The latest longlist of the most sustainable festivals, conferences, sports events and more has been published.
40 individual dates met the criteria for A Greener Future [AGF] Certification in 2024. These include French gathering Les Escales, UK-based tickets American Express Presents BST Hyde Park and Bristol Harbour Festival, and Telluride in the US.
Sziget in Hungary, Sweden’s Rosendal Garden Party, D’A Film Festival and Jardin de las Delicias in Spain, Norway’s Øyafestivalen and Belgium’s Paradise City and UEC Road Championships also made the list. Four events were certified as ‘outstanding’ – Green Gathering [UK], Øyafestivalen [Norway], Paradise City [Belgium] and We Love Green [France].
Next month, the annual Green Events & Innovations [GEI17] Conference will be held in London. This is set to include the International AGF Awards 2025 on 25th February. Last year, 27 events were nominated for trophies from 12 countries, and nine won awards. Paradise City won the top International Greener Festival Award prize.
You can find a full list of all events certified by AGF in 2024 below:
‘Outstanding’
Green Gathering (UK)
Øyafestivalen (NO)
Paradise City (BE)
We Love Green (FR)
‘Highly Commended’
American Express Presents BST Hyde Park (UK)
Cambridge Folk Festival (UK)
Dockyard (NL)
Les Escales (FR)
‘Commended’
Bristol Harbour Festival (UK)
De Zon (NL)
Green Man (UK)
HERNAN CATTANEO WEEKEND X BNP (AR)
Komm Schon Alter (NL)
Northside (DK)
Paleo Festival (CH)
Rosendal Garden Party (SE)
Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (ES)
Sziget Festival (HU)
Open Air St Gallen (CH)
Uber One presents All Points East (UK)
Waking Life (PT)
‘Improvers’
Boomtown (UK)
Brockwell Live (UK)
D’A Film Festival Barcelona (ES)
Das Fest (DE)
elrow Town Madrid (ES)
elrow Town Marbella (ES)
European Short Pitch (FR)
Godiva Festival (UK)
In-Edit Festival (ES)
Jardin de las Delicias (ES)
Lambeth Country Show (UK)
Monegros Desert Festival (ES)
Phe festival (ES)
Primavera Sound Barcelona (ES)
Rockygrass and Rocky Mountain (US)
RZM Festival (ES)
Telluride (US)
UEC Road European Championships (BE)
We Out Here (UK)
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Image: Jardin de las Delicias (C) AGF – A Greener Future