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A photograph taken during the daytime at Glastonbury Festival. The camera faces up towards a blue sky with dozens of colourful flags flying in the wind. The tops of two big top tents are visible, and beyond them are trees.

Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2010

2010 marked Glastonbury’s 40th anniversary. From small beginnings, the Festival now hosted a tented city of over 177,000 people – larger than both Oxford and Bath. A second reservoir, holding two million litres of drinking water, was built to accommodate the crowd.

Statistics

  • 86*
    performances

* Catalogued so far.

Performances

Resources

  • Glastonbury Festival 2010 poster. Line up, Gorillaz, Dizzee Rascal, Vampire weekend. Purple background. Yellow circle with purple pyramid.
    Glastonbury Festival 2010 poster. Line up, Gorillaz, Dizzee Rascal, Vampire weekend. Purple background. Yellow circle with purple pyramid.