Glastonbury Festival

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Michael Eavis held the first Glastonbury Festival on the 19th September 1970. It is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world and it continues today. Glastonbury Festival supports charities such as Oxfam, Greenpeace and Wateraid.

Website Links

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/ Official Page.

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/about_us.aspx?id=38 Official History Page.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/ BBC’s Glastonbury page.

Further Reading

Shearlaw, J. and Aubrey, C. Glastonbury: An Oral History of the Music, Mud and Magic. Ebury Press.

Mckay, G. Glastonbury: A Very English Fair. Orion.

Further Images

1970. Photograph of campers at the Glastonbury Festival
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1970. Photograph of campers at the Glastonbury Festival
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