Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of c ontemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset . 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 s maller stages and performance areas . Films and albums recorded at Glastonbury have been released, and the festival receives extensive television and newspaper coverage. Glastonbury is the largest greenfield festival in the world, and is now attended by around 175,000 people, requiring extensive infrastructure in terms of security, transport, water, and electricity supply. The majority of staff are volunteers, helping the festival to raise millions of pounds for good causes. Regarded as a major event in British culture , the festival is inspired by the ethos of the hippie, counterculture, and free festival movements. It retain...
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