The Glastonbury Festival

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• Glastonbury Festival
(formally Glastonbury
Festival of Contemporary
Performing Arts) is a five-day
festival of contemporary
performing arts that takes
place in Pilton, Somerset, in
England.
History of the festival -1970

 The first Festival was held on the day after Jimi

Hendrix died, over a two day period and before long
“word had got around”. It was the Blues festival at the
Bath & West Showground that had inspired Michael
Eavis to begin a festival of his own although on a
smaller scale
• THE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL AIMS TO
ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE YOUTH
CULTURE FROM AROUND THE WORLD
IN ALL ITS FORMS, INCLUDING POP
MUSIC, DANCE MUSIC, JAZZ, FOLK
MUSIC, FRINGE THEATRE, DRAMA,
MIME, CIRCUS, CINEMA, POETRY AND
ALL THE CREATIVE FORMS OF ART AND
DESIGN, INCLUDING PAINTING,
SCULPTURE AND TEXTILE ART
• The Festival organises market
places, selling an enormous
range of wares, and which
place particular emphasis on
offering high quality prepared
food and hand-made goods,
including clothes and jewellery.
• The company makes
films and recordings of
the event, which are sold
all over the world.
• The magical
atmosphere
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