No Glastonbury Festival in 2026 according to organizer

Glastonbury Festival is set to take a fallow year in 2026 to allow the land at Worthy Farm to rest, organizer Emily Eavis announced on the BBC`s Sidetracked podcast. The iconic festival, known for its vibrant performances and massive crowds, typically runs four out of every five years, with the fifth year dedicated to land rehabilitation. "The gap year will allow everyone time to switch off," Ms. Eavis explained. "It also gives the Somerset farm`s cows a chance to be out for longer and reclaim their land." The last official fallow year was in 2018, but the festival faced cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in what Eavis described as "enforced fallow" years. As for plans for the 2025 lineup, Emily Eavis remained tight-lipped, saying only that exciting announcements are in the works. "The thing with line-ups is, you think it`s looking one way and then it changes. So at the moment, I would say no, but I have a vague idea in my head of who is going to be doing it next year. "Then we might do a fallow year after that - we are due a fallow year." She added: "The fallow year is important because it gives the land a rest, and it gives the cows a chance to be out for longer and reclaim their land.