Glastonbury Festival
23-27th June 2010
More infoThe UK's most famous festival is easily recognised by its iconic pyramid stage and is well loved by the thousands of festival goers who opt to return year after year to experience a little touch of magic in the Somerset countryside.
Glastonbury festival is quite special, it's the festival that many have aspired to and many have tries to emulate, after all these years no-one has ever quite managed to capture that certain indefinable ingredient that makes Glastonbury quite so magical and most certainly when it comes to festivals unbeatable.
Glastonbury is set in over 1,000 acres of beautiful Somerset countryside - mystical land that's steeped in history and symbolism, it is the largest Greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. Within that there are many different festivals happening all at once, catering for just about every genre you could hope for.
The thing about Glastonbury is the fact that not only is it a truly inspirational festival on many different levels, it's absolutely huge and once you're there you find yourself in a completely different world that has several different towns and cities within it.
There's the main commercial centre with loads of outreach towns and communities surrounding it, there's the ever busy bustling and hip metropolis which houses the infamous Pyramid Stage, a little hop, skip and a jump away and you'll find yourself at The Other Stage and The Dance Stages, always bursting with raw energy and awash with revellers - this area of the festival is a heaving mass of excitement and anticipation and it's always alive and kicking.
If you fancy something a tad more on the chilled out side, take a stroll over to the Jazzworld and Acoustic areas and you'll soon find yourself in a totally different town on the outskirts of the city! Oodles to do, lots to see and experience but quite different from the bustling city scene - take your time here, relax and explore a bit.
Got the family with you or just want to be a kid for a while? try zipping on down to the family oriented areas to experience something different, the Kidz Field will keep the youngsters amused and happy for hours while the Theatre and Circus fields are great for the whole family to share.
For a more alternative experience try the Field of Avalon, the Tipi Field, and the Green Fields - so much going on but yet again a completely different festival experience on offer.
Feeling spiritual? right at the top of the site is the Sacred Space - this is really special and embraces celebration and ceremony, celebrate life and joy with many other festival revellers here - the Stone Circle is a glorious sight to behold, especially at dawn and dusk!
Glastonbury 2008 Safeconcerts video
A huge thank you to all of the people who helped us to make this video by letting us put a camera in their face when they were having a great time, you kept us entertained for the whole weekend.
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2010 Line-up
Friday 25 June
Gorillaz Dizzee Rascal Vampire Weekend Snoop Dogg Willie Nelson Corinne Bailey Rae Femi Kut
Saturday 26 June
Muse Scissor Sisters Seasick Steve Jackson Browne Lightning Seeds Shakira
Sunday 27 June
Stevie Wonder Faithless Jack Johnson Ray Davies Slash Norah Jones The Dead Weather
Other stage
Friday 25 June
The Flaming Lips Hot Chip Florence and the Machine La Roux Phoenix The Courteeners Gaslight Anthem The Stranglers Magic Numbers
Saturday 26 June
Pet Shop Boys Editors The Cribs The National Kate Nash Imogen Heap Coheed and Cambria Reef Two Door Cinema Club
Sunday 27 June
Orbital LCD soundsystem MGMT We Are Scientists Grizzly Bear Temper Trap The Hold Steady Frightened Rabbit
John Peel stage
Friday 25 June
Groove Armada The Black Keys Mumford & Sons Ellie Goulding Kele Bombay Bicycle Club Tegan and Sara De Staat Chapel Club
Saturday 26 June
Jamie T Foals The XX Marina & The Diamonds Delphic Field Music Cymbals Eat Guitars Sophie Hunger
Sunday 27 June
Ash Julian Casablancas Broken Social Scene Gang of Four Drums Holy F*** These New Puritans Everything Everything Dan Mangan
West Holts stage
Friday 25 June
Mos Def (with full live band) Femi Kuti Breakestra with Chali 2na Mariachi El Bronx Tune-Yards Matthew Herbert Big Band
Saturday 26 June
George Clinton with Parliament/Funkadelic Jerry Dammers Spatial aka Orchestra Os Mutantes Devendra Banhart Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Phenomenal Handclap Band Brother Ali Troy Ellis & The Longshots
Sunday 27 June
Rodrigo y Gabriela Toots & the Maytals Quantic & his Combo Barbaro Staff Benda Bilili Dr John Tunng The Bees Dizraeli and the Small Gods (chosen from the Emerging Talent Competition finalists)
The Park stage
Friday 25 June
The XX Broken Bells Special Guests The Big Pink Local Natives Steve Mason Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Beth Jeans Houghton Lissie
Saturday 26 June
Midlake Laura Marling Special Guests Stornoway Beach House Strange Boys Frankie & The Heart Strings The Ballad of Britain Peggy Sue
Sunday 27 June
Empire Of The Sun Dirty Projectors Archie Bronson Outfit Portico Quartet Fionn Regan Here We Go Magic Travelling Band
Dance Village Line Up
East Dance
Friday
Fatboy Slim Chase and Status (Live) Zane Lowe Plan B (Live) Rob Da Bank Example (Live) Roger Sanchez O. Children Bunny Come (Live)
Saturday
N-Dubz (Live) Chipmunk (Live) Kelis (Live) Mistajam Tinie Tempah (Live) Giggs (Live) Chiddybang (Live) Mclean (Live) Bashy (Live) Donaeo (Live) Roll Deep (Live)
Sunday
Above & Beyond Crystal Castles (Live) Filthy Dukes (DJ Set) Professor Green (Live) Yasmin Naive New Beaters (Live) Crystal Fighters (Live) We Have Band (Live)
West Dance
Friday
Boys Noize Simian Mobile Disco Delphic (Live) Fake Blood Rusko Chromeo (Live) Aeroplane Boy 8-Bit Hannah Holland Johnno
Saturday
Dubfire Nick Warren Mix Hell (Live) Sander Kleinenberg Banco De Gaia (Live) Riva Starr Neville Staple (Live) Dub Pistols (Live) Parker Foreign Beggars (Live)
Sunday
Magnetic Man (Live) Jackbeats Stanton Warriors (Live) Adam F Blasted Mechanism (Live) Toddla T Alex Metric (Live) South Central Jaguar Skills A1 Bassline Killaflaw (Live) Virus Syndicate (Live)
Wow!
Thursday
Jaymo & Andy George (Live) Hot Natured Joy Orbison Wax Tailor (Live) Jamie Xx Boy George (Live) Beardyman (Live)
Friday
Futureboogie Matt Tolfrey & Geddes Jamie Jones Crazy P (Live) Horsemeat Disco Nneka (Live) Back to Basics Adam Shelton & Subb-An Pbr Streetgang El Diablos Social Club Christophe
Saturday
Craig Charles Presents the Fantasy Funk Band Craze High Contrast Redlight & MC Dread L-Vis 1990 Breakage Central Spillz (Live) Hot D'Jour (Live) Emalkay Jakwob Shortstuff The Heatwave Dub Boy Ft Redskin
Sunday
The Ratpack Snap! (Live) Tayo Four Tet (Live) Hyperdub With Kode9, Ikonika, Terror Danjah & Dark Star Hudson Mohawke (Live) Dam Funk (Live) Roska Untold Wedge Funkineven Falling Up
Cubehenge
Friday
The Orb (Live) Zero 7 DJ Set Will Saul Spooky Iain Taylor (Rejekts) Pete Gooding Mamy Rock The Magnet
Saturday
Kissy Sell Out A Skillz Bimbo Jones Pathaan Paul Lyman Baobinga Adam Regan
Sunday
Norman Jay Good Times ‘carnival King’ Ashley Beedle Craig Charles Funk & Soul DJ Set Kormac The Bee Keepers Ray Mighty Rsd (Live) Flora 2 Kings
Pussy Parlure
Thursday
Annie Nightingale’s Opening Party (Celebrating 40 Years at Radio 1) Dave Seaman Far Too Loud Nero Elite Force Dc Breaks A1 Bassline Drumsound & Bassline Smith (Live) Professor Green (Live) Doorly Lewah
Friday
DJ Zorro Jose Luis & Dancers Julian, Mr M & Miguel Salsa Magic (Dance Animation & Audience Participation) Robin Del Castillo & His Latin Band (Live) La Bomba - Latin Explosion: Eclectic Ballroom Andreya Triana (Live) Bourbon Warfare Incredibly Strange Film Band (Live) Take it 2 the Bridge Secret Cinema Band (Live) Feeling Gloomy Sound of Rum (Live) Lovely Morning With Randy & Earls Old Record Club
Saturday
Swaparama (Live) Jalapeno Sound System Rock Idol (Live Karaoke) Smoove & Turrell (Live) Dr Rubberfunk Taylor Mcferrin (Live) Western Soul Reverend Sound System (Live) Tba Randy & Earls Old Record Club
Sunday
Movits and Dancers Kormac With Full Swing Band (Live) Twilight Players (Live) The Correspondents (Live) Dynamo Rhythm Aces (Live) Movits and Dancers (Live) Nick Love Fat 45's (Live) Lord Fine Ear and Performers Broken Hearts Top Shelf Jazz (Live) Trio Manouche (Live) Tba Randy & Earls Old Record Club
Glade stage
Friday 25 June
Sasha Quivver Hybrid Way Out West Afrobeta Husky Rescue Charles Hazelwood Allstars
Saturday 26 June
Sub Focus Live Freq Nasty Dreadzone Don Letts The Orb Head Charge ON u Sound/Sherwood
Sunday 27 June
Levellers Alabama 3 Arthur Brown Quintessence System 7 Casenuva Ans & Allaby Inverse Gravity Vehicle
Acoustic stage
Friday 25 June
Bootleg Beatles Alan Price Set McIntosh Ross Turin Brakes Brian Kennedy Danny & The Champs Megan Henwood Cory Chisel Julie Feeney
Saturday 26 June
Christy Moore Nick Lowe Imelda May Al Stewart Michael Eavis In Conversation Gandale Murphy & The Slambovian Circus The Leisure Society Ellen & The Escapes (competition winner) John Allen & Band
Sunday 27 June
Jackson Browne with David Lindley Richard Thompson Loudon Wainwright III Blues Band London Community Gospel Choir Joel Rafael Robinson Fisherman's Friend Mayhew
Avalon stage
Friday 25 June
New Model Army Transglobal Underground Newton Faulkner The Woodentops Lou Rhodes Goldheart Assembly Gabby Young & The Other Animals Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs
Saturday 26 June
The Lightning Seeds Alabama 3 acoustic Charlie Winston Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Unthanks The Avett Brothers The Wurzels Nick Harper Tom Williams & The Boat
Sunday 27 June
Gomez The Saw Doctors Imelda May Judy Collins Teddy Thompson Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds Kirsty Almeida Ellen & The Escapades plus special guest
Croissant Neuf stage
Thursday 24 June
Kissmet Curved Air The Strumpettes Posh Boy
Friday 25 June
6ixtoys Steve Knightley Julien Tulk Band Undercover Hippy Band Seth Lakeman Biggles Wartime Band
Saturday 26 June
The Beat Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer Hot Feat The Kevin Brown Trio The Vagaband Dizraeli & The Small Gods
Sunday 27 June
The Baghdaddies Zen Elephants Prof Nohair & the Wig Lifters Corinne Bailey Rae The People's String Foundation 27/06
The Theatre and Circus fields presents …
Marcus Brigstocke Phill Jupitus BlackSkyWhite Theatre Arthur Smith Three Bonzos and a Piano The Beat Space Cowboy Jeremy Hardy Four Poofs and a Piano Rufus Hound Atempo Circus Theatre John Hegley Funny Frank Olivier Andre Vincent The Stephen Frost Impro All-Stars Robin Ince Circo Para Todos Haggis and Charlie
Poetry & words
Friday 25 June
Penny Ashton Baba Brinkman Sabrina Mahfouz Tony Walsh Aisle 16 Kat Francois Ventriloquist Paula Varjack Andreattah Chuma Jonny Fluffypunk Kate Tempest Pete the Temp Poeticat Helen Gregory and Pete Hunter
Saturday 26 June
John Hegley Paula Varjack Andreattah Chuma Attila the Stockbroker Hollie McNish Luke Wright Kate Tempest Murray Lachlan Young Sabrina Mahfouz Bohdan Piasecki Open mic (hosted by Julian Ramsey-Wade) Ventriloquist Jonny Fluffypunk
Sunday 27 June
Glastonbury Festival Poetry Slam (hosted by Kat Francois) Helen Gregory and Benita Johnson Pete Hunter Pete the Temp Jean Binta Breeze Poeticat Luke Wright Jo Bell (Website Poet in Residence) Bohdan Piasecki Julian Ramsey-Wade Penny Ashton Baba Brinkman
Comperes – Dreadlcokalien and Abbey Oliveira
Queens Head
Thursday 24 June
The King Blues Chapel Club Local Natives Egyptian Hip Hop Two Door Cinema Club Howls My Luminaries
Friday 25 June
Good Shoes Magic Numbers The Mystery Jets Fanfarlo Detroit Social Club Tubelord Tiffany Page Frank Turner Fiction Plane
Saturday 26 June
Earl Brutus Phenomenal Handclap Band Band Of Skulls Holy F*** Blood Red Shoes Here We Go Magic Cate Le Bon Lissie
Sunday 27 June
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip Chief I Am Kloot Field Music Goldhawks The Middle East Mountain Man
Ticket Info
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Michael Eavis has brought in ever stricter measures year on year in a successful battle to stamp out ticket touts, this is a festival for the fans and stringent methods have been put in place to attain this ideal.
This year you will have more opportunities than ever before to get hold of your Glastonbury tickets which will cost you £185 with a £5 booking fee and £4.95 You will need to register in order to be eligible to buy tickets.
On sale from 9am on Sunday 4 October 2009
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Useful Contacts
The manager of the festival office is:
Dick Vernon
Glastonbury Festival Office
28 Northload Street
Glastonbury
Somerset BA6 9JJ
T: 01458 834 596
F: 01458 833 235
E:office@glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
The Council is responsible for granting and enforcing the license - this Council is probably the most experienced in this particular field in the country and they can be contacted at:
Mendip District Council
Council Offices
Cannards Grave Road
Shepton Mallet
Somerset
BA4 5BT
T: 01749 648999
W: Mendip Council
E: customerservices@mendip.gov.uk
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