Just got back from Glasto and the first thing I have to say is it has grown a lot since I last went in 1985. 170,000 odd people in the one place, with no trouble and a brilliant vibe….long may it continue. Michael Evis is to be congratulated for sticking to his guns with Jay Z, who whilst wasn’t my cup’o’tea, seemed to impress most people.
To fully appreciate the magnitude of Glastonbury, you have to climb to the highest points and it is only then that you will start to understand the effort that must go into getting the festival on. Hundreds of shops, restaurants, cafes, bars and THE CIDER BUS! make turning up on Wednesday morning adviseable, as there really is so much to do and see.

I could ramble on about the great dance acts, the trash city and all the other brilliant things in Glastonbury 2008, but instead, all I will say is the minute tickets go on sale next year, get registering, because even though the 2008 Glastonbury only just sold out, 2009 will sell out in Minutes.

It’s really hard to explain to someone who’s never been to glastonbury just how good it is.

The Glastonbury festival is probably most famous from the stories of how a 3-metre-tall welshman was once smuggled past the stasi-esque security using a suitcase, a jersey driving licence, a carton of pineapple juice, and a chinaman… this inspires notions of courage, fortitude, cunning, and stamina among schoolchildren nationwide… But I think there’s much more to it than that…

It’s absolutely bloody massive. Hundreds of really good quality restaurants/cafes selling an astounding range of international foods so everyone is well catered for. There’s lots of places to drink - I particularly recommend the Cider bus and the place near the Acoustic stage that sells Perry (pear cider) - both delicious and will get you very (happy) drunk quite quickly. Also if the weather’s cold (it inevitably will be… it’s the UK) there ain’t nowt better than a hot cider with a shot of 10-year old brandy in it.

Aside from the food and drink of course is the main reason for the festival - the performing arts. Not just a fantastic range of superb music but also people prancing about (dancing and plays and stuff), circus acts, and people just wondering around the site in costumes doing silly things.

There’s the bountiful drugs too. yummy drugs. don’t take drugs though.

One of the best things about the festival is seeing the range of different people wondering around… seeing what people are really like when they completely let their hair down. I’ve had some really good times in the smaller tents where there are performances from amateur poets and musicians (particularly the banyan tree cafe if you can find it… they have lots of comfy sofas, excellent chai, and 24-hours open mic).

If you have been to other festivals before and not glastonbury then glastonbury is better. Trust me.

The toilets and the discomforts of camping when you’re inevitably hungover are to be expected and so, sadly, is the terrible terrible weather… the endless cold wind, rain, and mud (again, this is the UK) can be quite tiring, and particularly disheartening if you come back to your tent to find it underwater. The best solution is just just get properly wasted and focus on having lots of fun.

I would recommend arriving as early as possible on the wednesday to find a good camping spot otherwise you might have to camp next to the toilets and your tent will probably be pissed on/in.

Oh one more tip, if you shave off your mate’s eyebrow whilst drunk then don’t bring your grandmother’s tent to sleep in… not when they sell permanent marker pens on site.

Ahh…Glasto…always the best week of my year. I’ve been to glastonbury four times now, and every time it has been literally AMAZING, even when the weather has been bad. The music is fantastic, but you don’t go for the music so much as the experience. The festival is set in one of the most beautiful areas of the british countryside, in a lovely valley overlooked by glastonbury tor, a kind of small castle. Also amazing is the food - it’s hard to get a food stall at glastonbury, so the standard is really high. I can especially recommend African Kitchen - amazing food on china plates with metal cutlery, which the owner just trusts you to bring back after you’ve finished! The great thing about glastonbury is, everybody does!

An extraordinary, life-affirming experience - even in mud and rain! The positive energy, the friendly vibe, the fun to be had, the music, the stalls, the bars are some of the best I’ve experienced at any festival, and I’ve been to a few.

You can’t imagine how big it is until you actually see it - the pictures you’ve seen online and on telly just don’t do it justice. It’s great fun. To be recommended.

Glastonbury by far is the daddy of all music festivals across the world and has recently won Channel 4's Festival of the Year.

I am a regular visitor to Glastonbury Festival and would recommend it to anyone. It is truly fanastic. I remember when I first arrived for the first time at Glastonbury, it was an exciting prospect going to the biggest and best festival in the world. When I got my first climpse of the site I thought it was huge. Then we went further around the corner and the site just got bigger, and bigger, it was like a city hidden within the hills.
On entering the site we went straight to the camping field just by the pyramid stage, we thought this would be the best campsite and the best location. We set up camp and then went for a look around this mile after mile of traders stalls and music stages. The size of the Pyramid Stage blew me away, it was huge, on the first day I walked right down to the front just to see how big it was up close. It was like standing at the foot of a huge building.

I remember my first night in the campsite, what an atmosphere. It was totally out of this world, even getting along even though they had never met. I eventually went asleep is a half full campsite, when I woke up, you could no longer see grass in the campsite. Every single bit of land in the campsite was taken up, it was out of this world.

As I said the site is huge with many stages all providing homes to different types of music. I have seen many acts, my two favorites though would be seeing R.E.M. in 2003 and Coldplay in 2005.

If the stages weren't enough there are hundreds of stalls, from craft stalls, to information stalls, to charity stall, to chain store stalls such as Millets.

The site also plays home to Greenpeace fields, where you can try new things and learn about living a cleaner life and reducing your carbon footprint.

Glastonbury is truly an amazing place with an amazing atmosphere. If you go and are old enough, I strongly recmommend you try out the Cider Bus. They do an excellent warm cider for those slightly chilly 3am times.

I have added a Glastonbury group on here if anyone wants to join.