The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is held the end of June, and the Glastonbury Line Up includes performances in such a wide variety of the music, dance, and theater that it's one of the most entertaining festivals on earth.
With close to 400 live performing dancers, comedians, actors, and musicians, this festival has the variety of artists that will appeal to everyone in the family.
History In September 1970, the "Isle of Wight" Festival started the Glastonbury Line Up with close to 1500 people attending to hear Stackridge and T.
Rex performing their most favorite songs.
Located in southwestern England, the Worthy farm has been the host of this popular festival for four decades.
There are various fields on the farm that are set up with an assortment of states for music, theater, comedic routines, and dancers that will delight and captivate the audience.
The Pyramid Stage was built in the 1980s and is a permanent structure, and The Other stage, Sacred Space, and Park Stages have been added over the years.
The Acoustic Stage, The Queen's Head, the John Peel, the East Dance, and the West Dance stages have all been added the past years to provide the Glastonbury Line Up performers with the best venues possible in these open fields.
The festival has continued to grow over the years up through the 2009 festival which sold tickets to over 135,000 people.
2010 Festival The 2010 Festival is scheduled to be held between June 23rd and 27th, and the Glastonbury Line Up is expected to have the same quality of performers as the past has shown.
This festival is so popular that when the tickets went on sale in October, they were sold out in less than one day.
The Irish singer Bono was scheduled to perform Friday night, but unfortunately he suffered an injury to his back and had to cancel.
However, fans will not be left to see empty stages on Friday night because Muse, Dizzee Rascal, Rolf Harris, Willie Nelson and Stevie Wonder will be performing along with Gorillaz and others.
The Glastonbury Lineup for Saturday and Sunday includes Shakira, Paloma Faith, Norah Jones, The Lightning Seeds, The Dead Weather and many others on the Pyramid Stage.
The East and West Dance stages have a variety of DJs and live bands for dancing, while the Acoustic Stage finds The Slambovian Circus, The Leisure Society and many others performing artists.
The variety of other stages for all three nights include such performers as the Band of Skulls, Blood Red Shoes, Dizraeli and the Small gods, The Wurzels, Zen Elephants, The Baghdaddies, Avi Buffalo, Middle East, Chief, and many others.
Indeed this Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is a festival that people from all corners of the world would find one of the most entertaining weekends possible.
Whether the preference is for country, hip hop, electronic, Reggae, folk, rock, theater, comedy, or dancing, this Glastonbury Lineup has an exciting list for all three nights that will appeal to any taste in the performing arts.
With close to 400 live performing dancers, comedians, actors, and musicians, this festival has the variety of artists that will appeal to everyone in the family.
History In September 1970, the "Isle of Wight" Festival started the Glastonbury Line Up with close to 1500 people attending to hear Stackridge and T.
Rex performing their most favorite songs.
Located in southwestern England, the Worthy farm has been the host of this popular festival for four decades.
There are various fields on the farm that are set up with an assortment of states for music, theater, comedic routines, and dancers that will delight and captivate the audience.
The Pyramid Stage was built in the 1980s and is a permanent structure, and The Other stage, Sacred Space, and Park Stages have been added over the years.
The Acoustic Stage, The Queen's Head, the John Peel, the East Dance, and the West Dance stages have all been added the past years to provide the Glastonbury Line Up performers with the best venues possible in these open fields.
The festival has continued to grow over the years up through the 2009 festival which sold tickets to over 135,000 people.
2010 Festival The 2010 Festival is scheduled to be held between June 23rd and 27th, and the Glastonbury Line Up is expected to have the same quality of performers as the past has shown.
This festival is so popular that when the tickets went on sale in October, they were sold out in less than one day.
The Irish singer Bono was scheduled to perform Friday night, but unfortunately he suffered an injury to his back and had to cancel.
However, fans will not be left to see empty stages on Friday night because Muse, Dizzee Rascal, Rolf Harris, Willie Nelson and Stevie Wonder will be performing along with Gorillaz and others.
The Glastonbury Lineup for Saturday and Sunday includes Shakira, Paloma Faith, Norah Jones, The Lightning Seeds, The Dead Weather and many others on the Pyramid Stage.
The East and West Dance stages have a variety of DJs and live bands for dancing, while the Acoustic Stage finds The Slambovian Circus, The Leisure Society and many others performing artists.
The variety of other stages for all three nights include such performers as the Band of Skulls, Blood Red Shoes, Dizraeli and the Small gods, The Wurzels, Zen Elephants, The Baghdaddies, Avi Buffalo, Middle East, Chief, and many others.
Indeed this Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is a festival that people from all corners of the world would find one of the most entertaining weekends possible.
Whether the preference is for country, hip hop, electronic, Reggae, folk, rock, theater, comedy, or dancing, this Glastonbury Lineup has an exciting list for all three nights that will appeal to any taste in the performing arts.