Glastonbury Festival

(Redirected from The Glastonbury Festival) Performing arts festival in Somerset, England For the early 20th-century classical music and theatre festivals, see Glastonbury Festival (1914–1925).

Glastonbury Festival

2016 Glastonbury Festival
Genre	Performing arts festival
Frequency	Annually, with fallow years (mostly at five-year intervals)
Location(s)	Pilton, Somerset, England
Coordinates	51°08′59″N 02°35′13″W / 51.14972°N 2.58694°W / 51.14972; -2.58694
Years active	19 September 1970 (1970-09-19) – present
Inaugurated	19 September 1970; 54 years ago (1970-09-19)
Founder	Michael Eavis
Most recent	26–30 June 2024
Next event	25–29 June 2025
Participants	See lineups
Attendance	More than 210,000 (2023)
Capacity	210,000 (2022)
Organised by	Glastonbury Festivals Ltd.
Website	glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

The Glastonbury Festival (formally the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held near Pilton, Somerset, England, in most summers. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance areas. Films and albums have been recorded at the festival, and it receives extensive television and newspaper coverage.

Glastonbury takes place on 1500 acres of farmland and is attended by around 200,000 people, requiring extensive security, transport, water, and electricity-supply infrastructure. While the number of attendees is sometimes swollen by gatecrashers, a record of 300,000 people was set at the 1994 festival, headlined by the Levellers, who performed on the Pyramid Stage. Most festival staff are unpaid volunteers, helping the festival to raise millions of pounds for charity organisations.

Regarded as a major event in contemporary British culture, the festival is inspired by the ethos of the hippie, the counterculture of the 1960s, and the free festival movement. Vestiges of these traditions are retained in the Green Fields area, which includes sections known as the Green Futures, the Stone Circle and Healing Field. Michael Eavis hosted the first festival, then called the Pilton Festival, after seeing an open-air Led Zeppelin concert in 1970 at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music.

The festival was held intermittently from 1970 until 1981 and has been held most years since, except for "fallow years" taken mostly at five-year intervals, intended to give the land, local population, and organisers a break. 2018 was a "fallow year", and the 2019 festival took place from 26 to 30 June. There were then two consecutive "fallow years" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival returned for 22–26 June 2022 with the headliners Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar. The next festival took place between 21 and 25 June 2023, headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Guns N' Roses and Elton John in his final UK performance.

History

1970

The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pop, Blues & Folk Festival, hosted by Michael Eavis on Saturday 19 September 1970, and attended by 1,500 people. There had been a commercial UK festival tradition which included the National Jazz and Blues Festival and the Isle of Wight Festival. Eavis decided to host the first festival after seeing an open-air concert headlined by Led Zeppelin at the 1970 Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music at the nearby Bath and West Showground in 1970.

The original headline acts were The Kinks and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders but these acts were replaced at short notice by Tyrannosaurus Rex, later known as T. Rex. Tickets were £1 (equivalent to £19.39 in 2024). Other billed acts of note were Steamhammer, Quintessence, Stackridge, Al Stewart, Pink Fairies and Keith Christmas.

1971

The "Glastonbury Fair" of 1971 was instigated by Andrew Kerr after being found and introduced to Michael Eavis by David Trippas and organised with help from Arabella Churchill, Jean Bradbery, Kikan Eriksdotter, John Massara, Jeff Dexter, Thomas Crimble, Bill Harkin, Gilberto Gil, Mark Irons, John Coleman, and Jytte Klamer. The 1971 festival featured the first incarnation of the "Pyramid Stage". Conceived by Bill Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza built from scaffolding and metal sheeting and positioned over a "blind spring", a term used to describe a hypothetical underground body of water in the pseudoscientific practice of dowsing.

Performers included Family, David Bowie, Mighty Baby, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Gong, Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, Skin Alley, The Worthy Farm Windfuckers and Melanie. It was paid for by its supporters and advocates of its ideal, and embraced a mediaeval tradition of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights, and spontaneous entertainment. The 1971 festival was filmed by Nicolas Roeg and David Puttnam with Eavis and Kerr's Glastonbury Fair changed to Glastonbury Fayre, and a triple album of the same name was released (no connection with the film).

1979

There was a small unplanned event in 1978, when the convoy of vehicles from the Stonehenge festival was directed by police to Worthy Farm; the festival was then revived the following year (1979) by Churchill, Crimble, Kerr and Eavis, in an event for the Year of the Child, which lost money.

1980s

The 1980s saw the festival become an annual fixture, barring periodic fallow years. In 1981, Michael Eavis took back sole control of the festival, and it was organised in conjunction with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). That year a new Pyramid Stage was constructed from telegraph poles and metal sheeting (repurposed from materials of the Ministry of Defence), a permanent structure which doubled as a hay barn and cowshed during the winter.

In the 1980s, the children's area of the festival (which had been organised by Arabella Churchill and others) became the starting point for a new children's charity called Children's World. 1981 was the first year that the festival made profits, and Eavis donated £20,000 of them to CND (equivalent to £96,828 in 2023). In the following years, donations were made to a number of organisations, and since the end of the Cold War the main beneficiaries have been Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid, who all contribute towards the festival by providing features and volunteers, who work at the festival in exchange for free entry.

It also saw the first TV coverage, with ITV broadcasting recorded highlights in the weeks after the festival.

Since 1983, large festivals have required licences from local authorities. This led to certain restrictions being placed on the festival, including a crowd limit and specified times during which the stages could operate. The crowd limit was initially set at 30,000 but has grown every year to over 100,000. 1984 saw the stage invaded by fans during The Smiths' set. Weather Report played the main stage, and Elvis Costello headlined the last night for almost three hours. In 1985, the festival grew too large for Worthy Farm, but neighbouring Cockmill Farm was purchased. That year saw a wet festival with considerable rain; Worthy Farm is a dairy farm and what washed down into the low areas was a mixture of mud and liquefied cow dung. This did not prevent festival goers from enjoying the knee-deep slurry in front of the Pyramid Stage.

1989 was the first year that impromptu, unofficial sound systems sprang up around the festival site – a portent of things to come. These sound systems would play loud, electronic acid house music around the clock, with the largest, the Hypnosis sound system, rivalling the volume of some of the official stages and running non-stop throughout the festival.

1990s

Following the 1990 festival, violence flared between security guards and new age travellers in what became known as "The Battle of Yeoman's Bridge". Eavis was also facing increasing battles from locals over the festival, with no festival taking place in 1991. Both pressures are captured in the 1992 Channel 4 documentary Showdown at Glastonbury.

An expanded festival returned in 1992, and this proved a great success. 1992 was the first year that the new age travellers were not initially allowed onto the site free, and a sturdier fence was designed. This success was carried through to 1993 which, like 1992, was hot and dry.

In 1994, the Pyramid Stage burned down just over a week before the festival; a temporary main stage was erected in time for the festival. The 1994 festival also introduced a 150 kW wind turbine which provided some of the festival power. Headliners Levellers set another record when they played to a crowd of as many as 300,000 people on their Friday performance, Glastonbury's biggest ever crowd as of 2010.

This was the year the festival was first televised live by Channel 4; the coverage concentrated on the main two music stages and providing a glimpse of the festival for those who knew little of it. Channel 4's 4 Goes to Glastonbury brought widely expanded televised coverage of the festival for the first time in 1994 and also the following year.

The TV broadcast in 1994 was a crucial factor in ensuring that Orbital's performance at the festival achieved legendary status. As a result, living rooms across the country were able to experience what a rave might look like, and suddenly dance music, which had been ignored by the establishment and mainstream press for years, did not seem so dangerous and which would be a turning point for the music at Glastonbury. Speaking to The Guardian in 2013 about the Orbital gig, Michael Eavis noted that it marked dance music's appearance on the mainstream agenda. "What was previously underground made it on to one of the big stages, and there was no going back from there. As the police and the council made me very well aware, the buzz had been around the raves and the market sound systems and in the travellers' fields for years. But it needed a showcase to make it legal." The gig opened the way for others such as the Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack and Underworld, who all played high-profile stages in the following years – developments that led to the launch of the festival's Dance Village in 1997.

1995 saw the attendance rise drastically due to the security fence being breached on the Friday of the festival. Estimates suggest there may have been enough fence-jumpers to double the size of the festival. This aside, 1995 proved to be a highly successful year with memorable performances from Oasis, Elastica, Pulp, PJ Harvey, Jeff Buckley, Jamiroquai and The Cure. This was also the first year of the festival having a dance tent to cater for the rising popularity of dance music, following the success of Orbital's headline appearance the previous year. The dance acts of 1995 were led by Massive Attack on the Friday and Carl Cox on the Saturday. The festival took a year off in 1996 to allow the land to recover and give the organisers a break. 1996 also saw the release of Glastonbury the Movie which was filmed at the 1993 and 1994 festivals.

The festival returned in 1997. This time there was major sponsorship from The Guardian and the BBC, who had taken over televising the event from Channel 4. This was also the year of the mud, with the site suffering severe rainfalls which turned the entire site into a muddy bog. However, those who stayed for the festival were treated to many memorable performances, including Radiohead's headlining Pyramid Stage set on the Saturday which is said to be one of the greatest ever Glastonbury performances. The live recording of "Paranoid Android" from this performance, as well as others such as "The Day Before Yesterday's Man" by The Supernaturals, were released on a BBC CD entitled Mud For It.

In 1998 the festival was once again struck with severe floods and storms, and again some festival goers departed early – but those who stayed were treated to performances from acts such as Pulp, Robbie Williams and Blur. Tony Bennett, however, overcame the messy environment in an immaculate white suit and tie. 1998 was also the first year that attendance officially broke the 100,000 mark.

Another hot dry year was recorded in 1999, much to the relief of organisers and festival goers. The festival was again overcrowded due to fence-jumpers, but this would not prove to be a major problem until the following year, when an additional 100,000 people gatecrashed the site, increasing the attendance to an estimated 250,000 people total. The 1999 festival is also remembered for the Manic Street Preachers requesting and being given their own backstage toilets; however, it was revealed by the band that this was a joke – the "reserved" sign on the toilet was not at the authorisation of the management.

Speaking to the BBC in 2024, Michael Eavis' daughter Emily explained that her parents always planned to close the festival when they reached retirement age, with many of the festivals in the 1990s being "the last one". The death of Michael Eavis' wife Jean in 1999 persuaded him to continue organising the festival.

2000s

Techno music is played on a sound system at dawn, Glastonbury 2000.

2000 saw a new Pyramid Stage introduced as well as new features such as The Glade and The Left Field. The festival was headlined by Chemical Brothers, Travis and David Bowie, who played thirty years after his first appearance. The Pyramid Stage also hosted an unusual event on the Saturday morning, with the wedding of two festivalgoers, who had written to the organisers asking for permission to get married there, taking place and conducted by actor Keith Allen in front of a small group of friends and any other festivalgoers who still happened to be awake. This year also saw an estimated 250,000 people attend the festival (only 100,000 tickets were sold) due to gatecrashers. This led to public safety concerns and the local District Council refused any further licences until the problem was solved.

The organisers took 2001 off to devise anti-gatecrashing measures and secure the future of the festival, after the Roskilde Festival 2000 accident (though this was also a scheduled break, one which took place every five years from 1991, the year after the battle of Yeoman's Bridge, until the 2012 Olympics extended the five-year sequence from the planned 2011 rest year). It was at this point that the Mean Fiddler Organisation was invited to help.

In 2002, the festival returned after its planned fallow year, with the controversial Mean Fiddler now handling the logistics and security – especially installing a substantial surrounding fence (dubbed the "superfence") that reduced numbers to the levels of a decade earlier. 2002 also saw Coldplay headline the Pyramid Stage for the first time while the show was closed by a set from Rod Stewart on the Sunday night.

There were some criticisms of the 2002 festival that it lacked atmosphere, because of the reduced number of people, which reflected the smaller numbers jumping the fence. The number of tickets was increased to 150,000 for 2003 which sold out within one day of going on sale, in marked contrast to the two months it took to sell 140,000 in 2002. It was also the first year that tickets sold out before the full line-up was announced. This was also the year Radiohead returned to headline the Pyramid Stage. Revenue raised for good causes from ticket and commercial licence sales topped £1 million, half of which went to Oxfam, Greenpeace and Water Aid.

In 2004, tickets sold out within 24 hours amid much controversy over the ticket ordering process, which left potential festival goers trying for hours to connect to the overloaded telephone and internet sites. The website got two million attempted connections within the first five minutes of the tickets going on sale and an average of 2,500 people on the phone lines every minute. The festival was not hit by extreme weather, but high winds on the Wednesday delayed entry, and steady rain throughout Saturday turned some areas of the site to mud. The festival ended with Muse headlining the Pyramid Stage on Sunday, after Oasis had headlined on Friday. Franz Ferdinand and Sir Paul McCartney also performed. In the British press publications appeared about the use of psychedelic drugs by festival visitors. The magazine NME pronounced that 2004 would be "the third summer of love" due to the resurgence of the "shroom" that was praised as a natural alternative to ecstasy, which was said to be declining in popularity (LSD fuelled the first summer of love in 1967; ecstasy and LSD the second in 1988).

After the 2004 festival, Michael Eavis commented that 2006 would be a year off – in keeping with the previous history of taking one "fallow year" in every five to give the villagers and surrounding areas a rest from the yearly disruption. This was confirmed after the licence for 2005 was granted.

In 2005 the 112,500 ticket quota sold out rapidly – in this case in 3 hours 20 minutes. For 2005, the enclosed area of the festival was over 900 acres (3.6 km), had over 385 live performances, and was attended by around 150,000 people. The Sunday headliner was originally scheduled to be Kylie Minogue, but she had to pull out in May after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Basement Jaxx were announced as a replacement on 6 June. Both Coldplay and Basement Jaxx performed a cover of Kylie's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" during their concert. 2005 saw a big increase in the number of dance music attractions, with the multiple tents of the Dance Village replacing the solitary dance tent of previous years. This new area contained the East and West dance tents, the Dance Lounge, Roots Stage, and Pussy Parlour, as well as a relocated G Stage, formerly situated in the Glade. The introduction of the silent disco by festival organiser Emily Eavis allowed revellers to party into the early hours without disturbing the locals – a requirement of the festival's licensing. Following the death of DJ John Peel in the autumn of 2004, the New Tent was renamed the John Peel Tent, in homage to his encouragement and love of new bands at Glastonbury. The opening day of the 2005 festival was delayed by heavy rain and thunderstorms: Several stages, including the Acoustic Tent (and one of the bars), were struck by lightning, and the valley was hit with flash floods that left some areas of the site under more than four feet of water. The severity of the weather flooded several campsites, the worst affected being the base of Pennard Hill, and seriously disrupted site services. However, Mendip District Council's review of the festival called it one of the "safest ever" and gives the festival a glowing report in how it dealt with the floods.

There was no festival in 2006. Instead, a documentary film directed by Julien Temple was released to make up for the lack of a festival. The film consists of specially shot footage by Temple at the festival, as well as footage sent in by fans and archive footage. Glastonbury was released in the UK on 14 April 2006.

Glastonbury 2007 (20–24 June) was headlined by Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, and The Who on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Dame Shirley Bassey was also featured. In 2007, over 700 acts played on more than 80 stages and the capacity expanded by 20,000 to 177,000. This was the first year that "The Park" area opened. Designed by Emily Eavis, its main stage featured extra sets by several artists playing on the main stages including Spinal Tap, Pete Doherty and Gruff Rhys, whilst the BBC launched their new "Introducing" stage in the area. The festival had the largest attendance since the construction of the security fence, and the largest legitimate attendance to date: ticket allocation was raised by 27,500 to 137,500, which were charged at £145 and sold out in 1 hour 45 minutes. As an extra precaution against touts (scalpers), purchasers had to pre-register, including submission of a passport photo which was security printed into the ticket. Continued periods of rain throughout much of the festival caused muddy conditions, though without the flooding of 2005, in part due to the new £750,000 flood defences. However, this constant rain made the general conditions within the site worse than 2 years before and more like the mud plains of 1998. It was difficult to find anywhere to sit down that had not turned to mud and key choke points, such as the thoroughfare at the front right of the Pyramid Stage, turned into a quagmire. Muddy conditions on the temporary roads on the periphery of the site led to delays for people leaving the site.

On 25 June, when the vast majority of festival goers were attempting to leave the festival, cars in the western car parks took more than nine hours to exit the site. There was no stewarding provision in these areas, no information was disseminated regarding the delays, no organised marshalling of traffic was undertaken by the festival organisers, and no provision of drinking water was made to people stranded in their vehicles. Verbal and physical violence was witnessed between festival goers. When cars were finally allowed to leave the site the surrounding roads were found to be clear. Reported crime was down from 2005 but the number of arrests were "well up", after a proactive operation of the police and security on site. There were 236 reported crimes, down from 267 in 2005; of these, 158 were drug related (183 in 2005). 1,200 people required medical aid with 32 hospitalised, most of which were accidents caused by the mud. There was one fatality: a West Midlands man found unconscious early on the Saturday morning died in Yeovil District Hospital of a suspected drugs overdose.

Jazz World field on the opening afternoon of the 2007 festival

On 20 December 2007, Arabella Churchill, an instrumental figure in the conception of the 1971 festival and since the 1980s area coordinator of the Theatre Field, died at St Edmund's Cottages, Bove Town, Glastonbury at the age of 58. She had suffered a short illness due to pancreatic cancer, for which she had refused chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She was a convert to Buddhism, and arrangements following her death respected her belief. Michael Eavis, paying tribute to her after her death, said "Her vitality and great sense of morality and social responsibility have given her a place in our festival history second to none". The Glastonbury Festival 2008 was held on 27, 28 and 29 June, headlined by Kings of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively, with other notable acts including Neil Diamond, Shakin' Stevens, Levellers, and Stackridge, who opened the first festival in 1970. Continuing the procedure introduced in 2007, ticket buyers had to pre-register and submit a passport photo between 1 February and 14 March to buy tickets which went on sale at 9 am on Sunday 6 April. Following 40,000 tickets not being sold, the pre-registration process was reopened on 8 April. Several reasons have been cited for this, including the poor weather of the previous four years and the controversial choice of featuring the hip hop artist, Jay-Z, as a headlining act. A day before the festival began, Michael Eavis announced that there were still around 3,000 tickets remaining, making it possible that it would be the first festival in 15 years not to sell out in advance. It had also been announced that any remaining tickets would be sold from major branches of HMV.

2008 saw the introduction of a new field adjacent to the Sacred space and Park Stage. Not named by the organisers, the festival goers themselves called it "Flagtopia" in reference to the flags located there. After the huge number of tents left behind in 2007 and when one of Michael Eavis's cows died after ingesting a metal tent-peg left in the soil, the Festival devised its Love the Farm, Leave No Trace campaign which gently pushed revellers to respect the environment and clear up after themselves. The Festival had always pushed a green agenda and new initiatives in 2008 included biodegradable tent pegs handed out free to all campers and biotractors running on waste vegetable oil. These new efforts were rewarded with The Greener Festival Award for 2008 alongside a number of other festivals also committed to environmentally friendly music festivals. The 2008 festival was reported to have cost £22 million to produce.

View over the Glastonbury Festival, 2009

The Glastonbury Festival 2009 took place between 24 and 28 June 2009. In marked contrast with previous years, the 137,500 tickets went on sale on 5 October 2008, earlier than ever before, with pre-registered customers able either to pay in full, or place a £50 reserve deposit to be paid by 1 February. Tickets for the festival sold out. The full line up was released on 25 May 2009 and included headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young on the Pyramid Stage. The Other stage was headlined by The Prodigy, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. Other notable performers included Jarvis Cocker, Fairport Convention (who played at the first Glastonbury Festival), Tom Jones, Steel Pulse, Doves, Lady Gaga, Jason Mraz, Nick Cave, Pete Doherty, Hugh Cornwell, Status Quo, The Gaslight Anthem (in which Springsteen appeared on stage during their song "The '59 Sound"), Madness, Dizzee Rascal, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Lily Allen, Kasabian and Florence and the Machine.

2010s

The Glastonbury Festival 2010 took place between 23 and 28 June. On the last night, Michael Eavis appeared on the main stage with headline artist Stevie Wonder to sing the chorus of the latter's "Happy Birthday", marking the festival's 40th year. Tickets went on sale on 4 October 2009, using the same £50 deposit scheme introduced the previous year; unlike the previous two years, and more in common with earlier festivals, the tickets for the 2010 edition sold out in less than 24 hours. U2 were due to headline the Pyramid Stage on Friday night at Glastonbury 2010, but due to frontman Bono sustaining a back injury they were forced to pull out. According to the media, Bono was "gutted", even having written a song especially for the festival. Damon Albarn's Gorillaz replaced U2, and joined Muse and Stevie Wonder for the Saturday and Sunday headline slots respectively. It was Albarn's second headlining act in two years. Pet Shop Boys returned after 10 years to headline the Other Stage on the Saturday Night. The entire stage set from their Pandemonium Tour was brought in for the performance which was extremely well received. Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood made a surprise appearance with a nine-song set. The weather at the festival was among some of the best ever, the festival-goers enjoying 3 days of abundant sunshine and very warm to hot temperatures, which reached close to 30 degrees on the Sunday; it was the first rain-free festival since 2002 and the hottest since the festival began.

During 2010 Michael Eavis received a donation from British Waterways of timber from the old gates at Caen Hill Locks in Wiltshire. This was used to construct a new bridge which was dedicated to the memory of Arabella Churchill. The following year more of the redundant lock gates were used to build the Campo Pequeno amphitheatre.

The Glastonbury Festival 2011 took place from Wednesday 22 until Sunday 26 June 2011. The tickets were sold out within 4 hours of going on sale on Sunday 3 October 2010. Headline acts for 2011 were U2 on the Friday night, Coldplay on the Saturday and Beyoncé on Sunday. This made Beyoncé the first woman to headline at the festival since 1999.

The festival was not held in 2012, giving the site and organisers a "fallow year" which originally would have been in 2011, in keeping with the tradition of taking a break every fifth year. Michael Eavis cited the shortage and likely cost of portable toilets and policing, due to the needs of the 2012 Summer Olympics, as being amongst the reasons. The decision to move the fallow year to 2012 also proved to be a fortunate one, as Somerset experienced spells of persistent heavy rain in the period up to and including the week that the festival would normally have been held. Indeed, Emily Eavis suggested that the festival itself might have been called off, such was the severity of the weather. Registration for tickets to the 2013 festival began in June 2011 and ticket booking opened at 9 am on Sunday 7 October 2012, with 135,000 selling out in a record time of one hour and forty minutes. To mark the 2012 Glastonbury weekend, Eavis was invited to guest edit the local paper, the Western Daily Press, on Saturday 23 June.

During the 2014 festival, a 26-year-old Berkshire man suffered from a suspected reaction to Ketamine and later died in Bristol Royal Infirmary. Despite this, police reported that crime was down 30% from last year but reminded festival goers to look after their possessions. In 2014 Mendip District Council issued a licence for 10 years up until 2024.

A few weeks before the 2015 festival Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl fell off a stage during a show in Gothenburg and broke his leg, forcing their late withdrawal from the line-up. Florence and the Machine were moved from second-top on the bill to Friday's headliner, while Florence's vacant gap was filled by Reading & Leeds headliners The Libertines, and their performance was well received. Kanye West and The Who were the headliners for the Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Other notable acts who performed included Motörhead (their final festival appearance in the UK before Lemmy's death), the Moody Blues, Pharrell Williams, Deadmau5, Patti Smith, the Strypes, Lionel Richie, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Enter Shikari, the Chemical Brothers, Thee Faction, Alt-J, Paloma Faith, Mary J. Blige and Paul Weller, as well as an appearance by the 14th Dalai Lama. On 28 August 2015 it was announced that hundreds of pairs of discarded wellington boots from the 2015 festival were donated to the migrant camp at Calais.

On 3 April 2017, it was announced the BBC had renewed its exclusive national rights to broadcast the event until 2022. On 24 June 2017 reggae group Toots and the Maytals were slotted for 17:30, with BBC Four scheduled to show highlights from their set. When they did not show it was suspected they missed their time slot, and BBC broadcaster Mark Radcliffe apologised on their behalf stating, "If you were expecting Toots and the Maytals – and, frankly, we all were – it seems like they were on Jamaican time or something because they didn't make it to the site on time." The group credited with coining the term "reggae" in song was subsequently rescheduled by the Glastonbury Festival organisers giving Toots and the Maytals the midnight slot, with all other acts being shifted by one hour.

Jeremy Corbyn and Michael Eavis together on the Pyramid Stage at the 2017 Glastonbury Festival

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn was invited to speak on the Pyramid Stage at the 2017 festival.

In February 2018, festival organiser Emily Eavis confirmed in a BBC interview that a plastic bottle ban could be enforced at the 2019 event for environmental reasons. Water kiosks, where festival-goers could get any type of bottle refilled, had been introduced in 2014. In February 2019, organisers confirmed the bottle ban would begin at that year's festival, encompassing all bars, traders and backstage areas.

The festival had a "fallow year" in 2018 to allow the ground to recover. It returned in 2019. Glastonbury 2019 featured new stages, art installations and areas, including a giant crane purchased from Avonmouth Docks. The Pyramid Stage was headlined by Stormzy, The Killers and The Cure, with Miley Cyrus, Janet Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Wu-Tang Clan, The Chemical Brothers, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican and Fatboy Slim also performing.

2020s

The 2020 and 2021 festivals were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, for what would have been the festival's 50th anniversary, the BBC broadcast a variety of acclaimed sets during the weekend of the cancelled festival, with performances by acts including Taylor Swift, Florence and the Machine, Adele, R.E.M., Beyoncé, the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z and Billie Eilish.

In 2021, Glastonbury produced a film recorded on the Glastonbury site, Live at Worthy Farm, with performances by acts including Coldplay, Haim, and Damon Albarn. Live at Worthy Farm also saw the debut of The Smile, a new band featuring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner. The film was streamed on the Glastonbury website on 22 May and broadcast on BBC Two on 27 June 2021.

The event returned in June 2022. Billie Eilish headlined the Friday night, making her the youngest Glastonbury headline act to date. Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar were headline acts for Saturday night (with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds) and Sunday night respectively. Other acts included Diana Ross, Charli XCX, Foals, HAIM, Idles, Little Simz, Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion, Pet Shop Boys, Phoebe Bridgers, Sam Fender, Sugababes, Wolf Alice and Years & Years.

Tickets for Glastonbury 2023 sold out in one hour. Elton John, Guns N' Roses and Arctic Monkeys were announced as the headliners at the Pyramid Stage for Glastonbury 2023, amongst criticism of the "all-male headliners" at the festival.

It was announced in March 2023 that the John Peel stage would be renamed to Woodsies.

Arctic Monkeys returned to headline Glastonbury (Friday night) for the third time, having previously done so in 2007 and 2013. Other notable artists playing the Friday included Royal Blood, Fred Again, Young Fathers, Fever Ray, Carl Cox and Faithless. The mystery band listed as 'The Churn Ups' was revealed to be surprise guests the Foo Fighters. Guns N' Roses headlined the Saturday. Other artists playing Saturday included Lana Del Ray, Loyle Carner, Fatboy Slim and Christine and the Queens. The afternoon 'TBA' slot at the Woodsies was revealed as Rick Astley and Blossoms, playing The Smiths. The Sunday 'legends' spot was filled by Yusuf/Cat Stevens. Elton John headlined the Pyramid Stage on Sunday, a show which he billed as his last ever UK performance.

The 2024 festival saw artists Dua Lipa and SZA headline the festival, as well Coldplay, who topped the bill for the fifth time. In doing so, Coldplay broke the record for most headline appearances, overtaking The Cure who have headlined four times.

On 17 November 2024, tickets for the 2025 Festival sold out in 35 minutes. Tickets cost £373.50, plus a £5 booking fee, an increase of £18.50 on 2024.

Organisation

Since 1981, the festival has been organised by local farmer and site owner Michael Eavis (through his company Glastonbury Festivals Ltd). Eavis ran the festival with his wife Jean until her death in 1999, before co-organising the event with his daughter Emily Eavis. As of 2024, Michael is still involved in the running of the festival; however, the majority of the organisation is run by Emily Eavis and her husband. In 2002, Festival Republic (a company consisting of both Live Nation and MCD) took on the job of managing the logistics and security of the festival through a 40% stake in the festival management company. This relationship ended in 2012 and Glastonbury festival is now independent. Glastonbury Festivals Ltd donates most of its profits to charities, including donations to local charity and community groups and paying for the purchase and restoration of the Tithe Barn in Pilton.

Several stages and areas are managed independently, such as The Left Field which is managed by a cooperative owned by Battersea and Wandsworth TUC, Worthy FM and a field run by Greenpeace.

With the exception of technical and security staff, the festival is mainly run by volunteers. Some 2,000 stewards are organised by the aid charity Oxfam. In return for their work at the festival, Oxfam receive a donation, which in 2005 was £200,000. Medical facilities are provided by Festival Medical Services who have done so since 1979. The bars are organised by the Workers Beer Company, sponsored by Carlsberg (previously Budweiser), who recruit teams of volunteer staff from small charities and campaign groups. In return for their help, typically around 18 hours over the festival, volunteers are paid in free entry, transport and food, while their charities receive the wages the volunteers earn over the event.

Catering, and some retail services, are provided by various small companies, typically mobile catering vans, with over 400 food stalls on site in 2010. The camping retail chain Millets, and independent shops, set up makeshift outlets at the festival. Additionally charities and organisations run promotional or educational stalls, such as the Hare Krishna tent which provide free vegetarian food. Network Recycling manage refuse on the site, and in 2004 recycled 300 tonnes and composted 110 tonnes of waste from the site.

The Pyramid Stage is 25 metres tall. The stage has 292 audio speakers. There are 8.5 km of cables for video and audio. On stage there are 354 microphones and 3743 light bulbs. The sound systems on site have a total power of 650,000 watts, with the main stage having 250 speakers. Aggreko provide over 27 megawatts of electricity to the site with bio-diesel generators. There are over 4,000 toilets, 2,000 long-drop and 1,300 compost, with water supplies including two reservoirs holding 2,000,000 L (440,000 imp gal) of water.

Transport

Location

class=notpageimage| Map showing the location of the Glastonbury Festival within Somerset

The festival takes place in South West England at Worthy Farm between the small villages of Pilton and Pylle in Somerset, six miles east of Glastonbury, overlooked by the Glastonbury Tor in the "Vale of Avalon". The area has a number of legends and spiritual traditions, and is a "New Age" site of interest: ley lines are considered to converge on the Tor. The nearest town to the festival site is Shepton Mallet, three miles (5 km) north east, but there continues to be interaction between the people espousing alternative lifestyles living in Glastonbury and the festival. The farm is situated between the A361 and A37 roads.

Worthy Farm is situated at grid reference ST 590 397 in a valley at the head of the Whitelake River, between two low limestone ridges, part of the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. On the site is a confluence of the two small streams that make the Whitelake River. In the past the site has experienced problems with flooding, though after the floods that occurred during the 1997 and 1998 festival, drainage was improved. This did not prevent flooding during the 2005 festival, but allowed the flood water to dissipate within hours. The Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway ran through the farm on an embankment, but was dismantled in 1966 and now forms a main thoroughfare across the site. Another prominent feature is the high-voltage electricity line which crosses the site east–west. There are several public rights of way bordering the festival site.

In recent years the site has been organised around a restricted backstage compound, with the Pyramid Stage on the north, and Other stage on the south of the compound. Attractions on the east of the site include the acoustic tent, comedy tent and circus. To the south are the green fields, which include displays of traditional and environmentally friendly crafts. In King's Meadow, the hill at the far south of the site, is a modern small megalith circle which, like Stonehenge, is coordinated with the summer solstice, and since 1990 represents a stone circle.

Lineups

Main article: Glastonbury Festival line-ups

Acts in bold indicate the performer played in the Sunday Legends slot.

Edition	Year	Dates	Tickets sold	Headliners	Notable acts	Ticket price
1	1970	19 September	1,500	Tyrannosaurus Rex (replaced The Kinks)	Steamhammer, Duster Bennett, Alan Bown, Wayne Fontana, Amazing Blondel, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Keith Christmas, Al Stewart, Quintessence, Stackridge,	£1 (equivalent to £19.39 in 2024).
2	1971	20–24 June	12,000	David Bowie	Joan Baez, Hawkwind, Melanie, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Quintessence, Pink Floyd billed, but cancelled.	Free
3	1978	28 June – 8 July	500	none – the "impromptu" festival		—
4	1979	21–23 June	12,000	Tim Blake · Peter Gabriel	Steve Hillage, The Alex Harvey Band, Sky, Footsbarn Theatre	£5 (equivalent to £32 in 2023)
5	1981	19–21 June	18,000	Hawkwind · Ginger Baker	New Order, Taj Mahal, Aswad, Gordon Giltrap, Judie Tzuke, John Cooper Clarke, Gong, Matumbi, Robert Hunter, Supercharge, Talisman, Tim Blake	£8 (equivalent to £39 in 2023)
6	1982	18–20 June	25,000	Van Morrison · Jackson Browne	Judie Tzuke, Richie Havens, Aswad, Steel Pulse, Thompson Twins, John Cooper Clarke, Climax Blues Band, The Blues Band, Talisman, A Certain Ratio, David Rappaport, Sad Cafe, Alexei Sayle, The Greatest Show on Legs, U2 billed, but cancelled.	£8
7	1983	17–19 June	30,000	Curtis Mayfield · UB40	The Beat, Marillion, King Sunny Adé, The Chieftains, Tom Paxton, Dennis Brown, The Enid, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Incantation, Alexei Sayle, Aswad, A Certain Ratio, Dr. John, Alexis Korner, Black Roots, Melanie, Kevin Brown	£12 (equivalent to £51 in 2023)
8	1984	22–24 June	35,000	The Smiths · Weather Report · Black Uhuru	Ian Dury, Joan Baez, The Waterboys, Fela Kuti, General Public, Dr. John, Fairport Convention, Christy Moore, Brass Construction, The Staple Singers, Billy Bragg, Amazulu, Paul Brady, Steve Jolliffe, The Band billed, but did not appear.	£13
9	1985	21–23 June	40,000	Echo & the Bunnymen · Joe Cocker · The Boomtown Rats	The Style Council, King, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Aswad, Joe Cocker, Nick Lowe, Third World, Gregory Isaacs, Hugh Masekela, Clannad, Midnight Oil, Misty in Roots, The Pogues, Robin Williamson, Big Sound Authority, Working Week, Alexei Sayle	£16 (equivalent to £61 in 2023)
10	1986	20–22 June	60,000	The Cure · The Psychedelic Furs · Level 42	Simply Red, Madness, Ruby Turner, Amazulu, That Petrol Emotion, Howard Hughes, Rodney Allen, Lloyd Cole, Black Uhuru, The Wailers Band, Loudon Wainwright III, John Martyn, Latin Quarter, The Housemartins, The Waterboys, The Pogues, Level 42, Robert Cray Band, Christy Moore, Gil Scott-Heron,	£17
11	1987	19–21 June	60,000	Elvis Costello · Van Morrison · The Communards	New Order, The Robert Cray Band, Los Lobos, Ben E. King, Taj Mahal, Trouble Funk, Richard Thompson, Courtney Pine, Hüsker Dü, Paul Brady, The Men They Couldn't Hang, The Woodentops, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Misty in Roots, Michelle Shocked, World Party, Rodney Allen	£21 (equivalent to £75 in 2023)
12	1989	16–18 June	65,000	Elvis Costello · Van Morrison · Suzanne Vega	All About Eve, Bhundu Boys, Fairground Attraction, Hothouse Flowers, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Yossou N'Dour, Pixies, The Proclaimers, David Rudder, Throwing Muses, Alexei Sayle, Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, The Waterboys, Heathcote Williams, Womack & Womack, The Wonder Stuff, Flaco Jiménez, Lucinda Williams	£28
13	1990	22–24 June	70,000	The Cure · Happy Mondays · Sinéad O'Connor	Levellers, Ry Cooder and David Lindley, The Neville Brothers, Aswad, Deacon Blue, Hothouse Flowers, De La Soul, Jesus Jones, James, Mano Negra, Del Amitri, Green on Red, Blue Aeroplanes, Archaos, World Party	£38 (equivalent to £109 in 2023)
14	1992	26–28 June	70,000	Carter USM · Shakespears Sister · Youssou N'Dour	Lou Reed, Blur, Primal Scream, Carter USM, Sawdoctors, PJ Harvey, Levellers, Buddy Guy, The Fall, The House of Love, Richard Thompson, Billy Bragg, Morrissey billed, but cancelled.	£49
15	1993	25–27 June	80,000	The Black Crowes · Christy Moore · Lenny Kravitz (replaced Red Hot Chili Peppers)	The Velvet Underground, Primal Scream, The Kinks, Van Morrison, Nanci Griffith, The Orb, Galliano, Stereo MC's, Robert Plant, Alison Moyet, Baaba Maal, The Black Crowes, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Green on Red, The Tragically Hip, Hothouse Flowers, Sawdoctors, Barenaked Ladies, Wynton Marsalis, P.M. Dawn, Suede, Lindisfarne	£58 (equivalent to £149 in 2023)
16	1994	24–26 June	80,000	Levellers · Elvis Costello · Peter Gabriel	Johnny Cash, Rage Against the Machine, Spin Doctors, Björk, Radiohead, Blur, Oasis, Orbital, Pulp, Saint Etienne, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Van Morrison, Jackson Browne, Dwight Yoakam, M People, Manic Street Preachers, The Pretenders, Beastie Boys, The Boo Radleys, Iris DeMent, Mary Black, John Hiatt	£59
17	1995	23–25 June	80,000	Oasis · Pulp (replaced The Stone Roses) · The Cure	The Offspring, Jeff Buckley, Page and Plant, The Shamen, The Black Crowes, PJ Harvey, Soul Asylum, War, The Lightning Seeds, Ozric Tentacles, Senser, Spearhead, Jamiroquai, Everything but the Girl, Indigo Girls, Dave Matthews Band, Simple Minds, Tanita Tikaram, Sawdoctors, Bootleg Beatles, The Charlatans, The Flaming Lips, Weezer, The Verve	£65 (equivalent to £158 in 2023)
18	1997	27–29 June	90,000	Radiohead · The Prodigy · Ash (replaced Steve Winwood)	The Smashing Pumpkins, Sting, Steve Winwood, Van Morrison, Sheryl Crow, Supergrass, Beck, Cast, Ocean Colour Scene, Dodgy, Billy Bragg, Nanci Griffith, Ray Davies, Levellers, Phish, Echo & the Bunnymen, Terrorvision, Republica, Kula Shaker, The Chemical Brothers, Reef, Neneh Cherry, Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, Shawn Colvin, Sharon Shannon, Beth Orton, Ani DiFranco, The Shirehorses, Neil Young billed, but cancelled.	£75
19	1998	26–28 June	100,500	Primal Scream · Blur · Bob Dylan	Tony Bennett, Pulp, Robbie Williams, Foo Fighters, Tori Amos, The Chemical Brothers, Roni Size, James, Tricky, Sonic Youth, Stereophonics Portishead, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Underworld, Placebo, Deftones, The Divine Comedy, Ian Brown, Embrace	£80 (equivalent to £178 in 2023)
20	1999	25–27 June	100,500	R.E.M. · Manic Street Preachers · Skunk Anansie	Al Green, The Beautiful South, Coldplay, Muse, Hole, Ash, Blondie, Underworld, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Texas, Lenny Kravitz, Bush, The Corrs, Joe Strummer, Barenaked Ladies, Eliza Carthy, Bjorn Again, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Beth Orton, Billy Bragg, Elliott Smith, Travis, Queens of the Stone Age, Lonnie Donegan, Suzanne Vega, Marianne Faithfull, Fatboy Slim	£83
21	2000	23–25 June	100,000	David Bowie · Travis · The Chemical Brothers	Willie Nelson, Muse, Coldplay, Cypress Hill, Pet Shop Boys, Ocean Colour Scene, Happy Mondays, Jools Holland, Wyclef Jean, Reef, Basement Jaxx, Burt Bacharach, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Sharon Shannon, The Wailers, Semisonic, Nine Inch Nails, Dandy Warhols, David Gray, Toploader, The Blue Aeroplanes, The Waterboys, Hothouse Flowers, Suzanne Vega, Kate Rusby	£87 (equivalent to £185 in 2023)
22	2002	28–30 June	140,000	Coldplay · Rod Stewart · Stereophonics	Isaac Hayes, The White Stripes, Roger Waters, Garbage, Manu Chao, Rolf Harris, Mis-Teeq, Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Orbital, Air, Kosheen	£97
23	2003	27–29 June	150,000	R.E.M. · Radiohead · Moby	Manic Street Preachers, The Flaming Lips, Yes, Super Furry Animals, Primal Scream, Sugababes, David Gray, Doves, Feeder, The Coral, Supergrass, Turin Brakes, Idlewild, Suede, Sigur Rós, Damien Rice, Arthur Lee, De La Soul, Jimmy Cliff, The Damned, The Darkness, The Thrills, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra,	£105 (equivalent to £210 in 2023)
24	2004	25–27 June	150,000	Paul McCartney · Oasis · Muse	James Brown, Kings of Leon, Morrissey, Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand, Goldfrapp	£112
25	2005	24–26 June	153,000	White Stripes · Coldplay · Basement Jaxx (replaced Kylie Minogue)	Brian Wilson, The Killers, New Order, Girls Aloud, Primal Scream, Elvis Costello	£125 (equivalent to £236 in 2023)
26	2007	22–24 June	135,000	Arctic Monkeys · The Killers · The Who	Shirley Bassey, Adele, Arcade Fire, Arcadia Spectacular, Björk, The Kooks, Amy Winehouse	£145
27	2008	27–29 June	134,000	Kings of Leon · Jay-Z · The Verve	Neil Diamond, Levellers, Leonard Cohen, Amy Winehouse, John Mayer, Foals, Goldfrapp	£155 (equivalent to £261 in 2023)
28	2009	26–28 June	135,000	Neil Young · Bruce Springsteen · Blur	Tom Jones, Pendulum, Status Quo, The Prodigy, The Specials, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Franz Ferdinand, Spinal Tap	£175
29	2010	25–27 June	135,000	Gorillaz (replaced U2) · Muse · Stevie Wonder	Ray Davies, Scissor Sisters, Shakira, The Flaming Lips, Jackson Browne, Pet Shop Boys, Radiohead's Thom Yorke (secret show, being joined near the end of the set by bandmate Jonny Greenwood), Billy Bragg, Hybrid, The Stranglers.	£185 (equivalent to £300 in 2023)
30	2011	24–26 June	135,000	Beyoncé · U2 · Coldplay	Paul Simon, B.B. King, Morrissey, Wu-Tang Clan, Radiohead (secret show), Pulp (secret show), Primal Scream, The Wombles, Master Musicians of Joujouka, Paddy Nash (with Billy Bragg)	£195
31	2013	28–30 June	135,000	Arctic Monkeys · The Rolling Stones · Mumford & Sons	Kenny Rogers, Dizzee Rascal, Ben Howard, Jake Bugg, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Primal Scream, Vampire Weekend, The Vaccines, Beady Eye, Tame Impala, Hurts Portishead, Billy Bragg, Skrillex (secret show)	£205 (equivalent to £297 in 2023)
32	2014	27–29 June	135,000	Arcade Fire · Metallica · Kasabian	Dolly Parton, The 1975, Lily Allen, Arcadia Spectacular, The Black Keys, Blondie, Jake Bugg, Elbow, Goldfrapp, Imagine Dragons, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, M.I.A., Pixies, Robert Plant, Lana Del Rey, Skrillex, Jack White, The Tuts, Billy Bragg	£210
33	2015	24–28 June	135,000	Florence and the Machine (replaced Foo Fighters) · Kanye West · The Who	Lionel Richie, Motörhead, Pharrell Williams, The Libertines, Paul Weller, Deadmau5, Alt-J, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Paloma Faith, The Waterboys, George Ezra, Patti Smith, Thee Faction, The Chemical Brothers, Burt Bacharach, Enter Shikari, The Moody Blues, Billy Bragg, Jungle	£225 (equivalent to £315 in 2023)
34	2016	22–26 June	135,000	Muse · Adele · Coldplay	Jeff Lynne's ELO, PJ Harvey, Beck, Tame Impala, New Order, Foals, Ellie Goulding, Madness, Skepta, Disclosure, The 1975, The Last Shadow Puppets, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jake Bugg, Years & Years, ZZ Top, LCD Soundsystem, Bastille, Bring Me the Horizon, Wolf Alice, Damon Albarn, Cyndi Lauper, Gary Clark Jr., James, MØ, Christine and the Queens, Billy Bragg, M83	£228
35	2017	21–25 June	135,000	Radiohead · Foo Fighters · Ed Sheeran	Barry Gibb, London Grammar, Biffy Clyro, Liam Gallagher, Katy Perry, The xx, The National, Lorde, Royal Blood, Goldfrapp, Stormzy, Chic, Major Lazer, Alt-J, Boy Better Know, The Jacksons, Kris Kristofferson, Laura Marling, Emeli Sandé, Dizzee Rascal, Solange, Run the Jewels, HAIM, Clean Bandit, George Ezra, Halsey, Busted, Elbow, First Aid Kit, Craig David, Jools Holland, Dua Lipa, Tove Lo, Jamie Cullum, Declan McKenna, Lucy Spraggan, Gabrielle Aplin, Kaiser Chiefs, Napalm Death, The Killers (secret show), Toots and the Maytals, Billy Bragg	£238 (equivalent to £316 in 2023)
36	2019	26–30 June	135,000	Stormzy · The Killers · The Cure	Kylie Minogue, Johnny Marr, Janet Jackson, George Ezra, Liam Gallagher, Vampire Weekend, Lauryn Hill, Miley Cyrus, Bastille, Hozier, Sheryl Crow, Anne-Marie, Years & Years, Tom Odell, Carrie Underwood, Nilüfer Yanya, Mavis Staples, Björn Again, The Proclaimers, Tame Impala, The Chemical Brothers, Christine and the Queens, Jon Hopkins, Wu-Tang Clan, Janelle Monáe, Interpol, Sean Paul, The Streets, Cat Power, Hot Chip, Rex Orange County, Two Door Cinema Club, The Charlatans, The Lumineers, The BlundaBus, The Blue Aeroplanes The Courteeners, Sigrid, Dave, Billie Eilish, Jorja Smith, Jungle, Kamasi Washington, Pale Waves, Bugzy Malone, Friendly Fires, Babymetal, Lewis Capaldi, Pet Shop Boys, Keane, Mac DeMarco, Lizzo, Bananarama, Jeff Goldblum, Basil Brush	£248
37	2020 (Cancelled)	24–28 June (Cancelled)	—	Paul McCartney · Taylor Swift · Kendrick Lamar	Diana Ross, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Lana Del Rey, Anderson Paak, Cage the Elephant, Camila Cabello, Candi Staton, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Angel Olsen, FKA Twigs, Fontaines D.C., Haim, Kacey Musgraves, Thundercat, Glass Animals, Big Thief, Crowded House, Dizzee Rascal, Elbow, Sam Fender, Happy Mondays, Herbie Hancock, The Isley Brothers, Laura Marling, Manic Street Preachers, Declan McKenna, Pet Shop Boys, Primal Scream, Spice Girls, Sinéad O'Connor, The Specials, Thom Yorke, TLC	£265
38	2021 (Cancelled)	23–27 June (Cancelled) 22–23 May (livestream event)	—	Coldplay	Haim, Jorja Smith, Idles, Kano, Wolf Alice, Michael Kiwanuka, Damon Albarn, The Smile, George Ezra, Róisín Murphy	£20
39	2022	22–26 June	142,000	Billie Eilish · Paul McCartney · Kendrick Lamar	Diana Ross, Sam Fender, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Lorde, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Haim, Elbow, Wolf Alice, AJ Tracey, Herbie Hancock, Crowded House, Easy Life, DakhaBrakha, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Crookes, Black Dyke Band, Ziggy Marley, Les Amazones d'Afrique, Foals, Megan Thee Stallion, Pet Shop Boys, St. Vincent, Burna Boy, Years & Years, Idles, Olivia Rodrigo, Kacey Musgraves, Supergrass, Glass Animals, Fontaines D.C., Declan McKenna, Alfie Templeman, Little Simz, Róisín Murphy, Bicep, Angélique Kidjo, Primal Scream, Jamie T, Charli XCX, TLC, Four Tet, Jessie Ware, Baskery, Courtney Barnett, Yungblud, The War and Treaty, Phoebe Bridgers, Celeste, Inhaler, First Aid Kit, Metronomy, Billy Bragg, Yola	£285 (equivalent to £303 in 2023)
40	2023	21–25 June	142,000	Arctic Monkeys · Guns N' Roses · Elton John	Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Royal Blood, Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Foo Fighters, Lewis Capaldi, Blondie, Texas, Aitch, Stefflon Don, Amadou & Mariam, The Chicks, Maisie Peters, Raye, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Master Musicians of Joujouka, Rick Astley, Wizkid, Lana Del Rey, Queens of the Stone Age, Fred Again, Central Cee, The War on Drugs, Chvrches, Manic Street Preachers, Becky Hill, Kelis, Loyle Carner, Rudimental, Candi Staton, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hot Chip, Christine and the Queens, Phoenix, Fever Ray, Fatboy Slim, Alt-J, Sparks, Rina Sawayama, Young Fathers, Jacob Collier, Third World, The Pretenders, Gabriels, Warpaint, Caroline Polachek, Måneskin	£335
41	2024	26–30 June		Dua Lipa · Coldplay · SZA	Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, Burna Boy, PJ Harvey, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Kiwanuka, Janelle Monáe, Seventeen, Paul Heaton, Keane, Paloma Faith, Olivia Dean, Ayra Starr, Idles, Disclosure, The National, D-Block Europe, The Streets, Two Door Cinema Club, Anne-Marie, Camila Cabello, Avril Lavigne, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bloc Party, The Last Dinner Party, Nothing but Thieves, Confidence Man, Headie One, Jungle, Jessie Ware, Justice, Heilung, Nia Archives, Danny Brown, Black Pumas, Brittany Howard, Sugababes, Jamie xx, Gossip, James Blake, Romy, Declan McKenna, Sampha, Sleaford Mods, Arlo Parks, Fontaines D.C., The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, Peggy Gou, London Grammar, King Krule, Orbital, Ghetts, Aurora, Fatboy Slim, Dexys, Squid, Kasabian	£355

Notes

2001 edition cancelled due to safety fears/foot and mouth disease outbreak
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
Cancelled for a second time due to the pandemic, replaced by the livestream event Live at Worthy Farm

Accommodation

Glastonbury Festival's "Other Stage" in 2004 with tents in the foreground

Most people who stay at Glastonbury Festival camp in a tent. There are different camping areas, each with its own atmosphere. Limekilns and Hitchin Hill Ground are quieter camping areas, whereas Pennard Hill Ground is a lively campsite. Cockmill Meadow is a family campsite and Wicket Ground was introduced in 2011 as a second family-only campsite. An accessible campsite is also available in Spring Ground. Campsite accommodation is provided in the cost of a standard entry ticket but festival-goers must bring their own tents. Tipis have been at the festival for many years. A limited number of fixed tipis are available for hire at the tipi field near the stone circle. Up to six adults can stay in each tipi and each one comes with a groundsheet and raincatcher. Internal bedding and camping equipment is not provided. Tipi Park also offers solar showers and a log-fired yurt sauna.

Campervans, caravans and trailer tents are not allowed into the main festival site. However, the purchase of a campervan ticket in addition to the main ticket allows access to fields just outside the boundary fence; and the cost includes access for the campervan or towing vehicle and the caravan; the car, or other vehicle used to tow the caravan, may be parked alongside it but sleeping is only authorised in the campervan/caravan and connected awning, not in the accompanying vehicle. One additional tent may accompany the caravan/campervan if space within the plot allows. Some people choose to bring or hire a motorhome, though drivers of larger vehicles or motorhomes may have to purchase a second campervan ticket if they cannot fit within the defined plot. The 2009 festival saw changes to the campervan fields; commercial vehicles were no longer classed as "campervans", all campervans had to have a fitted sleeping area and either washing or cooking facilities, and caravans and trailer tents were allowed back at the festival. Prior to this only campervans were allowed on site, caravans and trailers being banned in the early 1990s after a number were stuck in the mud and abandoned.

Festival-goers can stay at local B&B accommodation. There are several independent Glastonbury accommodation providers close to the main site, which include smaller campsites for tents, gypsy caravans, geo-domes, private cottages and more – some festival goers choose to be ferried between the festival and their accommodation by quad-bike or even private helicopter.

Cultural references

It has been noted that Saint Dunstan, the Patron Saint of Music, was the Abbot of Glastonbury in 943. Various artists have written songs entitled Glastonbury or about the festival including Nizlopi, The Waterboys and Scouting for Girls. Cosmic Rough Riders included "Glastonbury Revisited" on their album Enjoy The Melodic Sunshine (Poptones) in 2000. Amy Macdonald, in her song "Let's Start a Band" referenced Glastonbury: "Give me a festival and I'll be your Glastonbury star." Robbie Williams, in his song "The 90s", refers to his surprise appearance on stage with Oasis in 1995, which ultimately led to him leaving Take That. Joe Strummer wrote the song "Coma Girl" about his experiences at Glastonbury, – in a BBC interview Bruce Springsteen cited the song as inspiring him to play the 2009 festival.

U2 wrote a song titled "Glastonbury" that was supposed to premier with their appearance at the festival, but an injury to Bono forced them to cancel. They instead premiered it in a concert in Turin on their 360° Tour. Marcus Brigstocke's comic creation Giles Wemmbley Hogg had a special mock-documentary made about him going to Glastonbury as part of the Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off radio series. Deborah Crombie's novel A Finer End takes place in Glastonbury with references to a fictional account of an original 1914 Glastonbury Fayre as well as the contemporary festival. Glastonbury is also a setting in John Osborne's 2014 Radio 4 show The New Blur Album. Roxy Music did a song and album called "Avalon", which is the ancient name for Glastonbury (Isle of Avalon).

The 2013 advertisement of the Indonesian cigarette brand owned by the Wismilak Group, Diplomat Mild (see also Cigarette advertising in Indonesia), made reference to the festival: "One day, I would perform at Glastonbury".

Not all references are positive. Punk rock pioneers The Damned refer to "Glastonbury hippies" as one of the things requiring smashing in their 1979 single "Smash It Up".

Awards and nominations

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DJ Magazine

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2019	World's Best Festival	Glastonbury – Glastonbury, UK	2nd

NME Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result
2010	Best Festival	Glastonbury	Won
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

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Historic rock and pop festivals

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List of
festivals

1950s–
1960s

1950–1966	Big Sur Folk Festival Sanremo Music Festival Festival di Napoli Newport Jazz Festival Beaulieu Jazz Festival Nationaal Songfestival Eurovision Song Contest Melodifestivalen Benidorm International Song Festival Thessaloniki Song Festival Viña del Mar International Song Festival Melodi Grand Prix Sopot International Song Festival Reading and Leeds Festivals National Jazz and Blues Festival Festival Omladina National Festival of Polish Song in Opole Festivali i Këngës Festival da Canção Un disco per l'estate Parada ritma / Vatromet ritma Jazz Bilzen Gitarijada (Belgrade) Golden Orpheus Gitarijada (Zaječar)
1967–1968	Mantra-Rock Dance Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival Barbeque 67 Monterey Pop Festival Schaefer Music Festival Miami Pop Festival I Northern California Folk Rock Festival I Summerfest Quebec City Summer Festival Newport Pop Festival Festival de Ancón (Perú) Isle of Wight Festival Sky River Rock Festival Internationale Essener Songtage San Francisco Pop Festival Los Angeles Pop Festival Miami Pop Festival II
1969	Big Rock Pow-Wow Northern California Folk-Rock Festival II Newport 69 Pop Festival Denver Pop Festival Bath Festival of Blues Mississippi River Festival Atlanta International Pop Festival I The Stones in the Park Harlem Cultural Festival Laurel Pop Festival Midwest Rock Festival Seattle Pop Festival Atlantic City Pop Festival Woodstock Gold Rush Vancouver Pop Festival Texas International Pop Festival New Orleans Pop Festival Toronto Rock and Roll Revival Altamont Free Concert

1970s

1970	Redwood 70 Festival of Political Songs Hollywood Music Festival The Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival World Popular Song Festival Atlanta International Pop Festival II Super Concert '70 Aachen Open Air Pop Festival Piedra Roja Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music Phun City Kralingen Music Festival Strawberry Fields Ruisrock Pinkpop Festival Powder Ridge Rock Festival Goose Lake International Music Festival Man-Pop Festival Glastonbury Festival Vortex I
1971–1973	Festival de Ancon Roskilde Festival Pesnya goda Vilar de Mouros Festival Myponga Pop Festival Bumbershoot Ilosaarirock Tokyo Music Festival Weeley Festival Northern Lights Festival Boréal Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro Sunbury Pop Festival Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival Bickershaw Festival Concert 10 Mar y Sol Pop Festival Windsor Free Festival BOOM Festival Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival Aquarius Festival Day on the Green Summer Jam at Watkins Glen Hurricane Festival
1974–1979	Stonehenge Free Festival Volunteer Jam Ashton Court Festival Knebworth Festival Village Fair Zaire 74 August Jam Ozark Music Festival Rock Werchter California Jam Hollywood Rock Watchfield Free Festival Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Midtfyns Festival Stemweder Open Air Cropredy Convention 100 Club Punk Special Paléo Festival Nambassa Deeply Vale Festivals Texxas Jam Havana Jam Gurtenfestival Waikino Music Festival California Jam II Canada Jam Bele Chere

Key
people

v t e Rock festivals
Subtypes	List of folk festivals List of gothic festivals List of heavy metal festivals List of industrial music festivals List of jam band music festivals List of punk rock festivals
Traveling (italics = ongoing)	Anger Management Tour Area Festival Big Day Out California Jam California Jam II Crüe Fest Deconstruction Tour Doomination Family Values Tour Festival Express Fuji Rock Festival G3 Gigantour Good Things Hard Electric Tour H.O.R.D.E. Ilosaarirock Knotfest Kuopiorock Lilith Fair Mayhem Festival Magic Circle Festival Monsters of Rock Montebello Rock Nintendo Fusion Tour Provinssirock Qstock Rock am Ring and Rock im Park Rock in Rio Rock in Roma Rock Boat Ruido Fest Ruisrock Ozzfest Projekt Revolution Rock Never Stops Tour Sauna Open Air Metal Festival Sonisphere Festival Soundwave Summer Sanitarium Tour Taste of Chaos Tuska Open Air Metal Festival The Unholy Alliance Tour Uproar Festival Vive Latino Wacken Open Air Warped Tour
Culture	Deadheads Heavy metal Hippies La Onda Moshing Pogo (dance) Punk rock Headbanging Stage diving Crowd surfing Sign of the horns Summer of Love Rivethead
Related events	Rock concert Concert tour

Glastonbury Festival

Michael Eavis
Emily Eavis

Events

Affiliations

Arenas	The Glade The Left Field
Charities	WaterAid Oxfam Greenpeace Children's World
Management	Festival Republic Live Nation UK

Releases and publications

Glastonbury Fayre (film)
Glastonbury Fayre (album)
Glastonbury the Movie
Essential Glastonbury
Glastonbury Anthems
Glastonbury
Stand as One – Live at Glastonbury 2016
Glastonbury 2000 (David Bowie album)

Major British music festivals

Current festivals

All Points East Ashton Court Festival BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend Belfast Vital Boardmasters Boomtown Bonkersfest Bristol Harbour Festival British Summer Time Cardiff Big Weekend Clarence Park Festival Creamfields Download Festival Field Day The Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival Glastonbury Festival Godiva Festival Green Man Festival Isle of Wight Festival Kendal Calling Latitude Festival Leeds Festival Lovebox Festival Parklife Radio 2 in the Park Reading Festival Rewind Festival Splendour in Nottingham Strawberry Fair Summertime Ball Tramlines Festival TRNSMT Festival Victorious Festival Windsor Free Festival Wireless Festival
Country	C2C: Country to Country
Traditional, folk and world	Celtic Connections Sidmouth Folk Festival WOMAD

Former festivals

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