Nominations for the Festival Supplier Awards 2017 open today, Monday 5th September. Returning for their third edition they will once again recognise the hard work and dedication of festival and outdoor event suppliers in what is undoubtedly a highly competitive marketplace. Already firmly established as an excellent evening of celebration and networking, the awards will return to London’s Hurlingham Club on Thursday 26th January 2017, timed perfectly to kick start the industry’s year.
The award categories cover a multitude of outdoor event essentials, from staging, crowd management, temporary structures and crewing to crowd barriers, toilets, technology and glamping. In addition, there are accolades for Best Green Supplier and Best Production Team. New for 2017 is a dedicated award for ‘Best Brand Activation at a Festival’, this will look to reward the growing contribution that agencies and brands make to events.
The full list of categories is as follows:
Best Brand Activation at a Festival (NEW)
Best Concession / Bar
Best Crew / Artist Catering
Best Crewing Company
Best Crowd / Pit Barrier
Best Crowd Management / Security
Best Event Branding
Best Fencing / Hoarding
Best Festival PR Company
Best Festival Production Team
Best Festival Support Service
Best Festival Technology Supplier
Best Festival Welfare Company
Best Furniture
Best Glamping & Accommodation
Best Health & Safety
Best Plant
Best Power
Best Screen Supplier
Best Sound
Best Stage
Best Temporary Roadway / Walkway
Best Temporary Structure
Best Temporary Water Supply
Best Ticketing
Best Toilets / Waste Management Company
Best Visual Spectacular
Green Festival Supplier Award
Event director of the Festival Supplier Awards, Michelle Tayton said: “The feedback we received for last year’s awards was overwhelmingly positive so it is exciting to be starting the process again for 2017. We believe that we’ve found a winning formula that the industry likes – niche categories, impressive judging panel, great format, excellent venue and the perfect date. We’re confident that the awards will continue to go from strength to strength.”
Nominations will close on 31st October 2016, with the entries then judged by an independent panel of experts that will be announced in the coming weeks.
Companies or individuals wishing to enter the 2017 Festival Supplier Awards can request an entry form by emailing awards@festivalsupplierawards.com
Full entry details are available on the Festival Supplier Awards website www.festivalsupplierawards.com
Keep up to speed with the latest award news via its Twitter feed @TheFestAwards
