We’ve just posted the full list of 2011 venues for The Common, one of Glastonbury’s most vibrant, decadent areas. Click here to explore its sumptuous Latino Playground, home to twisted voodoo parlours, debauched bordellos, criminal party houses and much, much more…
Somerset-based Matt Cardy, one of the Festival’s most widely published photographers, was named Photographer of the Year at the 2010 Press Awards in London this week.
Congratulations to Matt, whose work can often been seen in local newspapers – and on this website – as well as the national papers. He was also a key contributor and organiser of last year’s acclaimed Glastonbury At 40 exhibition – shown at the Festival itself and at galleries throughout the South West.
“It is a real honour to win this prestigious award, given the incredibly tough competition, ” said Matt. “Although space didn’t allow Glastonbury Festival to feature in my portfolio, it remains one the highlights of my photographic calender.’
Organised by The Society of Editors, the Press Awards celebrates the best of British journalism, “recognising excellence in both individuals and teams in the media industry, across 25 different categories”.
There is another chance to see the Glastonbury at 40 exhibition at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury from May 14 until September 3.
Matt is pictured below with his partner and fellow Glastonbury festival photographer, Anna Barclay
Picture: Jason Bryant
If you were one of the thousands of people who visited the WaterAid stand, used a she-pee or checked out the composting loos up in Kings Meadow at Glastonbury Festival last year, thank you!
You helped to make 2010 WaterAid’s best year yet at Glastonbury. Not only did we collect 35,000 signatures raising vital awareness about the global water and sanitation crisis, but we also gave away record numbers of our stylish WaterAid tattoos and thousands of cups of much needed clean water.
WaterAid/ Suzanne Porter
Your support really is helping to change lives. Just one of the many places that WaterAid has been working in is a remote community in Nigeria, improving the sanitation and health of children in schools. Yahna Dinwur is pictured with a boy washing their hands in front of the latrine at their local primary school.
Yahna, a member of the hygiene club, had this to say about the impact of WaterAid’s work on her family: “We are taught to wash our hands before and after we eat and after we defecate. We are also taught the importance of bathing regularly, keeping our nails short and our hair neat and our clothes clean. All these things help to prevent disease. I have four brothers and three sisters and I remind them all to wash their hands regularly. Before it was common for one of us to get sick with the vomiting, but now it is much better. I feel much healthier.”
Following the success of 2010’s festival Barbara Frost, WaterAid’s Chief Executive, visited Michael and Emily Eavis during the summer to ask them about Glasto and all things water and sanitation!
Below is a snippet from their conversations…
“Sanitation is such a basic need for everyone, you would have thought it would have a higher profile than it does,” says Emily. “Glastonbury is one of the only times it seems that people make that realisation on such a large scale.” In fact, there is no better time to tell people about the 884 million people in the world without clean water and the 2.6 billion who have no toilet than when they’re thirsty and trying to find a decent loo!
The Eavises’ commitment to our work is really inspiring. You can read the whole interview with Michael and Emily on WaterAid’s website by clicking here.
We’re very pleased to announce the launch of some new initiatives to encourage Festival-goers to come to this year’s Glastonbury by bicycle, as part of our new Green Traveller campaign. As well as reducing their carbon footprint and avoiding being stuck in car traffic queues, anyone who does arrive on their bike will get several benefits, including a free lock-up and an allocated campsite just for cyclists. We’ll even transport your luggage/camping gear to the Festival for you.
Plus, of course, like anyone arriving at this year’s Festival by public transport, they’ll get a Green Traveller card which gives discounts on food and T-shirts, as well as exclusive access to solar showers and compost toilets.
Even better, if you’re in Bristol or one of 30 towns within 20 miles of the site, you’ll be able to join an organised ride and have your luggage delivered to the Festival.
For full information, head over to our Arriving by Bike section.
We’re very pleased to report that the winners of last night’s Emerging Talent Competition were Treetop Flyers, who’ve won a main stage slot at this year’s Festival. On a night of many impressive performances, the band’s vibrant folk-rock impressed the judges enough to bag them the win.
When revealing the winner, Michael Eavis also announced that all eight acts had managed to impress the various stage bookers enough to have won themselves a Festival slot. And rightly so. All of the acts really did prove themselves worthy of a slot.
Here are some of Jason Bryant’s photos from the night:
Emily and the Woods
My First Tooth
Twin Brother
Twin Brother
Louise and the Pins
Louise and the Pins
Michael Eavis with Louise and the Pins
Treetop Flyers
Treetop Flyers
The judges look on…
Tristram
J Treole
Congratulations to all eight of the acts. And another big thanks to our panel of blogger judges who helped us narrow down the thousands of entries – we couldn’t have done it without you!
Welcome to the webcast of the finals of our 2011 Emerging Talent Competition, coming live and direct from Pilton. Tonight, from 6.40-11.05pm, eight acts will compete for a main stage slot at this year’s Festival (and there’s always a good chance some of the others will pick up a Festival booking too). Tonight’s running order is below the video player.
(Sorry, but you’ll have to watch an ad from Ustream before you get to the stream)
Tonight’s running order is as follows:
6.40pm: My Tiger My Timing
7.15pm: Emily and the Woods
7.50pm: My First Tooth
8.25pm: Twin Brother
9.00pm; Louise And The Pins
9.35pm: Treetop Flyers
10.10pm: Tristram
10.45pm: J Treole
The winner will be chosen by the final judging panel which consists of the following nine judges: Michael Eavis (Glastonbury organiser), Emily Eavis (Glastonbury organiser), Nick Dewey (main stages programmer), Malcolm Haynes (Dance Village programmer), Steve Symons (West Holts programmer), Philippa Aylott (Radio One producer), Angus Baskerville (live agent), Paul Charles (agent/promoter/manager) and Chris Salmon (music journalist).
Tomorrow night, eight acts will compete to win a main stage Glastonbury Festival slot at our 2011 Emerging Talent Competition finals at Pilton’s Working Men’s Club.
The finals are invite-only, but you’ll be able to watch the entire thing right here on the Glastonbury website via our live webcast. Head back to the site tomorrow from 6.30pm to watch all eight sets. Until then, check out all eight acts on the player below:
As of this morning, Glastonbury 2011 deposit holders are now able to pay the balance of their Glastonbury ticket. The balance due is £145 (plus a £5 booking fee) per person and you have until 23:59 on April 7th 2011.
You can pay your balance online at http://www.seetickets.com/g2011 or over the phone on 0844 412 4635.
Please note that if you do not pay your balance by 23:59 on April 7th your deposit will be cancelled and you will receive a £40 refund per ticket to the card that was used during the booking. Any tickets which are returned will be put into the ticket resale which is due in mid-April.
When paying your balance you will be given the opportunity to combine your Festival tickets with coach travel to the Festival from locations across the UK. As part of the continued effort by Seetickets and Glastonbury Festival to reduce the carbon emissions from audience transport, we have strived to make these coach packages as affordable as possible, with all fares lower than 2010 rates. These packages are only available when paying for your ticket balance, so don’t miss out. The full timetable and price list for these tickets is shown below:
You will also be giving the option of booking ticket cancellation cover, car park tickets, campervan tickets and tipis whilst paying your balance.
For full information regarding Glastonbury tickets please head over to our detailed Ticket Information page.
Would you like to win £1,000 and two tickets to the 2011 Festival, where you’ll see lots of people wearing something you created? Then you should probably enter our competition to design the official Glastonbury Festival 2011 T-shirt.
Here is the design brief:
– Original artwork only (ie, it must be entirely your own work and not based on any existing work)
– The design must be on the front of the T-shirt only (the backprint will be designed by the winner later, featuring the Festival line-up)
– The design can be colour or black and white
– Please bear in mind that the design is usually printed on several different colours of T-shirt
There are two ways to submit your design, by email and by post. You have until 5pm on Friday 29 April to get your entry in. Please include your name and a daytime contact number with your entry (just one entry per person, please).
By email: Send your design as a PDF, JPEG or PNG attachment to glastonburytshirt@gmail.com.
NB: Please title the attachment with your name (ie michaeleavis.jpg).
By post: Send your printed design to 2011 T-shirt Competition, Glastonbury Festival Office, 28 Northload Street, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9JJ. Designs will not be returned.
Click here to read the full competition’s T&Cs.
We look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Glastonbury 2011 T-shirt Competition Terms and Conditions
These rules apply to the Glastonbury 2011 T-shirt design competition (“Competition”).
1. The promoter of the Competitions is Glastonbury Festival 2011 Limited (the “Promoter”). Our address is worthy Farm, Pilton, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4BY.
2. All entrants must be over 18 years of age at the date of entry. The eligibility of any entrant is at the sole discretion of the Promoter.
3. By entering the Competition, you hereby warrant that all information submitted by you is true, current and complete.
4. NO PURCHASE OF ANY SORT IS NECESSARY to enter the Competition. The winner will receive a prize payment of £1000.00 (one thousand pounds sterling) which will be in consideration of and full and final compensation for the transfer of copyrights and other rights referred to in Clause 13 below. The Winner will also receive two standard entry tickets for the Glastonbury festival.
5. All entries must include name, address, email address and telephone number. Entries are limited to one per person and must be original and made in accordance with the rules of the Competition. Entry can either be by PDF, JPEG or PNG attachment by email to glastonburytshirt@gmail.com or by post to 2011 T-shirt Competition, Glastonbury Festival Office, 28 Northload Street, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9JJ. Designs will not be returned. The closing date for entries is 5pm on Friday 29 April, 2011. The winner will be chosen by a judging panel and the judging panel’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
6. You must ensure that your T-shirt design is original, that it was created by you and that it does not infringe the copyright, trade mark or other right that may be owned by a third party. This would include photographs taken by other people, logos, artwork, lyrics, poetry and other literary works, registered and unregistered trade marks and design rights. If you want to use anything like this in your design you must get permission in advance before you submit your design. Your design must not be defamatory or obscene. Entries may be rejected in the sole discretion of the Promoter including without limitation for reasons of obscenity, defamation, invasion of privacy or in the event that the Promoter deems the entry uploaded to be in anyway inappropriate.
7. The Promoter may at its sole discretion, substitute any Prize for a prize of a similar nature and/or comparable value. Winners may not request and are not entitled to a cash alternative to their Prize and their Prize is non-refundable and non-transferable.
8. All tickets for Glastonbury Festival are entirely non-transferable and subject to the Festival’s registration system. When entering the T-shirt Competition you will be required to submit two valid registration numbers. You may either submit one registration number for yourself, and one for a guest; or if you already have a Festival ticket, you can submit the registration numbers of two guests.
If you and/or your guests do not already have valid registration numbers you can register online at www.glastonburyregistration.co.uk. This only takes a few minutes (but can take up to 48 hours for approval). All usual Terms and Conditions pertaining to Glastonbury Festival public entry tickets will apply.
9. The Promoter accepts no responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorised access to entries, or entries lost, incomplete or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions, virus, bugs or other causes outside its control. All lost, damaged or incomplete entries will be deemed invalid. Proof of entry shall not be proof of delivery or receipt. Only entries received in accordance with these terms and conditions will be acceptable. The Promoter will not be liable if a Prize cannot be taken by a winner for any reason beyond the control of the Promoter. Neither will the Promoter be liable for any travel costs, spending money, insurance or any other costs associated with a Prize unless otherwise stated.
10. The winner may be required to participate in publicity surrounding this promotion.
11. Any personal data relating to entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the individual’s prior consent.
12. By entering the Competition, all entrants are deemed to accept these terms and conditions and any other rules or conditions specific to the Competition. The Promoter may, at its sole discretion, change the dates of entry into the Competition and/or the dates on which the Competition will be promoted and the Promoter reserves the right to alter, amend or withdraw these terms and conditions and/or the Competition without prior notice.
13. The terms and conditions of any third party supplier may apply and must be accepted and complied with by the winner.
14. On submitting the entry and in consideration of the payment of £1000 referred to in Clause 4 above the Winner irrevocably and exclusively grants and assigns to the Promoter with full title guarantee the entire copyright and all other rights of whatever nature in his/her entry for the full duration of such rights throughout the World. All other entrants agree that on submission of their entry they will grant the promoter the entire copyright in their entry to the Promoter throughout the world for the duration of such rights on the understanding that the Promoter will not be able to utilise such rights without the further agreement of the entrant for a royalty based payment for such use.
15. Other than for death or personal injury arising from negligence of the Promoter, so far as is permitted by law, the Promoter hereby excludes all liability for any loss, damage, cost and expense, whether direct or indirect, howsoever caused in connection with the Competition or any aspect of a Prize.
16. These terms and conditions are governed by and construed and performed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, whose courts shall be the courts of exclusive jurisdiction.