I have attended twenty-three of the festivals in the forty-seven years since that first party at Worthy Farm. See the official Festival site .
Glastonbury Festival has run in 1970-1971, 1978-1979, 1981-1987, 1989-1990, 1992-1995, 1997-2000, 2002-2005, 2007-2011, and 2013-17. That's 35 times in total. See the Glastonbury Festival Website History page for details. I have attended 23 of them.
- My first was in 1984, as a punter. I went to see The Smiths.
- In 1989 I went as part of Ariadne Productions, performing in "The Shining Ones" in the Theatre Field - booked by Arabella Churchill, Director of the Theatre/Circus zone; we also performed in the Green Fields.
- In 1990 Arabella booked Gothic Relief and we took "The Death of Frankenstein" to the Theatre Field.
There was no festival in 1991.
- In 1992 I worked for Arabella as Stage Manager, 2nd Theatre Marquee
- In 1993 I performed as Bass Singer in the Avalonian Free State Choir, at the Wise Crone Cafe.
I was busy with finals at Dartington in 1994, and with my first summer at Tamworth in 1995.
There was no festival in 1996.
- In 1997 I worked for Arabella again, as Crew, on the Performer's Check-in Desk
- In 1998 I ran the Check-In Desk
- In 1999 I ran the Check-In Desk
- In 2000 I ran the Check-In Desk, and part way through the week Arabella asked me to go up to Point A and 'take over'.
There was no festival in 2001.
- In 2002 I was 'Mr. Laminates' for the Theatre/Circus zone, running both the Check-In Desk and the Point A Passes Desk, for Bella.
- In 2003 I was 'Mr. Laminates' again.
- in 2004 I was 'Mr. Laminates' again.
- In 2005 I was 'Mr. Laminates' again - see the pics of the flash-flood!
There was no festival in 2006.
- In 2007 I again ran the Laminating and Performer's Check-in operation.
- In 2008 I again ran the Laminating, Wristbands and Performer's Check-in operation. This was the first Festival without Bella, following her untimely death. See my blog post at the time.
- In 2009 I again ran the Laminating, Wristbands and Performer's Check-in operation - see the photos on Flickr.
- In 2010 I again ran the Laminating, Wristbands and Performer's Check-in operation - now called Theatre & Circus Passes Office.
- In 2011 I again ran the Theatre & Circus Passes Office and Performers Check-in
- In 2013 I was restyled as the 'Accreditation Manager' - running the Theatre & Circus Passes Office and Performers Check-in as usual.
- In 2014 I was again Accreditation Manager for Theatre & Circus and celebrated my 20th Glastonbury Festival on the 30th anniversary of my first one - with cake :-)
- In 2015 I was again Accreditation Manager for Theatre & Circus
- In 2016 I was again Accreditation Manager for Theatre & Circus
- In 2017 I was again Accreditation Manager for Theatre & Circus
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