A Greener Future and UK Festival Awards reveals 2024 Greener Festival Award shortlists

A Greener Future (AGF) will join forces with the UK Festival Awards for the 18th year to present The UK Greener Festival Award 2024. 

The shortlisted events for the UK Greener Festival Award are selected from those who have applied for the AGF certification and who have demonstrated outstanding success in reducing their environmental impacts and changing the industry for the better.

The 2024 UK Greener Festival Award shortlists:
American Express presents BST Hyde Park
Bristol Harbour Festival
Cambridge Folk Festival
Green Gathering
Green Man
Uber One presents All Points East

Congratulations to all the 2024 nominees. The festival that scored the highest in the AGF’s UK assessments during summer 2024 will be crowned the worthy winner.

“It’s great fun to be back at the UK Festival Awards this year, where we have such a long history of celebrating the UKs greenest events together,” commented Claire O’Neill, CEO A Greener Future. “Over almost two decades the landscape of festivals and professionalism of sustainability in events has changed beyond recognition. The urgency of action has never been greater, and the efforts that all of our nominees have put into doing their part for positive change is both hugely appreciated and necessary”

“There’s nothing more important than sustainability, which means it’s crucial for the UK Festival Awards to recognise the festivals that strive for excellence. With a robust audit process, A Greener Festival have always been best placed to choose those festivals that are doing what it takes to drive the industry towards a truly sustainable future,” said Andy Lenthall, UK Festiaval Awards.

All AGF certified events from the UK and worldwide will be announced at the International AGF Awards, supported by Skydiamond, during the Green Events & Innovations Conference, GEI17, Royal Lancaster London, 25th Feb 2025.

The 18th UK Festival Awards will be held at Document in Bristol on 3 December and provide the ideal opportunity for festival organisers and suppliers to get together and reflect on the past season and celebrate the amazing achievements of the year.

With awards ranging from grassroots to large and categories for family and non-music festivals. The awards have received hundreds of entries and hundreds of thousands of fan votes.

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