignment
🔸Measurable impact
🔸Creativity & channel use
🔸Delivery & problem-solving

Submit your entry via the link below!
🔗https://tickets.festivalawards.com/ukfestivalawards2026/en/page/applications

19/08/2026

From tools that streamline the audience journey to innovations that transform engagement, recognising both the technology provider and the festival where it was implemented, this award celebrates the technological innovations that have enhanced the festival experience in 2026.

Open to festivals and technology partners who have implemented new and impactful solutions in 2026.

🔸Problem solving & effectiveness
🔸Audience impact & measurable outcomes
🔸Implementation & delivery

Submit your entry via the link below!
🔗 https://festivalawards.com/how-to-enter/

13/08/2026

We’re already seeing some fantastic entries come through for the UK Festival Awards 2026, and we want to see yours too!

This year brings more and updated categories, giving even more opportunities to showcase the incredible work happening across the UK festival industry.

🔗 Enter today through the link below
https://festivalawards.com/how-to-enter/

🎪 We’ll be back at DIECAST, Manchester on Tuesday 1 December 2026.
Want to be there?

🔗 Tickets available through the link below
https://tickets.festivalawards.com/ukfestivalawards2026/en/page/tickets

10/08/2026

With new categories and updates for 2026, there are more opportunities than ever to showcase the incredible work happening across the UK festival industry 🎪

Submit your entry now! Link in below
🔗https://festivalawards.com/how-to-enter/

Looking to get involved with the UK Festival Awards? Sponsorship opportunities are available for 2026.

🎪 For more information, contact Tom at [email protected]

07/08/2026

“Someone catches your eye across a crowd. A slight nod, nothing more. Sometimes that’s the whole encounter. They know we’re there and that’s enough, and they walk on. Other times, someone jogs over to ask where the toilet block is, and ten minutes later they’re telling you they’ve been struggling with depression all summer and haven’t told a single person.

That’s what it’s like being a Festival Samaritan."

Sally Washtell-Blaise, deputy director of comms and fundraising at Festival Samaritans, tells us about how the charity is providing crucial support for field revellers.

Read the full story here: https://www.festivalinsights.com/2026/07/its-welfare-infrastructure-not-a-nice-to-have-sally-washtell-blaise-on-how-samaritans-support-came-to-festivals/

📸: Abby Poulson

Sally Washtell-Blaise, Samaritans Festival Branch deputy director of comms and fundraising, speaks on how the charity is providing crucial support for field revellers.

04/08/2026

The most talked-about moment at a festival is not always the headline act. Performances from across the line-up can define an event, create lasting memories, and even mark a breakthrough moment for an artist.

This award recognises the most outstanding individual performance delivered at a festival in 2026, celebrating impact, audience connection, and cultural relevance. Open to all festivals.

🔸Impact & stand-out quality
🔸Delivery & festival support
🔸Resilience & ex*****on

Submit your entry via the link below!
🔗 https://festivalawards.com/how-to-enter/