UK grassroots event Manchester Punk Festival has scooped the top honour for small festivals in the UK at the UK Festival Awards. The Manchester, UK based promoters behind the festival have built up their reputation over 10 years, bringing bands and punters from around the globe to watch over 140 punk bands every Easter in venues across the city. The Best Small Festival nominations are taken from online votes with a panel deciding the final winner. Manchester Punk Festival was born from the ideas of three underground promoters in the city: TNSrecords, Moving North and Anarchistic Undertones. They realised that there was a call for an event to bring together the different punk communities around the city, each with their slightly different take on punk music. Now, selling out ...