Glastonbury Festival
Also known as Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, Pilton Festival, Glastonbury Music Festival, Festival Music Glastobury, Glastonbury
performing arts festival in Somerset, England
Key facts
- Genre
- Performing arts festival
- Frequency
- Annually, with fallow years (mostly at five-year intervals)
- Locations
- Pilton, Somerset , England
- Years active
- 1970–present
- Inaugurated
- 19 September 1970 ; 55 years ago ( 1970-09-19 )
- Founder
- Michael Eavis
- Most recent
- 25 June 2025 ; 11 months ago ( 2025-06-25 )
- Previous event
- Glastonbury Festival 2025
- Next event
- Glastonbury Festival 2027
- Participants
- See lineups
- Attendance
- >210,000 (2023)
- Capacity
- 210,000 (2022)
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The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (commonly referred to as simply Glastonbury Festival, 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.