Glastonbury Festival 26th -30th June 2013

People travel from all over the world to experience this 33-year-old event. The first festival took place on a farm in a small village called Pilton, which is near the town of Glastonbury in Somerset, UK. It was held in September of 1970 and was called Pilton Festival - approximately 2,000 people attended.

Can you find Glastonbury on the map?

The man who created the festival, Michael Eavis, was inspired by a nearby festival he had visited. The following year, a stage shaped like a pyramid was built and 12,000 people attended. There was not another festival until 1979.

 There have been festivals held on most years since 1981 and all the profits are given to charities. It is now formally known as the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and is set in 700 acres of farmland. There are around 25 different stages, fields, and tents where music, theatre, comedy, dance and lots more is all performed.

Listen to this catchy song below and find out where the band Of Monsters and Men are from.