Pinnacle Awards

Pinnacle Entries To Be Judged Soon . . .

The deadlines have passed and entries have been received from Festivals & Events around the world! We're excitedly processing all the entries and preparing everything for the judges. It's not long now til Judging Day!

So what's the next step in the Pinnacle Process? Well, after the entries are judged, they'll be checked and checked again to make sure everything is correct! Once that is all confirmed, notifications will go out to all the winners of a Pinnacle Award on August 20 (or before!), letting you know you won "something." Sorry, we can't tell you what you won, what place you received, what category you may have won in, or even how many you have won . . . it's all Top Secret until the IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards Presentation on Monday, September 22, 2025 at the IFEA’s 70th Anniversary Convention & Expo presented by atVenu in Palm Springs, CA.

So sit tight for a few more weeks as we get the judging underway!

About the Winners

For all entries, each winning festival/event receiving a Gold, Silver or Bronze award is selected from those festivals and events who enter the IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards Competition and are judged on the overall excellence of a festival / event based on the specific criteria and requirements of the specific category(ies) being entered, within each of the four separate budget categories. Festivals / Events recognized as an “IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Award Winner”, are entitled to use that specific language in sharing the news about a Pinnacle win, for the specific category(ies) won. Language declaring a Festival / Event / Parade / Program etc., as the “Best in the World by the IFEA”, is not correct or in line with the nature of the competition and will not be supported or endorsed by the IFEA.

Sponsor of the IFEA Pinnacle Awards

Haas & Wilkerson Insurance has proudly supported the IFEA and festivals and events industry for three decades. As the title sponsor of the IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards Program, they have helped to raise the quality and standards of excellence for festivals and events around the globe.

With over 80 years of entertainment industry experience behind them, they provide insurance programs designed for each event’s specific needs and have a long list of clients that includes festivals, fairs, parades, carnivals and more. Learn more about them at www.hwins.com.