When thinking about what to pack, please bear these things in mind:

• Only bring what you really need. However you arrive, you’ll inevitably have to carry your stuff a fair distance to where you camp. And as part of our Love Worthy Farm, Leave No Trace campaign we’d definitely encourage you to only bring things which you can take home – that includes everything, even your tent.
• Please use luggage tags. Please label all of your bags and belongings stating your name and mobile number, so that we can identify them as yours.
• Please be patient. For security reasons, all ticket holders will be subject to extra searches of their vehicles, their bags and their person at this year’s Festival. This will make entrance slower than in previous years. Please cooperate with any security requests and all searches.
• The less you bring, the quicker you’ll get through the gates. As a general rule, we would ask you to only bring as much as you can carry yourself. We do appreciate that you’re going to be staying on the farm for several days, but travelling light really will make things quicker. There will be separate search lanes for those with large luggage and trolleys, and we anticipate that these lanes will be significantly slower.
• Please do not wrap your bags. Avoid using the thick plastic wrap you sometimes see at airports. Your bags will need to be accessible for searches and you’ll be bringing unnecessary waste onto the Festival site.
• Don’t skimp on the essentials. Please bring a sturdy tent (and take it back home with you). Although you’ll be able buy pretty much anything you need here on site, from 2019 there will be fewer camping equipment stores than there have been in the past. So please bring a sturdy tent that will last a lifetime of festival camping.
• REUSE, REDUCE, RESPECT. In a stand to make our world more sustainable, we ask you to avoid singe-use items and opt for reusables options where ever possible and help us look after the land on which the Festival stands.

What to bring

• Festival ticket
• A reusable water bottle, to fill up from the free taps on site
• Tent
• Sleeping bag
• Roll mat
• Wellies or sturdy boots
• Toilet roll
• A warm jumper (it can get cold at night)
• Sun tan lotion
• Waterproof
• Toiletries
• Enough change of clothes in case you get wet
• Medical info (if you have any allergies or medical conditions)
• Medication if required (click here for the Festival’s prescribed medication policy)
• Torch
• ID
  – Original ID documents (not photocopies) are needed for: Hospitality tickets, Challenge 21, Lead Booker for coach packages, Sunday tickets
  – Photocopy of ID is okay if a child is under 12 but looks older
  – Standard public ticket – no ID required as photo on ticket
• Money/cards
• Hat
• Bags for dirty clothes and rubbish
• Contraceptives
• Mark valuables with house name and postcode so it can be posted back to you

What not to bring

• Do not bring more than you need. Remember you’ll need to take all it home again. Most things can be bought on site if necessary.
• Please don’t bring gazebos. They take up valuable tent space in the campsites. We’d also rather you didn’t put tape around your tent enclosures, please. It makes it harder for other people to get to their tents.
• Only food and alcohol for personal consumption can be brought onsite.
• Do not bring excess packaging. If you purchase something new for the Festival, please remove all the excess packing at home, before you arrive.
• Please don’t bring anything made of glass. All glass will be confiscated if found, including perfume and mirrors.
• Please do not bring non-biodegradable body glitter. Biodegradable glitter can be bought from traders onsite.
• Please avoid the use of disposable wipes. Wipes – even biodegradable wipes, which quickly breakdown into micro-plastics – are problematic environmental pollutants. Plant fibre-based biodegradable wipes release greenhouse gases when they decompose, so we would like people to really try to use alternatives. A washcloth and a bar of soap works wonders!
• You may be searched at the entrance for any items that may be used in an illegal or offensive manner – which will be confiscated. Persons suspected of carrying out illegal and/or offensive activities onsite may also be searched and face eviction. NB: Confiscated items will NOT be returned.

Please do not bring any of these prohibited items:

• No portable laser equipment or pens are permitted.
• NO animals (except registered guide dogs).
• No sound systems or drums.
• No generators.
• No sky lanterns or kites, unauthorised fireworks, or wax flares.
• No nitrous oxide (laughing gas). As a contraband good, under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 this substance is banned at Glastonbury.

Please note:

• Persons using fireworks will be evicted from site and materials confiscated.
• No unauthorised tape recorders, professional film or video equipment are allowed onsite. Cameras for personal use are welcome.
• Flying or filming with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, or so-called drones) is not allowed on site before, during or after the Festival – and is prohibited by law. We have a working site and the safety of our audience, crew and staff is paramount.

This year, DeafZone is celebrating a decade at Glastonbury Festival. Since 2009, DeafZone has been working alongside our own Accessibility team to support Deaf Festival-goers at Glastonbury.

DeafZone provide a team of 20 BSL interpreters that cover music performances on the Pyramid and Other stage. They also interpret theatre, poetry, Green Field events and music at other stages on request. One highlight was having interpreters on the Pyramid Stage for Adele’s performance in 2016.

DeafZone have also been working to encourage other Areas of the Festival to take on their own teams of interpreters and now the Left Field have a team of their own. In 2017 they taught the audience to sign ‘Ooh Jeremy Corbyn’ during his session there.

As well as interpreting duties, the DeafZone Tent Crew also offer Deafhood awareness information and British Sign Language (BSL) classes, and perform BSL poetry throughout the Festival.

The Tent, which is located by the Meeting Point also acts as a ‘respite’ space for Deaf Festival-goers, where they can relax and communicate freely. And because it also attracts many hearing people who have already learned some BSL, it is a vibrant and exciting place for people to make new friendships.

We are very proud that our relationship with DeafZone helped Glastonbury Festival to become the first Festival to be awarded the Gold Standard by disability organisation, Attitude Is Everything, in 2014.

Cineramageddon’s unique five-day film festival within Glastonbury Festival is back for its second edition.

Featuring an eclectic programme of films curated by director Julien Temple, the nocturnal audience will be seated in a post-apocalyptic drive-in auditorium courtesy of artist Joe Rush, featuring seventy mutated vintage British and American cars, repurposed funfair rides and a Lear jet. Full Arena programme here.

If you miss reserving a car there are 2,000 headphones available on first come first served basis, with even more for the Wednesday’s World Premiere of Ibiza – The Silent Movie followed by a live DJ set by music supervisor Fatboy Slim.

The sculpture park is open to view all day – with music from midday – whilst every day in the revamped Black Lamp hub, there will be film screenings, guest Q&As including Bros, Trojan Records and Don Letts, a new bar and film-making discussions with Bridgwater’s Engine Room organisation.

Find out more, and reserve cars for every screening, at www.cineramageddon.com

This year’s Theatre & Circus flashmob dance is based on Spinning Around by Kylie, in celebration of her performance on the Pyramid Stage in the Sunday teatime slot.

Learn the moves and join the flashmob dances!

Thursday, June 27, 4pm at the Gateway Stage
Sunday, June 29, 3.45pm at the Pyramid Stage

Here are some more of Jason Bryant’s photos from the site, as Glastonbury 2019 takes shape.

Peeing on the ground causes toxic pollution of the water table. The ground water runs into the central Whitelake River and down the valley for miles around. Wildlife and fish are affected if 200,000 people pee everywhere.

The Environment Agency tests the water regularly, and has the power to close down the site if too many people have urinated and polluted the site. It really could be the end of Glastonbury if you pee where you shouldn’t. Please only pee in our thousands of toilets and urinals.

Compost Loos

We have over 1,200 compost toilets across the site, which after a year turns into wonderful compost which is brought back onto the farm and used in the Permaculture area and Peace garden. A compost toilet is a water free system that is best for the environment.

There are thousands of toilets on site, and we urge you to use them. Environmental health students check the toilets twice a day and cleaners and other staff are on hand, 24/7, to help keep them functional.

Oxfam is making second-hand fashion a Worthy Cause at Glastonbury Festival 2019. It’s a solution to the damage fast fashion is doing to our planet and its people.

Fast fashion is clogging up landfill. A monstrous 11 million items of clothing end up in UK tips each week.

Oxfam, one of Glastonbury’s three charity partners, is helping to turn this terrible trend around.

At this year’s Festival, Oxfam is launching its Second Hand September campaign, asking you to pledge to say NO to new clothes this September – and YES to saving the planet and beating poverty by buying second-hand for a whole month!

Oxfam shops on the high street and online save around 47 million items of clothing from going to landfill every year. By buying second hand you can give clothes a second chance – increase their lifespan while protecting our planet.

And Oxfam fashion fights poverty – it raises money so the world’s poorest people have the basics in life, like clean safe water, sanitation and shelter in emergencies, education, and the means to grow food. Oxfam fashion fights the injustices that keep people poor.

So festival-goers, join Oxfam’s Second Hand September #SECONDHANDSEPTEMBER and pledge not to buy new clothes for one whole month.

Over the past 25 years @GlastoFest has raised millions of pounds for Oxfam as one of their official charity partners. The Eavis family visited South Africa recently to see how we have used their donations to transform the lives of women there. pic.twitter.com/EmaFDrsUTf

— Oxfam (@oxfamgb) May 31, 2019

There’s a whole heap of stuff happening across the Festival for you to get involved and make a difference…

Discover the wonderful world of Oxfam’s second-hand fashion at three Festival shops:

• The Treasure Trove (near the Tony Benn Tower) with its sparkle, sequins, drag and glam.
• The Glade will its raving rainforest, think Amazon jungle splashed with flashes of neon.
• The Park Shop for fabulous boutique items.

Dip into the World-changing Room (by The Park Shop) where an enormous Oxfam water tank has been transformed into a spectacular second-hand fashion experience. Select clothes to be made super-special with silk screen printing designed by artist Antony Burrill. See how Oxfam fashion changes the lives of the world’s poorest people for good.

Hang out by Oxfam’s giant washing line. It’s strung up around the site and tells the story of fast fashion and how your actions can change the world.

Relax on our big people seats beneath umbrellas that have been recycled from old tents to keep you cool and dry whatever the weather.

Wear a unique recycled wristband. To thank you for kicking your new-clothes habit for a month, and signing up to Second Hand September, Oxfam volunteers will be handing out unique recycled wristbands. Just look out for the folk holding flags and get your picture taken with Oxfam’s caped crusaders. (All made from reused and recycled material, of course…).

They won’t be the only friendly faces you see from Oxfam – there will be over 2,300 amazing stewards too, on hand throughout the festival to help you.

Make change happen. Oxfam and Glastonbury have been working together for more than 25 years to make world-changing things happen – from stopping the sales of arms to funding better healthcare for mums. Now we can turn the tide of fast fashion together.

It’s time to rewear, reuse and recycle. Say NO to new clothes for a month, and YES to less. Less waste, less landfill – and less poverty. Take the pledge #SECONDHANDSEPTEMBER

We’re very pleased to announce the 31 October 2019 release of Glastonbury 50, our official book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Festival. Glastonbury 50 sees Michael and Emily Eavis reveal the stories behind the event in their own words, alongside hundreds of incredible photos taken since the Festival’s birth in 1970.

Michael and Emily are joined by a host of big-name contributors – among them Adele, JAY-Z, Dolly Parton, Chris Martin, Julie Christie, Noel Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, Suzanne Vega, Lars Ulrich and Guy Garvey.

Glastonbury50 is published in hardback by Trapeze, priced £30. You can click here to pre-order the book – exclusively signed by Michael and Emily Eavis – from Waterstones now.

“Working on this book has been a fantastic project for me and my dad in the fallow year and in the build-up to this year’s Festival. With our 50th anniversary fast approaching, we felt now was the time to put all of our memories and stories together in one place,” says Emily Eavis. “It’s been a total joy to look back through piles of old photo albums and scrapbooks and to reflect upon what it meant at the time, and the incredible evolution of the event. I hope people who’ve been over the years will be able to reminisce and get a flavour of the rich history of Glastonbury through five amazing decades. It’s also been a real honour to have had so many great writers, artists and photographers willing to get involved in helping us to give the full picture.”

The BBC has today announced details of its coverage for Glastonbury 2019.

Whether at home or out and about, viewers and listeners will be able to watch Glastonbury coverage on BBC iPlayer and listen on BBC Sounds. Audiences can also personalise their Glastonbury experience more than ever before as BBC Music presents the very best of the Festival across TV, radio, BBC Sounds, BBC iPlayer and online – from headline shows on the Pyramid Stage to emerging artists on the BBC Music Introducing stage.

For the first time ever, BBC Sounds will be the ultimate destination for audio from the Festival this year, as listeners will be able to access all broadcasts on BBC Radio Glastonbury, at the touch of a single button.

From Thursday 26 June until Monday 1 July, BBC Sounds will be home to BBC Radio Glastonbury. Listeners can simply select BBC Radio Glastonbury on BBC Sounds to hear live programmes from Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, 5 live and 6 Music on site at Worthy Farm, as well as live performances, iconic archive content and special Glastonbury editions of BBC Sounds music mixes. Music fans can download the BBC Sounds app to listen to BBC Radio Glastonbury.

On air, BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four will broadcast over 30 hours of coverage this year. BBC One will broadcast from Worthy Farm on Sunday, bringing viewers Kylie Minogue’s performance in the Festival’s famous legends slot. BBC Two will be broadcasting headline sets from Stormzy, The Killers and The Cure and there will be highlights and live coverage from key sets across the weekend on BBC Four. Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 5 live and 6 Music will also be live from Worthy Farm, with broadcasts available on BBC Sounds, bringing listeners a mix of interviews with the biggest stars at Glastonbury this year, live shows, headline sets and backstage moments.

Over 100 performances from across the main stages at Glastonbury will be available on BBC iPlayer. Audiences can join the action live, or whenever they like, throughout the weekend and beyond.

The BBC’s TV and radio coverage of the festival will be brought to audiences at home by some of the BBC’s best-loved presenters. Annie Mac, Clara Amfo, DJ Target, Edith Bowman, Gemma Cairney, Huw Stephens, Jack Saunders, James Ballardie, Jo Whiley, Laura Whitmore, Lauren Laverne, Mark Radcliffe, Sir Spyro, Steve Lamacq, Yasser and Zoe Ball and more will be broadcasting from Worthy Farm, guiding viewers and listeners through the highlights from all six stages at the Festival.

For more info, click here.

Yesterday morning, Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music breakfast show was broadcast live from the Festival site, and featured appearances from Michael and Emily Eavis, our 2019 Emerging Talent Winner Marie White, Pip and Bertie from Arcadia’s Pangea, Luke from Greenpeace and crew members Dan and Jane. You can listen again to the full three hour broadcast here.

And check out some of our photos below!

(All photos above by Anna Barclay)