EFA Award ceremony ruled by Arctic Monkeys, band made of festival pros with Michal Kaščák played during galas

And the European Festival Awards (EFA) winners are...

15. January 2015

And the European Festival Awards (EFA) winners are...

Hungary’s Sziget Festival reclaimed its title amongst the Best Major Festival. Sea Dance Festival from Montenegro was awarded in our “weight category” of Medium-Sized Festivals. The Best Small Festival went to Poland’s Tauron Nowa Muzyka. British band Arctic Monkeys scooped award for the Best Headliner and Anthem Of The Year (for ‘R U Mine’). Slovakia had 3 nominees this year: Pohoda Festival, Grape and Austrian – Slovak indoor festival Waves. We reached it thanks to the votes of our supporters, what is the best price for us actually.

In the music you don`t play for some prize, playing itself is the prize. That`s the motto of the unusual formation made of music festival pros, including our CEO – Michal Kascak. Band called Ben Challis and The Illegal Terms peppered the gentility of the ceremony with punk covers of The Clash and The Ramones. The band members were: Ben Challis – Glastonbury lawyer, Christof Huber – chief of the Yourope association and festival Open-Air St. Gallen, Steve Jenner – Festival Awards director, Holger Schmidt – chief of the GreenEvents Europe and festival Das Fest and Michal Kascak - chief of ours Pohoda Festival. Enjoy a short video of their appearance.