Glastonbury is about the music – but away from the main stages there’s plenty more to keep people entertained. Here are some of the unexpected and more unusual moments from another successful festival at Worthy Farm.
“I love its weirdness. It’s consistently strange compared to other festivals – they bring the weirdness every time.”
This was his 11th time at Glastonbury Festival, but for Matt Baker, from Devon, there is always something new to explore. First-timers Rob and Vanessa Burnham, from Brighton, echoed the sentiment: “It’s uncensored fun at every turn. You never know what you’ll stumble across and that’s what makes it so different.”
It is a feeling shared by tens of thousands of other fans who make the trip to Worthy Farm each year – while the headliners put on a spectacular show, it’s the unexpected moments and weird and wonderful things you stumble across away from the main stages that really make this the best festival in the world.
Arctic Monkeys closed the first night, Guns ‘n’ Roses rocked on Saturday, and Sir Elton John provided the grand finale with what he has said will be his final UK tour show. Oh, and Dave Grohl popped up (almost) everywhere.
But away from those big names, here are the moments you might not have seen
