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title: "First Glastonbury Festival"
year: 1970
country: "United Kingdom"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1970/glastonbury-festival-first"
slug: "glastonbury-festival-first"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1970-01-01"
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# First Glastonbury Festival

> Somerset farmland concert launched a cultural institution that would become Europe's largest open-air music and performing arts festival.

## Summary

The first Glastonbury festival was promoted as the Pop, Blues & Folk Festival and was held on Saturday 19 September 1970 at Worthy Farm, Pilton in Somerset. Tickets were £1 The festival was attended by 1,500 people; the farmer & CND campaigner, Michael Eavis had hoped to get a crowd of 5,000.

## Sources

- [First Glastonbury festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_1970) - Wikipedia

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