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Glastonbury Festival 2024: All you need to know including history and lineups

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Glastonbury Festival returns this summer with female artists Dua Lipa and Shania Twain dominating the line-up.

Women have taken two of the three headline slots for the first time in the event's history .

It will be held at Worthy Farm, near Pilton in Somerset, from Wednesday 26 June to Sunday 30 June, 2024.

Who is performing?

British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, country pop superstar Shania Twain, rock band Coldplay and American singer SZA are among the first major acts announced for Glastonbury 2024.

Canadian singer Twain, known for hits including Man! I Feel Like A Woman!, You’re Still The One and That Don’t Impress Me Much, will perform on Sunday afternoon

The five-time Grammy award-winner has sold more than 100 million records, making her one of the most successful musicians.

Scottish singer Lulu will head to Glastonbury for a final show after announcing her retirement from touring.

Earlier this year, the 75-year-old announced her plans to retire when she wraps her 'Champagne for Lulu' tour later this month, following a career spanning 60 years.

However, she has now been revealed as one of the acts set to perform on Glastonbury's Field of Avalon stage in June.

Other names on the bill include Brit award-winning singer-songwriter Kate Nash, folk-punk singer Frank Turner, and Billie Marten, who is making her debut appearance at the festival.

Festival organisers said the line-up is gender-equal and showcases "the best in the world of contemporary, roots and folk music."

First ever South Asian space

Shangri-La Glastonbury, known for its history celebrating underrepresented art and culture, has announced its first ever South Asian space.

'Arrivals' will be created, designed, and built by an entirely South Asian team in the South East corner of the festival.

Artists include DJ Ritu, an icon of the 90s Asian Underground scene, as well as emerging artists such as Anish Kumar, Gracie T and mainstays like Manara and Nabihah Iqbal.

Bobby Friction, a prominent UK DJ, said: "This is a seminal moment for UK Festival culture.

"South Asian and British Asian music have had their own small festivals over the years and some Asian artists have performed in the big gatherings that are now a quintessential part of a British Summer.

"A full on Glastonbury space dedicated to South Asian music, beats and DJs for the entire festival? That's just crazy and a personal dream come true."

How much do Glastonbury tickets cost?

Festival goers will be charged £355 plus a £5 booking fee for standard tickets.

It is a £20 increase from last year’s event, which cost £335 plus a £5 booking fee, after a £55 price hike from the 2022 price of £285.

Announcing the news on Instagram, organisers said: “As part of our ongoing efforts against ticket touting, anyone who would like to attend the Festival will need to have registered in advance of the ticket sale, you can do this via our website.”

Other headliners

It might be a cliché, but there really is something for everyone at Glastonbury Festival .

Scores of acts have been announced for the Other, West Holts, Woodsies and The Park stages. They include:

Other - Idles, Disclosure, The National, Avril Lavigne, Bloc Party

West Holts - Jungle, Jesse Ware, Sugababes, Nia Archives

Woodsies - Jamie XX, Sleaford Mods, Arlo Parks, Declan McKenna

The Park - Peggy Gou, Aurora, Barry Can't Swim

Glastonbury history

1970: The first Glastonbury Festival was held the day after Jimi Hendrix died in 1970, over a two-day period and before long "word had got around".

Michael Eavis, owner of Worthy Farm, was inspired by the Blues festival at the Bath and West Showground to begin a festival of his own, on a smaller scale.

Marc Bolan, Keith Christmas, Stackridge, Al Stewart and Quintessence were among the first acts to perform at the festival.

Around 1,500 people attended, paying £1 each, which included free milk from the farm.

1971: The festival moved to the time of the Summer Solstice and was known as the “Glastonbury Fair”.

It was planned by Andrew Kerr and Arabella Churchill who felt all other festivals at the time were too commercial.

Entrance was free and the event featured music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment.

The first “pyramid” stage was built out of scaffolding and expanded metal covered with plastic sheeting, on a site above the Glastonbury to Stonehenge ley line.

The musicians who performed recorded an album, which is very difficult to get your hands on these days.

It was captured "a la Woodstock" by a 1972 film crew that included Nick Roeg, Sandy Lieberson and Si Litvinoff. This film was called Glastonbury Fayre.

1980s: In 1981 , the name was changed to Glastonbury Festival and Michael Eavis took the helm running the event again. This was the first “Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament” festival.

It was this year that it was decided to build a new Pyramid stage. However, this time it was a permanent structure, doubling as a cowshed and animal food store during the winter months.

1982 was a muddy year with lots of bad weather. In fact, the highest rainfall for a single day in 45 years was recorded on the Friday.

Acts included Van Morrison, Judie Tzuke, Jackson Browne, Roy Harper, Richie Havens.

1983 called for a licence to be obtained for the event since the introduction of the local Government Act became law, giving local authorities the power to regulate such events by stipulating the conditions.

By 1985 Worthy farm was considered too small to accommodate the Festival so the neighbouring Cockmill farm land was purchased to enlarge the site by a further 100 acres.

1994: The famous Pyramid stage burnt down in the early hours of the morning but luckily a replacement was provided by the local company who also provided the stages for the NME and Jazz stages.

1997: Torrential rain just before the weekend resulted in this being the “Year of the Mud”. Undeterred, festival-goers boogied in their boots to more live performances than ever before. This year’s highlights included a “dubhenge” made from upended VW beetles and campervans and the first ever Greenpeace field with a reconstructed Rainbow Warrior and solar heated showers.

2010: Glastonbury celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2010, a milestone that brought a fresh buzz of excitement to the Worthy Farm valley. The weather was also suitably celebratory, with warm days and balmy starlit nights.

Car parks opened up on the Tuesday night for the first time prior to the pedestrian gates opening on the Wednesday morning.

With the sun beating down relentlessly the demand for water was enormous, so the decision to build a second new permanent reservoir this year was more than vindicated.

2014: News of Dolly Parton’s first ever Worthy Farm appearance leaked out on the same night as Glastonbury scooped the Best Festival gong at the NME Awards in London in February.

From there it was rhinestones all the way to the Pyramid, as she charmed an enormous afternoon crowd in the Sunday sunshine and also found time to welcome Michael and the grandchildren onto the Dolly tourbus.

Check out our virtual Glastonbury 2020 line-up

June 22, 2020.

It’s wonderful to hear that so many of you are planning to celebrate Glastonbury at home this year, and we wanted to offer you a taste of the full Festival experience to go alongside the BBC’s comprehensive coverage.

Huge thanks to all of the areas and stages who’ve put together so much fantastic virtual entertainment for you to enjoy. Check it out here .

We also know that many of you will miss being here in Pilton. But we would remind you that, under the current circumstances, Worthy Farm and its surrounding farms are completely closed to the public. Please do not attempt to visit.

We hope you have a wonderful #GlastoAtHome experience and we can’t wait to welcome you back here in 2021.

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The tree stands in Senior Circle – near the entrance to St. Albans School . The Glastonbury Thorn on the Cathedral Close was grown from a cutting from the tree near Glastonbury Abbey in England.

The Glastonbury thorn is a form of common English Hawthorn found in and around Somerset, England . It’s official name is Crataegus monogyna Biflora . “Biflora” refers to its unique tendency to re-bloom in the English mid-winter, typically around the time of the Winter Solstice. This unseasonable manifestation of white blossoms inspired myth, legend, and religious iconography around this unusual tree. It is associated with legends about Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity in Britain and has appeared in written texts since the medieval period.

The Glastonbury Thorn is associated with legends about Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity in Britain and has appeared in written texts since the medieval period. The legend goes that when Joseph of Arimathea and his companions supposedly arrived in England, they journeyed until weary and stopped on Christmas Day near Glastonbury; Joseph thrust his staff into the ground where it immediately took root, budded, and bloomed. A flowering sprig from a Thorn growing in Glastonbury is sent to the British Monarch every Christmas.

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To meet growing demand for office space among startups and small businesses, the coworking space OfficeKlub has opened its doors.

Coworking spaces, which are billed as “the modern way of working,” allow workers from different companies to share an office space in one building. The alternative to the more traditional dedicated company office rose in popularity since the pandemic when remote work became commonplace.

OfficeKlub, located at 48-54 Main St., Hartford, now joins a handful of other coworking spaces in Hartford including Regus at 100 Pearl St. and The Mezz Hartford at 20 Church St. to offer spaces for workers.

The building, listed at 5,000 square feet of space, offers meeting and conference rooms, larger office suites, modular office space, individual “advisor” desks for individuals and lockable mailboxes. OfficeKlub also offers a virtual address of 50 Main St. for LLCs, banking and building business credit.

“Sometimes people starting their own company don’t want to list their home address, so we offer that privacy for small business owners,” said OfficeKlub owner John Valdez. “I have a couple attorneys lined up to onboard LLCs. So for a person looking to start a business and create an LLC, we will take care of all that in-house as well as provide you a space to call home.”

Valdez, a real estate broker that founded his own real estate company Representing All Real Estate LLC. in 2017, said he bought the building to serve as an office space for his own company. The longtime broker said he chose Hartford because of the potential the city has.

“There’s a lot of coworking spaces around, but I want to say I’m probably one of the first independently and minority-owned coworking spaces in the city of Hartford,” Valdez said. “Glastonbury and West Hartford are too cliche. I feel like Hartford is really underserved with real estate. If you look at the numbers, the city of Hartford sells the most real estate. It may not be the million-dollar mansions, but it sells the most real estate.”

Valdez, who took advantage of the city’s Hart Lift grant program, said that the building had to go through a year of major construction work before opening. The downstairs, which is fully completed, has five rooms that can be turned into conferences, offices, or meeting spaces. The second-floor space called “Streamers and Dreamers” is currently being built out and will be dedicated to online businesses and e-commerce. The building altogether has three floors and 14 rooms.

OfficeKlub also has a lounge space that can be rented out for networking events and larger business meetings.

“I’m just going off what the need is, if there’s a lot of need for meetings, I’ll just make more meeting rooms than offices. If there’s more of a need for offices, I’ll create more room for those. If people need private podcasting offices, I’ll do that. It’s a very flexible space,” Valdez said.

Valdez said that so far he has received interest from nonprofits, larger companies for meeting spaces, attorneys, mortgage brokers, beauty service and e-commerce workers. Others times it’s just workers who want a dedicated space outside of their home.

“A lot of people want to get out of their house and work in an office environment,” Valdez said. “It’s good sometimes to just have that change of scenery.”

OfficeKlub offers several monthly membership options at different price points to accommodate what companies or individuals are looking for. Monday through Friday access to OfficeKlub’s first-come, first-served lounge space with a coffee bar and Wi-Fi comes in at $100 per month. Other more expensive options for companies looking to rent out larger executive suites can cost over $1,000 per month.

“Hartford is a city of people who have dreamed big for centuries. People who had big dreams and then worked together and collaborated to bring those dreams out,” said Mayor Arunan Arulampalam at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for OfficeKlub recently. “That’s what this space is about. It’s about innovation, ideas and working together to bring those ideas out. And we can’t as a city sit on the big ideas of former centuries. We got to come up with big ideas for the future. Those ideas are going to come from collaboration spaces like this.”

OfficeKlub is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed on weekends. To learn more, see membership prices, or inquire about a free tour, visit officeklub.com

Changes in work habits

About 14% – or roughly 22 million Americans – are currently working from home full time, according to a 2023 survey from Pew Research Center.

While the number of Americans working from home has fallen off somewhat since the pandemic in 2020, many workers have now settled into hybrid work. The number of Americans working a hybrid schedule has jumped to 41% of workers, up from 35% in January 2022.

“I think as we continue to see companies review their overall office space footprints, I can see the importance and popularity of touchdown spaces like coworking spaces becoming more relevant,” said State Rep. Julio Concepcion, executive director of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce.

The city’s office vacancy rate now stands at a record high of 33%, according to the commercial broker CBRE.

The vacancy rate is the highest it has been in over three decades since the downturn of the 1980s. Last year marked the third straight year in which office tenants shed more space than they leased, according to a previous article in the Courant.

The city, which has had success attracting small businesses since the pandemic through the Hart Lift grant program, has struggled to get workers back into its abandoned high-rise offices.

But this time it’s not about economic downturn like it was three decades ago, it’s about changing trends in the modern workplace. Workers want the flexibility of working at least part time from home, but still want that occasional office space.

“Hartford is going through what every American city is going through right now,” said David Griggs, CEO of Metro Hartford Alliance. “Even in cities like Boston, there are pockets that have this very problem. Every city is grappling with what to do with excess office space.”

Griggs said that he doesn’t see the city’s vacancy rate falling that dramatically any time soon, as employers aren’t rushing back to leasing large office spaces anymore. High costs and changing employee attitudes all play a role.

“Conditions can change rapidly. I don’t think anyone saw this coming in January of 2020,” Griggs said. “But I don’t see that trend reversing anytime in the near future. Our employers need to be competitive now, not just in Hartford, but nationally in the competition for talent. Because if you can’t find your job here, you can find your job in New York, but not have to actually be there. Creating coworking space that can be conducive to smaller startups is a good thing, it creates a flexible space that makes it affordable for the entrepreneurial community to find a home. And that’s a great thing for attracting talent.”

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