The iconic Carhenge has returned to , with a number of events announced. 24 mutated vintage cars are stacked into a Stonehenge-like structure in the heart of the festival site. The striking structure, which was first built in 1987, will be accompanied by an Festival-goers will be able to explore the "art made of waste" which will be created in the William's Green area by long-time Glastonbury collaborator artist Joe Rush, from the .
Organisers say each lintel plays tribute to an iconic pillar of counterculture, a culture liberated from conformism and consumerism. Revolutionary heroines and heroes from the margins of society, including longtime collaborator Vivienne Westwood, rock n' roll guitarist Chuck Berry, Hawkwind's Nik Turner, father of Afrobeat Fela Kuti, and Lee Scratch Perry, pioneer of dub, reggae and ska. Throughout the weekend, revellers can expect a Notting Hill Carnival workshop, Fulu Miziki drumming session and workshop, Notting Hill Carnival parade and performance and a late-night Fulu MIziki parade and performance.
Carhenge will be brought to life through a hypnotic show of lights from designer Ed Warren, and the sounds of Fulu Miziki or “music from the garbage” in lingala. From the centre of the henge these “African Mutoids” from Kinshasa, dressed in scrap, fusing music, art, dance and fashion, will perform and play their afrofuturist beats with percussion instruments made of trash. Echoing the night-long drumming sessions of the original 1987 Carhen.
