Yahoo News When does Glastonbury start and how long is it on for?
The countdown is well and truly on to the 2024 Glastonbury Festival. The world's "largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world", it is "simply unlike anywhere else", organisers say.
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts - to use its full name - usually takes place four out of every five years across 900 acres at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset. The fifth year is generally reserved for rehabilitation of the land at the farm.
The last official fallow year was 2018, but the festival was also cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic and had “enforced fallow” years. It's been (show)business as usual since then and thousands are now packing their tents and rucksacks to enjoy the spectacle in person - whatever the weather.
This year Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA will headline the world-famous Pyramid Stage, while Shania Twain will take the Legends Slot. The full list of performers is huge - but you can also expect to see the likes of Disclosure, Idles, The National, Little Simz, K-pop boyband Seventeen, Avril Lavigne, Cyndi Lauper, Olivia Dean, Anne-Marie, The Last Dinner Party and Camila Cabello.
Glastonbury was founded by Sir Michael Eavis on his Somerset farm in 1970. While he is still involved, his daughter Emily and her husband Nick Dewey now take on the majority of the organisation.
While the focus may be on the headliners, Eavis has said this year will also feature a call for peace, led by performance artist Marina Abramovic, on the festival’s main stage. She said: “It’s just a few minutes of silence, with her on the stage, and that’s going to be a beautiful moment."
When does Glastonbury start in 2024?
In 2024, the Glastonbury Festival starts on Wednesday, June 26 and runs until Sunday, June 30 - taking place over five days.
It's not just about the music but if that's what you're there for - or watching along on TV - most of the performances will be on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The BBC's live coverage will begin on Thursday, when Clara Amfo and Lauren Laverne will be bringing all the action from their studio up on a hill overlooking The Park Stage.
