LIVE Awards 2025 - Finalists Announced

28 October 2025 - Press release

The annual LIVE Awards, which will take place in association with Skiddle on Wednesday 10th December at Troxy in East London, has announced its category finalists for 2025.

Chosen by a panel of industry experts the shortlists cover all sectors of live music, recognising and celebrating individuals and organisations who have made a significant impact during the last 12 months.

The full list of finalists is as follows:
The Live Workforce Award
Bridge Creative
AEG Europe
Black Lives in Music
EnTEEtainment Ltd
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Serious Events Limited
Frances Fox, Climate Live
Women In Live Music

The LIVE Green Award
Green Gathering
Big Green Coach
LS Events
DF Concerts & Events
Grid Faeries
LIDO Festival 
Vision for Sustainbale Events
Eat to the Beat

Venue of the Year
The Piece Hall
Co-op Live
Royal Albert Hall
Swansea Building Society Arena
Liverpool Philharmonic
OVO Arena Wembley
Manchester Academy
O2 Arena

Grassroots Champion
The Folklore Rooms, Brighton
The George Tavern, London
Limelight Belfast
The Horn, St Albans
The Bunkhouse Music Venue, Swansea
Cadogan Hall, London
The Bodega, Nottingham
Audio Glasgow

Booking Agency of the Year >21 Team Members
Midnight Mango
Wasserman
Primary Talent International
ROAM
Creative Artists Agency
UTA
WME

Booking Agency of the Year <21 Team Members
TRUST. Artists
Mother Artists 
Solo Music Agency
Alan Bearman Music
K2 Agency
Earth Agency
Pure Represents
ITB

National Promoter of the Year
Kilimanjaro
FORM Presents
Communion ONE
Live Nation
TEG Live Europe
AEG Presents
DHP Family
Metropolis Music

Regional Promoter of the Year
Gotobeat
Shine Belfast
Regular Music
Juicebox Live Promotions
Futuresound Group

Ticketing Service 2025
AXS
Kaboodle
Gigantic Tickets
Tixel
Ticketmaster UK

Major Festival of the Year
Isle of Wight Festival
Klarna presents Latitude
Rockstar Energy presents Wireless
Victorious Festival
BST Hyde Park
Splendour Festival
Rockstar Energy presents Reading and Leeds

Festival of the Year
EFG London Jazz Festival
The Brit Fest Cheshire
Nozstock Presents; Into The Valley
2000trees Festival
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
The Great Escape
Bearded Theory
Sound City

Production Supplier 2025
Weezevent Group
Britannia Row Productions
Neg Earth Lights
Universal Pixels Limited
Delta Live
Ginger Owl Productions
PRG UK
EnTEEtainment Ltd

Road Warrior of the Year
Hannah Chapman
Harry Ford
Ellie Alfonso
Dave Hale
Megan Collier 
Dom Bowman
Katie Macdonald 
Nick Gosling

Backstage Brilliance Award
The Sub Rooms
The Zoo XYZ
Co-op Live
TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall
Ginger Owl Production - Artist Liaison Team
Black Lives in Music

The LIVEtime Achievement Award
Stuart Galbraith

Gaby Cartwright, Head of Partnerships - LIVE & The LIVE Awards said, “This list of 2025 finalists speaks for itself, with such a fantastic line-up of talented people and companies having a deserved spotlight shone on their achievements. The LIVE Awards is always one of the highlights of our year and we look forward to another fabulous evening on December 10th.”

Jon Collins, CEO of LIVE said, “We look forward to welcoming all of our brilliant nominees to the LIVE Awards on December 11th when we will once again to get together with our members, friends and colleagues to celebrate the achievements of individuals and teams across our industry over the last 12 months.”

Limited tables and individual seats for the awards are still available and include a welcome drinks reception, dinner with wine and petit fours, three hours of complimentary drinks, and an afterparty that goes on into the early hours.

As LIVE’s primary annual fundraising event, all proceeds from the awards will go towards directly supporting our ongoing work engaging government on a range of sector critical issues and will help support our members to meet their sustainability goals while fostering a more diverse, equitable and inclusive working environment (more info here)

Full information about The LIVE Awards 2025 can be found here.

A limited amount of sponsorship opportunities are still available for this year’s LIVE Awards and interested parties should contact Gaby Cartwright on Gaby@livemusic.biz for more information.