{"id":8016,"date":"2025-12-05T09:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8016"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:01:36","slug":"romanias-electric-castle-named-international-festival-of-the-year-at-uk-festival-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8016","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s Electric Castle named \u201cInternational Festival of the Year\u201d at UK Festival Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s Electric Castle was named \u2018International Festival of the Year\u2019 at the 20th edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.festivalawards.com\/winners-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">UK Festival Awards<\/a>. The Romanian event triumphed over major international contenders, including Afro Nation (Portugal), Beyond The Valley (Australia), Open\u2019er Festival (Poland), Sziget Festival (Hungary), and Way Out West (Sweden), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.ro\/entertainment\/electric-castle-a-castigat-titlul-de-international-festival-of-the-year-la-uk-festival-awards-2025-1922404104232025121122261257\" target=\"_blank\">News.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Winners at the UK Festival Awards are selected primarily by an industry jury, which evaluates festivals across categories such as organisation, production quality, sustainability programmes, lineup strength, and overall audience experience. Only one category recognises international festivals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurns out thousands of you screaming in a field does get international recognition. Electric Castle is the International Festival of the Year at the UK Festival Awards,\u201d organizers said on the festival\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n<p>Electric Castle is now preparing its 2026 edition, scheduled for July 16\u201319, 2026, in Bon\u021bida, with The Cure and Twenty One Pilots already announced as headliners. Starting Wednesday, fans can purchase passes through a new instalment plan, with a EUR 10 advance and final prices of EUR 169 for a General Pass and EUR 139 for a Youth 21 Pass, payable in three instalments. The offer is available for a limited time.<\/p>\n<p>Electric Castle is also nominated for Best Major Festival at the upcoming European Festival Awards, with winners set to be announced in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Facebook\/Electric Castle)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s Electric Castle was named \u2018International Festival of the Year\u2019 at the 20th edition of the UK Festival Awards. The Romanian event triumphed over major international contenders, including Afro Nation (Portugal), Beyond The Valley (Australia), Open\u2019er Festival (Poland), Sziget Festival (Hungary), and Way Out West (Sweden), News.ro reported. Winners at the UK Festival Awards are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}