Highly Commended for our 2017 Festival!

Wednesday 14 March 2018

Cambridge Folk Festival is thrilled to receievd a 'Highly Commended' at the Greener Festival Awards run by A Greener Festival for our work on becoming more environmentally friendly!

The awards ceremony took place on 6 March in London and our award was collect by Liz Warwick, who is the Festival's Green Co-ordinator. 

The Greener Festival Awards, a scheme led by A Greener Festival, has operated since 2007, and in that time has assessed over 400 festivals worldwide and assisted them with resource efficiency, decreasing their waste and carbon emissions, and ameliorating the impact that events and festivals have on the environment.

Our Thanks goes to our dedicated workers and volunteers who helped to make this achievement possible.

We we're in with some fantastic festivals across Europe the full list of winners can be seen below:

OUTSTANDING
Green Gathering (UK)
ØYA Festival (NO)
We Love Green (FR)
Wood Festival (UK)

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Cambridge Folk Festival (UK)
BAM18 (NL) (The Greener Event Award)
DGTL festival (NL)
Extrema Outdoor (NL)
Greenbelt Festival (UK)
HebCelt (UK)
Ilosaarirock Festival (FI)
Paradise City (BE)
Roskilde Festival (DK)

 

COMMENDED
Das Fest (DE)
Doolin Folk Festival (IE) (The Greener Event Award)
Dubcamp Festival (FR)
Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts (UK)
Hadra Trance Festival (FR)
Island Vibe Festival (AU)
Kew The Music (UK)
Liberation Festival Utrecht (NL)
Primavera Sound (ES)
Spring Festival Utrecht (NL) (The Greener Event Award)
Welcome to the Village (NL)

 

IMPROVERS
Arla Food Festival (DK)
Bayou Boogaloo (US)
Body and Soul (IE)
Just So Festival (UK)
Mandala Festival (NL)
Meadows Festival (UK)
Metaldays (SI)
Mysteryland (NL)
No Logo Festival (FR)
Nozstock: The Hidden Valley (UK)
Oude Muziek (NL) (The Greener Event Award)
Showmans Show (UK) (The Greener Event Award)
Uitfeest (NL) (The Greener Event Award)
 

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