Knockanstockan wins big in Irish Festival Awards 2012

Over 24,000 Irish festival goers cast their votes and now the results of the Irish Festival Awards 2012 are in.

Knockanstockan, which takes each summer at Blessington Lakes, proved to a huge hit with punters in 2012. The festival was named 'Best Small Festival', 'Best Family Festival', and was also selected for 'Best Lineup' and the 'Social Responsibility Award'. The organisers will be looking to build on that once more this year, when it runs July 26-28.

Elsewhere, Electric Picnic was named 'Best Large Festival', Arthur's Day is 'Best One Day Festival' and Dublin's Camden Crawl proved to be an instant hit, taking away the 'Best New Festival' gong.

Here's the full list of winners*:

Best Large Festival: Electric Picnic
Best Medium Festival: Rory Gallagher Tribute Festival
Best Small Festival: Knockanstockan
Greenest Festival: Electric Picnic
Best One Day Festival: Arthur’s Day
Best New Festival: Camden Crawl
Best Dance Festival: Life
Best Traditional Festival: Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann
Best Value: Street Performance World Championships
Best Street Spirit: St Patricks Festival Dublin
Best Headline Act: The Stone Roses
Best Rock Act: Foo Fighters
Best Dance Act: Hot Chip
Best Alternative Act: The Cure
Best Irish Act: Christy Moore
Best Lineup: Knockanstockan
Family Festival Award: Knockanstockan
Social Responsibility Award: Knockanstockan
Best Service: Vantastival

*Note: as the Irish Festival Awards is organised by Cherrycool Promotions – the people behind the Castlepalooza – Castlepalooza is excluded from the awards).