Beverley Folk Festival Up For Top Award

In 2010, Beverley Festival made it to the shortlist in the Best Family Festival category at the UK Festival Awards. After being mystery shopped this June by an Awards judge, they have made it to not just one but two categories for 2011: Best Family and Best Small Festival.

For the festival to be in with a real chance of winning an award this year, organisers are hoping music -loving fans and the general public will show their support and vote again. They can do so now by clicking on The Fans’ Favourite Festival category at www.festivalawards.com/vote and vote for Beverley Folk, Acoustic & Roots Festival.

UK Festival Awards is offering every voter the chance to be in a prize draw to win a Dream Summer. One lucky fan will scoop two tickets to every winning festival at this year’s Awards!

Entries close at 5pm on 10 October with finalists and winners being announced at the UK Festival Awards ceremony at London’s Roundhouse on Tuesday, 15 November

Laura Mills Festival Administrator said of the short listing “we are all so excited! To be one of the UK festivals picked out of hundreds for the shortlist is amazing but competition is tough so we really need the public to vote Beverley Folk, Acoustic & Roots in The Fans’ Favourite Festival category. If we won an award, it would be the icing on the cake.

We have worked extremely hard over the years to develop the facilities and opportunities available to children, youths and adults of all ages by providing a dedicated and assorted programme of events and activities. The festival is a relaxed and fun environment where people also have the opportunity to be creative and recognised if they want to be. Ultimately we endeavour to make sure everyone who attends has fun and enjoys themselves. We are very proud of what we produce – a festival that is genuinely suitable for all tastes and ages – a Real Family Festival”

As well as voting for the Award, the festival team is always keen to receive more support from anyone wishing to become involved in any way whatsoever in the event – as a Volunteer over the weekend or during the year; as a Sponsor or Partner in any way.

Festival organisers are keen to stress that they view the festival a partnership with their local community, and with those throughout the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull, and are happy to invite other organisations and individuals to become a part of the “family”.