READING. a Read the article about the Glastonbury Festival and find out what you can do there

a Read the article about the Glastonbury Festival and find out what you can do there.

b Read the article again and answer the questions.

1 Where is the festival held?

2 How do people get there? 3 How long does it last?

4 How much do tickets cost?

5 What kind of accommodation is there? 6 How many people come?

7 How long has it been taking place? 8 Where can you get tickets?

c Underline five words you don't know. Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation.

The Glastonbury festival of Contemporary Performing Arts

Glastonbury is the largest performing arts festival in the world. It takes place over a long weekend in the vale of Avalon in the south-west of England, an area full of symbolism, mythology, and religious tradition dating back many h u nd reds of years.

The best thing about the festival is the wide va riety of people who

attend; there are people of all ages, backgrou nds, nationalities, lifestyles, faiths, concepts of fashion, and

m usical taste. And then, of course, there's the m usic.

The Pyramid Stage is the centre of the festival every yea r, and some of the most famous artists in the world have played there, for exam ple New Order, REM, Coldplay, and Radiohead. Other venues include the Dance Village, the Jazzworld Stage, and the John Peel Stage, where new bands often play their first major gig.

The first Glastonbu ry Festival was held on 19th September, 1970, the day after Jimi Hendrix died. About 1,500 people paid the entrance fee of £1 (€1.50) which included free milk from the farm. The headline act at this first festival was Marc Bolan from T-Rex. Since then the festival has moved to coincide with the summer solstice (the change from spring to summer on 21st June). The num ber of visitors to the Glastonbu ry Festival nowadays is now nea ring the 200,000 mark, and the price of

a weekend ticket is well over £120 (€180).

Accommodation at the festival is, for the most part, in tents, caravans, or camper va ns. The festival organizers provide many fields for cam ping throughout the site. There are camping

areas next to the main stages, or visitors can pitch their tent on the Limekilns and Hitchin Hill grounds where they have more chance of getting some sleep. Campsite wardens are in action at all entra nces to the festival and direct campers to an available field where they can pitch their tent.

Tickets generally go on sale at the begin ning of April, but

are only availa ble to those who have registered previously with the festival. They can be bought online via a ticket agency or by a special telephone ticket line. In recent years there has been

an increase in the nu mber of tickets available for people who arrive at the festival by coach, in an attempt to solve the traffic jams caused by too many cars descending on the site. When purchasing a coach and festival ticket package, the journey to the festival m ust be made by coach as the festival tickets will be given out on the way to the festival.

Glastonbury has much more than just music, with theatre, circus, caba ret, ma rkets, and kids activities too. Join in the f u n and you will be guaranteed the experience of a life time!

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