Virtual Festival awards are growing, from almost just a mailout a couple of years ago, to a pub and a couple of gigs. This year it had an award ceremony down at the Islington Academy. Seems to be getting stronger with live music and festivals showing no signs of giving up their growth soon.

Best Major Festival
T in the Park

Best Medium-To-Large Festival
Bestival

Best Small Festival
The Summer Sundae Weekender

Playmusic New Festival Award
Sponsored by: Playmusic
End Of The Road Festival

Party People Award For Dance Music
Lovebox

Grass Roots Festival Award
Beautiful Days

Family Festival Award
Guilfest

Best One Day Festival
Monsters Of Rock

Fan-Friendly Festival Award
Going that extra mile to put the fans first.
Isle of Skye Festival Portaloo Sunset Award for Best Toilets
Larmer Tree Festival

Headline Act
As shortlisted by users of Virtual Festivals.com
Muse

Rock Act
As shortlisted by users of Carling.com
Sponsored by: Carling
Muse 

Best Dance Act
As shortlisted by users of FaceParty.com
Sponsored by: FaceParty
The Prodigy

Pop Act
Girls Aloud

Urban Act :
The Streets

Breakthrough Act Sponsored by: Drowned-In-Sound
The Kooks

Feel-Good Act
Primal Scream

Anthem Of The Summer
As shortlisted by listeners of Virgin Radio
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor

Shelter Award For Social Responsibility
Sponsored by: Shelter

Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration - Compost Toilets, organic site-wide policy on food and alcohol, permaculture area and education, horsedrawn transport and rickshaws, visit by local schoolchildren to encourage environmental awareness, campaigns area. Everything was powered by renewable sources.
 

Innovation Award
Carling Cold Beer Amnesty - Declaring war on warm beer, fans were invited to swap their cans with ice cold Carling at Reading, Leeds and the Isle Of Wight Festival. Makes a change from the year before where the Punters declared war on Carling 
 

Memorable Moment
Radiohead - finishing their V Festival headline set with the long hibernated 'Creep'.
 
The Virtual Festivals Outstanding Contribution Award
Melvin Benn