GLASTONBURY

LIVE YOUR LIFE, ENJOY IT

 WHAT IS IT?
■ The festival was influenced by the hippie ethic and the movement
of free festivals in the 1970s, starting with the Isle of Wight Festival,
which featured performances by The Who, among other artists.
Afterwards, organizer Michael Eavis said he decided to host the
first festival, after seeing an open-air Led Zeppelin concert at the
1970 Bath and Blues progressive festival at the Bath and West
Fairgrounds in 1970. [1] ] The festival maintains traces of this
tradition, such as the Campos Verdes area, which includes the
Green Futures and Healing Camp.
 WHERE IT DEVELOPS?
■ The festival takes place in the South West of England, in
Worthy Farm located between the small town of Pilton and
Pylle, in the county of Somerset, about ten kilometers east of
the city of Glastonbury, overlooked by the Glastonbury Tor in
the mystic "Valley of Avalon". The area has a series of legends
and spiritual traditions, and is a site of interest "New Era", it is
considered that several ley lines converge on the Tor. The city
Closest to the festival venue is Shepton Mallet, three miles (5
km) to the northeast, but there is still an interaction between
the people who exhibit alternative lifestyles that live in
Glastonbury and the festival itself. The farm is located between
roads A361 and A37.
 HISTORY
■ A series of concerts, lectures and recitals called the Glastonbury
Festivals were established with a summer school in the town of
Glastonbury between 1914 and 1926 by the classical composer
Boughton Rutland (1878-1960), and with its location attracted a
bohemian audience for the standards of the time. 1990 saw the
biggest festival yet; However, the violence at the end of the festival
between the security guards and travelers of the new era - the so-
called Battle of the Yeoman Bridge - led the organizers not to have
the festival in 1991 to rethink the festival. An expanded festival
returned in 1992, and this was a great success. [68] 1992 was the
first year that travelers of the new era were not initially allowed to
enter the site without cost, and a tougher fence was designed.
[ 69] This success took place in 1993, which, like 1992, was a hot
and dry year.