Glastonbury is back for another year, with music fans flocking to see Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Sza headline this year. The huge, five-day music event takes place on Worthy Farm, Somerset between June 26 and June 30. The festival usually takes place four out of every five years, with the fifth year reserved for rehabilitation of the land - known as a fallow year.
The last official fallow year was 2018, but the festival was also cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic and had “enforced fallow” years. Organiser Emily Eavis has since said that the festival's next fallow year is likely to be in 2026. READ MORE: How much does Glastonbury cost? The price of tickets, tipis, beer, food and everything else You can see our Glastonbury Festival coverage in full here.
Asked if she had plans for the 2025 line-up, Eavis told the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast earlier this June: “Not yet, we are talking to people. The thing with line-ups is, you think its looking one way and then it changes. So at the moment I would say no, but I have a vague idea in my head of who is going to be doing it next year.
Then we might do a fallow year after that, we are due a fallow year." She added: “The fallow year is important because it gives the land a rest, and it gives the cows a chance to be out for longer and reclaim their land. “And it gives everyone time to switch off.
And I think it’s quite good not to be seen to be cashing in. At the best time when we could just rake it .
