MED won the award for Best Medium Dimension Festival at the Iberian Festival Awards, whose winners were announced this Thursday, March 16, at a ceremony in Barcelona.
A distinction at the Iberian level that «is the culmination of many years of work, of a dedicated and committed team», in the view of Carlos Carmo, deputy mayor of Loulé Vítor Aleixo and coordinator of the MED.
“It was a memorable night. The 2016 edition was one of the best ever. Now we have the responsibility to do even better and win other prizes», he added, in statements to Rádio Universitária do Algarve (RUA) FM.
Shortly before this award was handed over to Vítor Aleixo, at the ceremony that took place in Barcelona, the vice-president of the municipality Hugo Nunes presented at BTL, in Lisbon, the next edition of Festival MED, which will include, among others, Rodrigo Leão, Ana Moura, the Brazilian Bnegão, Mayra Andrade and the Romanians Fanfare Ciocarlia.
In this second edition of the Iberian Festival Awards, the Loulé festival was nominated for six awards, three of which depend on public voting, including the one that MED won – Best Medium Size Festival, Best Alignment and Best Performance (António Zambujo), Contribution to Sustainability, Best Tourism Promotion and Best Cultural Program.
Also nominated for these last two awards, both decided by the jury, as well as for Best Medium Size Festival, was the F Festival, of Faro. The Farense event ended up not being able to collect any awards.
Among the Portuguese festivals in the competition, highlight goes to the World Music Festival in Sines, which won three awards – Best Iberian Cultural Program, Best National Festival and Best Tourism Promotion in Portugal – and Bons Sons, in Tomar, which won two awards – Better Reception and Better Alignment, both at the Iberian level.
The Iberian Festival Awards are an initiative of the Portuguese Association of Music Festivals that aim to distinguish the best festivals that take place in Portugal and Spain.
Check out the full list of winners:
Decided by the Jury:
Best Tourist Promotion
Bilbao BBK Live (ES) – Iberian Winner
FMM Sines (PT) – National Winner
Best Service Provider powered by Polishows
Fahr 021.3 (EN) – Iberian Winner
Ticketea (ES) – National Winner
Best Cultural Program
FMM Sines (PT) – Iberian Winner
Signal (ES) – National Winner
Best communication
Resurrection Fest (ES) – Iberian Winner
Lisb-on #Jardim Sonoro (PT) – National Winner
Best Brand Activation
New Balance / Sinsal (ES) – Iberian Winner
Heineken / Lisb-On (PT) – National Winner
Best use of technology
Paypal / Cruilla (ES) – Iberian Winner
Place and Tickets (PT) – National Winner
Best Hosting and Reception
Good Sounds (PT) – Iberian Winner
Bilbao BBK Live (ES) – National Winner
Best Infrastructure
Bilbao BBK Live (ES) – Iberian Winner
Rock in Rio Lisbon (PT) – National Winner
Contribution to Sustainability
Riba Rocks (ES) – Iberian Winner
Edp Cool Jazz (PT) – National Winner
Excellence Award
Javier Ajenjo (ES)
Decided by the public:
Best Major Festival
Bilbao BBK Live (ES) – Iberian Winner
FMM Sines (PT) – National Winner
Best Medium-Sized Festival powered by Ron Negrita
Med Festival (PT) – Iberian Winner
Azkena Rock Festival (ES) – National Winner
Best Small Festival powered by Wegow
Universal Music Festival (ES) – Iberian Winner
Party Sleep Repeat (PT) – National Winner
Best New Festival
Mad Cool Festival (ES) – Iberian Winner
Lisbon Dance Festival (PT) – National Winner
Best Line-Up
Good Sounds (PT) – Iberian Winner
Mad Cool Festival (ES) – National Winner
Best Camping Site
Bilbao BBK Live (ES) – Iberian Winner
Musa Cascais (PT) – National Winner
Best Indoor Festival
Lisbon Dance Festival (PT) – Iberian Winner
Universal Music Festival (ES) – National Winner
Best Media Partner
Mondo Sonoro (ES) – Iberian Winner
Antenna 3 (PT) – National Winner
Best Live Performance (International)
Iron Maiden – Resurrection Fest (ES) – Iberian Winner
Queen – Rock in Rio Lisbon (PT) – National Winner
Best Live Performance (National)
DAMA – Meo Marés Vivas (PT) – Iberian Winner
Belako – Low Festival (ES) – National Winner
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