Shambhala voted best in the world – again

By Contributor

Shambhala has earned another honour.

The local music festival won the "Best Large Event" for the second year in a row at the 11th Annual Breakspoll International Breakbeat Awards held last month in London.

Similar to 2011, Shambhala was among the smaller events in the Best Large Event category.

Former Shambhala Site Manager, Mike Brewer, who currently lives in London while working on the 2012 Summer Olympics, accepted the award.

He communicated with former co-workers in North America via Twitter during the evening, his final tweet being, “‘It’s all about the people on the dancefloor, so a Breakspoll award voted on by fans means the world.”

The awards ceremony was accompanied by a night of electronic music from some of the biggest names in breakbeat music at Cable in London.

 "A lot of credit for this award should to Rich-e-Rich & the Fractal Media Crew who create the Fractal Forest stage,” said Corrine Zawaduk, Shambhala’s Executive Producer.

“They've been creating the 'funkiest place on earth' for 14 years."

With the surge in popularity of electronic music all across North America over the past year and half, Shambhala has seen it’s strongest year of sales on record.

Online sales sold out in a shocking 17 days in November 2011. Just a handful of tickets remain in stores in Nelson and Salmo, as well as those allotted for the festival’s camping accommodations package, ShambhaLodging.

International attendance has doubled in 2012, with many travelling from the US, UK and Australia (among other countries) to experience Canada's premier electronic music festival first hand.