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for Glastonbury (England)

Rating Summary based on 42 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		26
  • 4 Stars
    		11
  • 3 Stars
    		3
  • 2 Stars
    		2
  • 1 Star
    		0

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  • Accessibility to various stages
  • Booze and nosh
  • Facilities (campsite, toilets, creche, etc.)
  • Headliners
  • Sound quality/rigging of stages
  		• 4.0
  		• 3.9
  		• 3.1
  		• 4.1
  		• 4.1

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  • 112 of 112 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Member since 23/09/2002

    Reviews written: 2065

    5 Stars MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR will I get tickets ? 03/06/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Its just brilliant

    Disadvantages Disadvantages anxiety waiting to get tickets

    I am anxiously waiting to see if I can get tickets for this year so have edited my review on My Glastonbury festival. 2003 will let you know later if I am succesfil getting tickets . Amazing, awesome. Let me tell you of my Glastonbury 2003. The festival site is huge. There are so many stages, 9 music stages and theatre and circus stages. There must about 15 different forms of entertainment running concurrently as well as the market the healing field or the green field. There are different workshops going potting or tai chi. There is a kid's area with activities for children. Tony Benn is ... more
  • 47 of 47 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bodsquidge

    4 Stars A unique and unforgettable experience. 17/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The music

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The mud

    With that festival season in the air, I was day dreaming of those teenage days when festivals had a sense of freedom. Well it was a while back, between 1986 and 1988, that I went a couple of times to the mythic Glastonbury festival. At that time, there where only 140 000 visitors under tents, tipi's, in their cars, vans, trucks or simply under the starry/cloudy sky. It looked like a valley full of hippies trying to beat Woodstock, apart from the music. Long gone were the days of flower power and easy sex. Glastonbury was a musical orgy with different flavours and tempos from one side of the ... more
  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Punkslut

    5 Stars Mr. Eavis, we salute you... 08/06/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The atmosphere, the people

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The smell

    Ever since Glastonbury festival was started in 1970, with an entry fee of £1 plus free milk from the farm it has enjoyed an almost mythical status. This year is no exception, with early “will-he, won’t-he” worries in the press after last year’s cancellation due to safety fears. After record numbers of people broke in for free in 2000, swelling the festivals already close to the limit numbers, the local council decided expensive measures must be taken to allow this year’s festival to run without a hitch. That is why, ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present to ... more
  • 16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Rowan

    4 Stars Oxfam Steward 03/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Free ticket and secure camping

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Rough shifts and may miss some acts

    I relise that this is more of an opinion on stewarding at Glastonbury than of the festival itself, but there is no second category for that so I've had to add it in here. Last year (2000) I spent 6 months working for Oxfam Campaigns. At the end of this I and three other office staff decided to go to Glastonbury in order to steward and raise money for Oxfam. This is something they do every year, and I believe that in 1999 600 volunteers like us raised 210,000 pounds. In return for 24 hours of stewarding you are given free entry and a rather nifty orange tabard. Other perks include a separate ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dreamstar70

    5 Stars They think its all over It is Now 07/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great Music, atmosphere, the mud, "return to nature" feeling

    Disadvantages Disadvantages crime, parking, queuing for everything

    MY GOD, can't believe it!!!! Glastonbury 2001 is cancelled!!!! I have to confess to being in a state of shock when it was announced on the news a couple of days ago that the farmer who owns the land for the concert, has decided not to hold the event this year due to safety reasons. Apparently from the 200,000 visitors for Glas 2000 only half actually paid to get in. Asa consequence this farmer, along with the police & local council, have decided to scrap the entire event because of this. Well, yes, I can understand his concern; and yes, he is right to put safety before profit (such a ... more
  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    elixirsoo

    5 Stars It's Not About the Music 04/06/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A unique experience

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Chemical toilets are bad, if you can't hold your breath for the duration use long drops.

    Glastonbury is, in my opinion, the only festival where the line-up doesn't really matter. The years I have spent going through the line-up, carefully marking the acts I wanted to see, only to be distracted by a chap on a uni-cycle trying to get out of a strait-jacket, and never getting to where I'd planned. For me Glastonbury is worth every penny of its ticket price, whether it be £1 or £150. There is a special feeling to be found there if you know where to look. It certainly isn't down in 'Babylon' among the fast food stalls and the drunken louts trying to look 'cool' in funny hats. It's ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dip10020

    5 Stars Glasto: Unbeatable Classic 10/10/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Come on, its glastonbury!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Bus fares

    Glastonbury 2000 was quite simply suberb. Everything was better than I expected; the bands, the food, the people, the stalls, and believe it or not, even the toilets weren't too bad. I was surprised to see that FirstBadgerline of Bristol (Bus Company) had upped the prices by £10, but once I got to Pilton, I thought nothing of it. The meals that I would recommend are the Japanese Noodles and the Indians, but be sure not to have anything mexican or greek. You must take: Hat (so u dont end up buying a stupid one) Crap clothes Lots of toilet roll Food Plenty of tent pegs (they WILL get stolen) ... more
  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Mayrad

    5 Stars Glastonbury - where do I camp?! - tips 31/07/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Live music, living it wild, the food, the people

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The toilets

    Anyone who remembers their first Glastonbury experience with be unable to deny their unorganisational and bewildermental state - from walking the lengthy journey from your car to the entrance and checking you still have your ticket (afterall, it may have got lost since you last checked 10 metres ago). Furthermore, on getting through the gates, you are pounced upon with guides, maps, booklets, free chewing gum, and other malakis, and then let loose into a 150,000 populated city, and suggested to go find a camping site. Not an easy task, it has to be said, especially with a gang of you, some ... more
  • 8 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    AliB

    5 Stars Excellent every year 05/09/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots and lots to see

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Too many people

    As usual this year, I had a fantastic time at Glastonbury. What makes it so good is the range of other things to do/see as well as bands. There were a few big acts I would have liked to see but just couldn't be bothered to fight my way through the dense crowds around the Pyramid stage in the evening. Instead I spent my time watching street theatre or cabaret or circus acts. There is always something to make you laugh or to amaze. I saw Bodger & Badger in the Kid's Field last year! There are also loads of different types of food stalls which keep me happy for the weekend! And many craft stalls ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    davependleton

    4 Stars Glasto 2000 19/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Relaxed

    Disadvantages Disadvantages expensive for what it is

    This is the third year that i have been tio glastonbury, so i am unable to comment on what Glastonbury used to be like. I am just speaking as to what it is like. Arriving on the wednesday is very favourable, as a good pitch is likely, best place i found is the fileds surrounding the stone circle. The main stage area is to intense for me. I personally do not go to glast. for the music alone, it is a bonus, i go for the genrally relaxed vibe. There are obviously people there to make trouble, but i have only ever seen one incident. The dance area seems to attract much of the trouble, so avoiding ... more
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