Why Glastonbury’s 2026 Fallow Year Is Reshaping British Festival Summer

This guide has moved and been expanded. For the full, up-to-date piece, see Glastonbury Fallow Year 2026: Why The Empty Weekend Is Quietly Reshaping Britain’s Festival Summer, which covers the Eavis family’s own explanation, where the festival crowd and its money are going this summer, and what the 2027 return needs to deliver.

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