Calendar - The Glasto Thingy

The Thingy Calendar allows you to view a breakdown of all announcements we have on record from Glastonbury Festival.
By clicking on a year below, you can view and compare announcement schedules, month-by-month.

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

No announcements

MARCH

28 (Tue): New Pyramid Stage being built

APRIL

3 (Mon): 1st few acts confirmed
7 (Fri): Avalon & Jazzworld stages
11 (Tue): Morcheeba
12 (Wed): Other & Acoustic
14 (Fri): Chemical Brothers, Travis & Bowie
17 (Mon): Embrace, The Wailers & Ladysmith Black Mambazo
18 (Tue): Leftfield (band) & Basement Jaxx

MAY

9 (Tue): Fatboy Slim
19 (Fri): Gil Scott-Heron

JUNE

1 (Wed): Full Lineup announced in The Guardian
7 (Wed): Pyramid starts getting dressed
21 – 25: Glastonbury Festival 2000

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER

No announcements

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

24 (Thu): Licence granted after hearing
25 (Fri): Michael Eavis confirms Rod Stewart and Pink Floyd headlining the festival

FEBRUARY

13 (Wed): Michael Eavis says they’re “not announcing a lineup until it sells out”
22 (Fri): Tickets on sale – sold out after 25 days

MARCH

No announcements

APRIL

26 (Fri): Coldplay confirmed headliners

MAY

No announcements

JUNE

19 (Wed): Full Lineup leaked by The Guardian
26 (Wed): Stereophonics
26 – 30: Glastonbury Festival 2002

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER (FOR 2003 FEST)

24 (Thu): Michael Eavis announces REM to headline on Radio 1

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER (FOR 2003 FEST)

12 (Thu): Festival refused licence

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

18 (Tue): Licence appeal successful

MARCH

31 (Mon): Tickets on sale – sold out in 26 hours

APRIL

No announcements

MAY

30 (Fri): Full Lineup

JUNE

25 – 29: Glastonbury Festival 2003

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER

No announcements

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

1 (Thu): Oasis, Kings of Leon, & The Stands

FEBRUARY

No announcements

MARCH

No announcements

APRIL

1 (Thu): Tickets on sale – sold out in 24 hours

MAY

5 (Wed): English National Opera and RLPO with The Muffin Men

JUNE

1 (Tue): Full Lineup
23 – 27: Glastonbury Festival 2004

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER

No announcements

NOVEMBER (FOR 2005 FEST)

1 (Mon): Michael Eavis announces The Undertones & Outkast will play in Bristol Evening Post

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

17 (Fri): Michael Eavis announces The Undertones & Outkast will play in Bristol Evening Post

MARCH

14 (Mon): Michael Eavis announces Van Morrison & Elvis Costello on Radio 2

APRIL

3 (Sun): Tickets on sale – sold out in 1 hour 45 minutes
11 (Mon): Full Lineup

MAY

17 (Tue): Kylie cancels
26 (Thu): The Killers announced on official website as replacement for Kylie but later removed

JUNE

6 (Mon): Basement Jaxx plus Primal Scream
22 – 26: Glastonbury Festival 2005

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER

No announcements

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

25 Jan (Thu): Arctic Monkeys & Björk

FEBRUARY

17 (Sat): The Killers

MARCH

No announcements

APRIL

1 (Tue): Tickets on sale (1st year of registration system) – sold out in 2 hours

MAY

8 (Tue): The Park Stage announced as a new area, plus some acts
31 (Thu): Full Lineup

JUNE

5 (Tue): Joss Stone, Jim Bob & The Poise Rite
19 (Tue): Hard Fi
20 – 24: Glastonbury Festival 2007

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER

No announcements

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

1 (Fri): Jay-Z
8 (Fri): The Verve and Kings of Leon

MARCH

13 (Thu): Editors, Goldfrapp, The Enemy & The Fratellis
25 (Tue): Alabama 3

APRIL

1 (Tue): Levellers
6 (Sun): Tickets on sale– sold out one day before gates opened
18 (Fri): Some John Peel acts
28 (Mon): Pyramid, Other, John Peel leaked, published in Guardian
29 (Tue): Main Stages

MAY

7 (Wed): More Dance Village
13 (Tue): Martha Wainwright, Be Your Own Pet, The Black Cherry, The Long Blondes & The Blockheads
21 (Wed): Amy Winehouse & Neil Diamond
22 (Thu): Additions to Jazzworld stage
27 (Tue): Additions to John Peel
29 (Thu): Full Lineup

JUNE

11 (Wed): Guardian Lounge
25-29: Glastonbury Festival 2008

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER (FOR 2009 FEST)

5 (Sun): Tickets on sale – sold out in February

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

20 (Wed): New map released

FEBRUARY

1 (Mon): Jack Johnson
12 (Fri): Muse & Stevie Wonder
28 (Sun): Balance deadline

MARCH

16 (Tue): Resale date announced

APRIL

7 (Wed): West Holts
11 (Sun): Resale
14 (Wed): Main Stages
20 (Tue): Shakira
26 (Mon): Dead Weather
29 (Thu): Dance Village

MAY

11 (Tue): Pyramid openers; Rolf Harris, Tinchy Stryder & Yeovil Town Band
18 (Tue): Leftfied
24 (Mon): Pilton Palais
25 (Tue): U2 cancel
26 (Wed): Gorillaz
27 (Thu): Bourbon Street
27 (Thu): Pyramid starts getting dressed
28 (Fri): Block9, The Common & The Unfairground (details plus some acts)

JUNE

2 (Wed): Rabbit Hole
3 (Thu): Stonebridge Bar
9 (Wed): Shangri-La; BBC Introducing & Keane (Avalon)
11 (Fri): Smaller Stages
17 (Thu): Full Lineup (with times)
23 – 28: Glastonbury Festival 2010

JULY

20 (Tues): Cows back in the fields

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER (FOR 2011 FEST)

1 (Wed): Glastonbury 2011 ticket information announced

OCTOBER (FOR 2011 FEST)

3 (Sun): Tickets on sale – sold out in 4 hours

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

11 (Fri): Beyoncé
15 (Tue): Coldplay
23 (Wed): U2

MARCH

APRIL

7 (Thu): Balance deadline
12 (Tue): Theatre & Circus
13 (Wed): West Holts
14 (Thu 16:30): Main Stages
17 (Sun): Resale
20 (Wed): Rastamouse

MAY

13 (Fri): Stonebridge Bar
17 (Tue): The Common
19 (Thu): Pyramid starts getting dressed
20 (Fri): Unfair Ground
22 (Sun): Shangri-La
30 (Mon): Bourbon Street

JUNE

3 (Fri): Pilton Palais
4 (Sat): Arcadia
8 (Wed): Rabbit Hole
13 (Mon): Full Lineup (with times)
16 (Thu): The Beat Hotel; Ghostpoet
22-26: Glastonbury Festival 2011

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

4 (Thu): Cows back in the fields

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER

No announcements

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

17 (Thu): Malian act Rokia Traore

FEBRUARY

22 (Fri): 9 acts announced for Dance Village, including Nas

MARCH

18 (Mon): Resale date announced
27 (Wed, 19:00): Main Stages

APRIL

8 (Mon): Balance deadline
21 (Sun): Resale
24 (Wed): Six new acts for Acoustic Stage
26 (Fri): Bobby Womack (replacing The Weeknd in headlining West Holts)

MAY

30 (Thu): Full Lineup (except BBC Introducing and Arcadia)

JUNE

1 (Sat): Updated map released
17 (Mon): Stage times
18 (Tue): BBC Introducing
23 (Sun): Arcadia
26 – 30: Glastonbury Festival 2013

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

21 (Wed): Cows back in the fields

SEPTEMBER (for 2014 fest)

16 (Mon): Glastonbury 2014 ticket information announced

OCTOBER (FOR 2014 FEST)

3 (Thu): Coach packages on sale – sold out in 28 minutes
6 (Sun): General tickets on sale – sold out in 1 hour 27 minutes

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER (FOR 2014 FEST)

19 (Thu): Arcade Fire

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

27 (Thu): Dolly Parton

MARCH

11 (Tue): Lily Allen, Disclosure & Blondie
25 (Tue): The Black Keys
31 (Mon): Lana Del Rey & Warpaint
31 (Mon): Resale dates announced

APRIL

4 (Fri, 08:00): First Lineup poster – most of main stages – 83 names
7 (Mon): Balance deadline
24 (Thu): Coach Resale
27 (Sun): General Resale

MAY

8 (Thu): Main Stages
9 (Fri): Pyramid starts getting dressed
16 (Fri): Arcadia
22 (Thu): Full Lineup (with times)

JUNE

13 (Fri): Despacio
16 (Mon): Updated map released
25 – 29: Glastonbury Festival 2014

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

29 (Fri): Cows back in the fields

SEPTEMBER (for 2015 fest)

15 (Mon): Glastonbury 2015 ticket information announced

OCTOBER (FOR 2015 FEST)

1 (Wed): Coach packages on sale – sold out in 15 minutes
5 (Sun): General tickets on sale – sold out in 26 minutes

NOVEMBER (for 2015 fest)

30 (Sun): Lionel Richie

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

18 (Wed): Foo Fighters

MARCH

16 (Mon): Kanye West

APRIL

1 (Wed): Balance deadline
8 (Wed): Resale dates announced
14 (Tue, 19:00): First Lineup poster (no third headliner) – 75 names
16 (Thu): Coach Resale
19 (Sun): General Resale
19 (Sun): Updated map released
24 (Fri): Theatre & Circus

MAY

6 (Wed): The Who & Paul Weller
8 (Fri): Block 9 announces plans
12 (Tue): Kidzfield
15 (Fri): Avalon and Avalon Café
19 (Tue): The Common
22 (Fri): Silver Hayes
25 (Mon): Leftfield
26 (Tue): Glade
28 (Thu): Shangri-La
29 (Fri): Arcadia

JUNE

2 (Tue): Full lineup (with times)
4 (Thu): BBC Introducing
5 (Fri): Pilton Palais
16 (Tue): Foo Fighters cancel
17 (Wed): Florence & The Machine
24 – 28: Glastonbury Festival 2015

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

23 (Sun): Cows back in the fields

SEPTEMBER (FOR 2016 FEST)

18 (Fri): Glastonbury 2016 ticket information announced

OCTOBER (FOR 2016 FEST)

1 (Thu): Coach packages on sale – sold out in 23 minutes
4 (Sun): General tickets on sale – sold out in 33 minutes

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

1 (Mon): Jeff Lynne’s ELO
16 (Tue): Coldplay
18 (Thu): PJ Harvey
26 (Fri): Muse

MARCH

18 (Fri): Adele
29 (Tue, 08:20): First Lineup poster – 74 names

APRIL

5 (Tues): D’Angelo added to the line up poster but later removed
7 (Thu): Balance deadline
8 (Fri): Resale dates announced
12 (Tue): Kidzfield
14 (Thu): Coach Resale
17 (Sun): General Resale
23 (Sat): New map
27 (Wed): Silver Hayes
29 (Fri): The Common

MAY

2 (Mon): Leftfield
4 (Wed): Avalon
7 (Sat): Theatre & Circus
10 (Tue): Block 9
10 (Tues): Pyramid starts getting dressed
11 (Wed): Toad Hall
15 (Sun): Poetry & Words
17 (Tue): Hell Stage – 3 acts
18 (Wed): Shangri-La
20 (Fri): The Glade
24 (Tue): Arcadia
24 (Tue): Gaz’s Rocket Lounge
25 (Wed): The Rum Shack
27 (Fri): Unfairground
31 (Tue): Full Lineup including days and times

JUNE

7 (Tue): BBC Introducing
8 (Wed): Travis
13 (Mon): Strummerville
20 (Mon): Bimble Inn
22 – 26: Glastonbury Festival 2016

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

12 (Mon): Cows back in the fields
12 (Mon): Glastonbury 2017 ticket information announced

OCTOBER (FOR 2017 FEST)

6 (Thu): Coach packages on sale – sold out in 22 minutes
9 (Sun): General tickets on sale – sold out in 50 minutes
20 (Thu): Radiohead. Announced by way of Radiohead logo being painted on the Pyramid Field

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

20 (Fri): Kris Kristofferson confirmed in Guardian interview

FEBRUARY

24 (Fri): Foo Fighters confirmed from the stage of The Cheese and Grain, Frome

MARCH

16 (Thu): Ed Sheeran
30 (Thu, 08:00): First Lineup poster – 86 names

APRIL

7 (Fri): Balance deadline
10 (Mon): Resale date announced
18 (Tue): Block 9
20 (Thu): Coach resale
21 (Fri): Avalon
21 (Fri): Pyramid starts getting dressed
23 (Sun): General resale
25 (Tue): Silver Hayes
27 (Thu): New map
28 (Fri): Kidzfield

MAY

1st: Shangri-La
5th: The Glade
9th: Leftfield
12th: Unfairground
15th: The Gully
16th: Pilton Palais
17th: Wow
18th: Speaker’s Forum
19th: The Common
25th: West Holts
30th: Full Lineup (with times)
30th: Liam Gallagher & Lianne La Havas added, then later removed from lineup poster

JUNE

6 (Tue): Details of Cinermageddon released
6 (Tue): BBC Introducing
7 (Wed): The Beat Hotel
12 (Mon): Liam Gallagher, Johnny Depp & Mike Massimino
21 – 25: Glastonbury Festival 2017

JULY

6 (Thu): Cows back in the fields

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

october

No announcements

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

7 (Mon): Janelle Monáe

FEBRUARY

No announcements

MARCH

7 (Thu): Resale dates announced
15 (Fri, 08:00): First Lineup Poster (65 names). During the day, Slowthai was added, Snow Patrol were removed and then added again.

APRIL

3 (Wed): Pyramid starts getting dressed
7 (Sun): Balance deadline
14 (Sun): Silver Hayes
16 (Tue): Avalon
16 (Tue): New map
24 (Wed): The Common
25 (Thu): Coach Resale
26 (Fri): Kidzfield
28 (Sun): General Resale
30 (Tue): Theatre & Circus

MAY

1 (Wed): Shangri-La
2 (Thu): Greenpeace
3 (Fri): The Glade
7 (Tue): Babylon Uprising
7 (Tue): West Holts
8 (Wed): Acoustic
10 (Fri): Leftfield
12 (Sun): Avalon Cafe
14 (Tue): Croissant Neuf
16 (Thu): Pilton Palais
21 (Tue): Unfairground
22 (Wed): The Park
24 (Fri): Arcadia
27 (Mon): Block 9
29 (Wed): Full lineup (with times)

JUNE

4 (Tue): William’s Green
6 (Thu): Stonebridge Bar
7 (Fri): Glasto Latino
11 (Tue): The Beat Hotel
12 (Wed): Cineramageddon
26 – 30: Glastonbury Festival 2019

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST (FOR 2020 FEST)

25 (Sun): Wolf Alice – confirmed by Michael Eavis in interview w/Bristol Live

SEPTEMBER (FOR 2020 FEST)

12 (Thu): Glastonbury 2020 ticket information announced

OCTOBER (FOR 2020 FEST)

3 (Thu): Coach packages on sale (sold out in 27 minutes)
6 (Sun): General tickets on sale (sold out in 34 minutes)
10 (Thu): Diana Ross

NOVEMBER (FOR 2020 FEST)

18 (Mon): Paul McCartney

DECEMBER (FOR 2020 FEST)

15 (Sun): Taylor Swift

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

13 (Thu): Lana Del Ray

MARCH

12 (Thu, 18:58): First Lineup Poster (95 names)
18 (Wed): Festival Cancelled due to Covid-19

APRIL

No announcements

MAY

No announcements

JUNE

No announcements

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

30 (Sun): Emily Eavis confirmed there would be no October ticket sale for 2021

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER

No announcements

NOVEMBER

No announcements

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

21 (Thu): Festival cancelled due to Covid-19

FEBRUARY

No announcements

MARCH

31 (Wed): Live at Worthy Farm announced. A live streamed even that will support Glastonbury’s three main charitable partners, as well as helping to secure the Festival’s return in 2022.

APRIL

29 (Thu): Worthy Pastures announced. A one-off tranquil, family friendly, pre-erected campsite that will be built on Worthy Farm and available for breaks from late July through August 2021.

MAY

18 (Tue): Licence granted for 2 one day, single stage concerts to be staged at Worthy Farm on 17th & 18th September. Later changed to 1 day, September 18th only, to be called Equinox.
22 (Fri): Live at Worthy Farm broadcast. Special guests confirmed as The Smile.

JUNE

No announcements

JULY

20 (Tue): Emily Eavis announced on Instagram that the September (Equinox) concert was no longer going ahead.

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER

No announcements

OCTOBER (FOR 2022 FEST)

4 (Mon): Billie Eilish

NOVEMBER (FOR 2022 FEST)

9 (Tue): Diana Ross

DECEMBER

No announcements

JANUARY

24 (Mon): R.A.E. confirmed as part of the Emerging Talent Competition announcement

FEBRUARY

2 (Wed): Little Simz announced by Emily Eavis in Radio One interview

MARCH

4 (Fri, 08:30): First Lineup poster – 89 names
7 (Mon): Balance deadline day
24 (Thu): Coach Resale
27 (Sun): General Resale

APRIL

12 (Tue): Avalon
22 (Fri): Silver Hayes
25 (Mon): Glasto Latino
26 (Tue): Theatre & Circus
27 (Wed): Arcadia

MAY

3 (Tue): LeftField
4 (Wed): Shangri-La
4 (Wed): New Map
6 (Fri): The Common
11 (Wed): The Glade
12 (Thu): Acoustic
13 (Fri): Croissant Neuf
16 (Mon): Kidz Field
19 (Thu): The Park
20 (Fri): Unfairground
24 (Tue): West Holts
25 (Wed): Cineramageddon
27 (Fri): Block 9
30 (Mon, 10:55): Full Lineup (with times)
31 (Tue): Block 9

JUNE

1 (Wed): Truth
1 (Wed): San Remo
1 (Wed): Pilton Palais
2 (Thu): Toad Hall
2 (Thu): William’s Green
6 (Mon): John Peel stage
7 (Tue): Glastonbury-On-Sea
8 (Wed): Avalon Cafe (tweeted on 8th, deleted and retweeted on 9th)
8 (Wed): Greenpeace
9 (Thu): Gas Tower
9 (Thu): Science Futures
13 (Mon): Platform 23
13 (Mon): Green Futures
13 (Mon): Speaker’s Forum
13 (Mon): Babylon Uprising
15 (Wed): Stonebridge Bar
22 – 26: Glastonbury Festival 2022

JULY

No announcements

AUGUST

No announcements

SEPTEMBER (FOR 2023 FEST)

23 (Fri): Glastonbury 2023 ticket information announced

OCTOBER

No announcements

NOVEMBER (FOR 2023 FEST)

3 (Thu): Coach packages on sale – sold out in 23 minutes
6 (Sun): General tickets on sale – officially sold out in 1 hour 1 minute, but people were still getting tickets 30+ minutes later

DECEMBER (FOR 2023 FEST)

2 (Fri): Elton John

JANUARY

No announcements

FEBRUARY

No announcements

MARCH

3 (Fri, 09:32): First Lineup poster – 54 names. Published by the festival at 09:32 but The Guardian published the details at 09:00 including Queens of The Stone Age, who were subsequently removed
14 (Tue): West Holts

APRIL