Glastonbury 2027: Dates confirmed following fallow year

Posted On September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

Glastonbury have officially confirmed the dates for Britain’s biggest weekend in 2027.

The festival has confirmed that, following a previously announced fallow year in 2026, the huge celebration will return from Wednesday, June 23rd to Sunday, June 27th in 2027.

Alongside the announcement, the festival has also shared a new prize draw for the first 25 tickets. All donations will go towards emergency funds to support the work of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF UK). Notably, a press release shared that the draw will “support MSF’s vital work providing medical care to people affected by the current conflicts in Gaza and Sudan.”

It promises to be another epic installment in the history of the iconic festival, which was first held on September 19th, 1970, by farmer Michael Eavis on his Worthy Farm. At that time, it only accommodated 1,500 attendees and cost £1. In 2025, around 210,000 people headed to the huge event.

Last year, Far Out were on the ground at Worthy Farm and covered all of the headline performances, such as Neil Young’s legendary Pyramid Set, The 1975’s only performance of the year, and Pulp’s breathtaking secret slot.

Far Out also looked ahead at what the festival might change over the fallow year, writing: “With the festival taking a year off in 2026, there is plenty for the organisers to think about in the interim. Question marks were raised over whether the freedom of the press was compromised. The festival’s fabled stance on protest and activism was also called into question. Plenty more talking points lie ahead, not least whether an 80-year-old man can really pull off a neon pink suit unironically.”

The 2025 installment attracted much controversy, after Irish trio Kneecap were allowed to perform despite UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer branding their political activism “not acceptable.”

The biggest new story to come out of the festival, however, surrounded punk duo Bob Vylan, who attacked the BBC and Israel in a set that saw them chanting “Death death to the IDF.” Glastonbury were quick to distance themselves from the live recording and deemed the show “anti-semitic.”