Event Awards shortlist revealed

A mixture of in-house brand event directors, agency heads, and venue and supplier managers toiled over a record number of entries, and created a very competitive shortlist.

Revealed at the 15th Event Awards ceremony on Friday 5 October at the Roundhouse, the competition is extremely fierce with an impressive variety of events, venues and suppliers making it through to the final stage.

Boasting its first headline sponsor in Late Night London, the shortlist for this year's Event Awards will see everyone from Excel London to UBM Live and RPM to Jam Staffing compete for a prestigious award.

For the Act of the Year accolade, which is between Wandering Hands, High on Heels and F2 Football Tricksters, the three shortlisted acts will compete live on the night with the winner being decided by the audience.

The Caterer of the Year shortlist is between The Recipe, Moving Venue, The Swan at the Globe, Rhubarb and Seasoned Events.

The rest of the shortlist is as follows:

• A Little Bird
• ADI.tv
• Aviator
• BBC Haymarket Exhibitions
• Bluehat Group
• Brandfuel
• Business Design Centre
• Cake
• CCC Events
• Chelsea Football Club
• Clarion Events
• Corporate Innovations
• Darkstar Events
• DB Systems
• Designscene
• DRP Group
• Ear to the Ground
• EC & O Venues
• Excel London
• Fespa
• Fever PR
• Flourish Creative
• Form
• Fresh Montgomery
• Gaucho Productions
• George P Johnson
• GSMA
• GSP
• Haymarket Exhibitions
• Ignite
• Initials Marketing
• It's the Agency
• Jam Staffing
• Jewish News and Media Group
• Kew Workshop
• Le Maitre
• Limelight Sports
• LM Productions
• Lola Staffing
• Mask Event Design and Production
• Media 10
• Midnight Communications
• Oasis Events
• Off to Work
• Ogilvy Action
• Penguins
• Penny Banks
• Pretty Green
• Rapport Events
• Reed Exhibitions
• Rouge Events
• Roundhouse Events
• RIBA
• RPM
• Sheffield City Hall
• Sheffield International Venues
• Silverstone Circuits
• Sledge
• Sponge Worldwise
• Sports Vision
• Taylor Herring
• The Brewery
• The Circle Agency
• The Concerto Agency
• The Lounge Group
• The NEC
• The O2
• The Ultimate Experience
• The Zest Group
• Transformers
• TRO
• Tudor Barn Eltham
• UBM Live
• Wellpleased Events
• Westfield
• Wildstyle Network
• WorldSkills London 2011
• WRG Creative Communication

To find out who wins and to take part in voting for the winner of Act of the Year you will need to book a ticket to the Event Awards by clicking here.

Partners for the evening include Late Night London, Audi Quattro Rooms, Roundhouse, Zafferano, Stage Electrics, Jam Staffing and Gallowglass.