The Electric Picnic has scooped seven gongs at The Irish Festival Awards including Best Large Festival, Best Line up and, very important this, Best Toilets.
More than 19,000 Irish music fans cast their votes in the 100% publicly-voted awards which is co-ordinated by Cherrycool Promotions who promote the Castlepalooza festival.
The Rubber Bandits were honoured with Best Alternative Act, And So I Watch You From Afar were voted Best Irish Act while Galway Arts Festival won the award for Best Street Spirit.
The full results for Irish Festival Awards 2011:
Best Large Festival: Electric Picnic
Best Medium Festival: Rory Gallagher Tribute Festival
Best Small Festival: Body & Soul
Greenest Festival: Electric Picnic
Best One Day Festival: Arthur’s Day
Best New Festival: Forbidden Fruit
Best Dance Festival: Life
Best Traditional Festival: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
Best Value: Arthur’s Day
Best Street Spirit: Galway Arts Festival
Best Headline Act: The Chemical Brothers
Best Rock Act: Muse
Best Dance Act: Underworld
Best Alternative Act: Rubber Bandits
Best Irish Act: And So I Watch You From Afar
Best Lineup: Electric Picnic
Family Festival Award: Electric Picnic
Social Responsibility Award: Electric Picnic
Best Service: Electric Picnic
Best Toilets: Electric Picnic
