Glastonbury Extravaganza

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Glastonbury Extravaganza
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Glastonbury Extravaganza in the early evening
GenreMusic festival
FrequencyMostly annually, with some fallow years.
Location(s) Glastonbury Abbey, England
Coordinates 51°08′43.8″N02°42′51.84″W / 51.145500°N 2.7144000°W / 51.145500; -2.7144000
Years active28 years
Inaugurated1996 (1996)
Founder Michael Eavis
Most recent2023
Next event2024
ParticipantsSee performers
Attendance10,000
Organised byGlastonbury Festivals Ltd.
Website www.glastonburyabbey.com

Glastonbury Extravaganza (also known as Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza and previously as Glastonbury Classical Extravaganza) is an annual music event held in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey in Glastonbury, England since 1996. [1] The event is held as a thank you to local people from Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis. [2]

Contents

The event started life as a classical music concert – expanding out to three days and moving into a mix of classical, pop and rock music. Since 2013 it has returned to a single Saturday night format, but retained a popular music theme. The current format of the event is that the grounds open at 16:30, a local choir opens the proceedings at around 17:00 followed by a number of acts leading up to the headliner, followed by a firework display to close the evening at around 22:00. People bring their own food and drink to set up picnics, and there are a number of award winning Street Food trucks in the Abbey grounds, some of which also trade at the famous Glastonbury Festival. Extravaganza is one of three events organised by Eavis each year. The other events are the major Glastonbury Festival and the small-scale Pilton Party, held in Pilton.

Performers

YearDateHeadline ArtistSupport Act(s)
1996Pendyrus Male Choir [3]
1997Pendyrus Male Choir [3]
1998
1999
2000Pendyrus Male Choir [3]
2001Saturday 18 August 2001 [4] Pendyrus Male Choir [3]
2002Pendyrus Male Choir [3]
2003Saturday 2 August 2003 Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra [5]
2004Friday 30 July 2004 Van Morrison [6] Pendyrus Male Choir [3]
Saturday 31 July 2004 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [6]
Sunday 1 August 2004 Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra [6]
2005Friday 5 August 2005 Joss Stone [7]
Saturday 6 August 2005 Nigel Kennedy, and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [7]
Sunday 7 August 2005 The Rat Pack 'Live from Las Vegas' [7]
2006Friday 4 August 2006 Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra [8]
Saturday 5 August 2006The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [8]
Sunday 6 August 2006 The Rat Pack 'Live from Las Vegas' [8]
2007Friday 10 August 2007 Van Morrison Corinne Bailey Rae [9]
Saturday 11 August 2007 Charles Hazlewood conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [9]
Sunday 12 August 2007 Ray Davies of The Kinks Paolo Nutini [9]
2008Friday 8 August 2008 Squeeze Lulu [10]
Saturday 9 August 2008 The Feeling Kate Nash [10]
2009Saturday 8 August 2009 Status Quo Bjorn Again [11]
Sunday 9 August 2009 Aled Jones with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jo Appleby, Andrew Rees, The Corelli Quartet [12] [11]
2010Saturday 7 August 2010 Madness Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel [13]
Sunday 8 August 2010 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Nicola Benedetti, Andrew Rees, Jo Appleby, RaVen Quartet [13]
2011Saturday 6 August 2011 Status Quo Bootleg Beatles [14]
Sunday 7 August 2011 Katherine Jenkins, accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra Wynne Evans, [14] The National Symphony Orchestra, Mendip Male Voice Choir [15]
2012Fallow Year – no event [16] The venue slot was instead used for the "Orchestra In A Field" event [17]
2013Saturday 11 August 2013 Bryan Ferry and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel [18] [16]
2014Saturday 9 August 2014Sensational Space Shifters featuring Robert Plant George Ezra, Wildflower [19]
2015Saturday 8 August 2015 Ray Davies of The Kinks The Drystones, The Shires [20]
2016Saturday 6 August 2016 Van Morrison Jamie Cullum [21]
2017Saturday 5 August 2017 Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys performing 'Pet Sounds' Black Dyke Band, Corinne Bailey Rae [22]
2018Saturday 4 August 2018 Tom Odell [23] Glastonbury Brass [24]
2019Saturday 3 August 2019 The Specials [25] [26] The Brue Boys, [27] Lighthouse Family
2020Saturday 1 August 2020Cancelled Due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Saturday 4 September 2021 Van Morrison The Staves. Tanita Tikaram, Glastonbury Male Voice Choir
2022Saturday 6 August 2022 Paloma Faith Seasick Steve
2023Saturday 5 August 2023 Texas Lightning Seeds, Wells City Band [28]
2024Saturday 9 August 2024 The Script [29]

Withdrawals

A number of artists have had to withdraw after the initial line-up was announced due to illness or scheduling conflicts.

YearArtist
2009 Myleene Klass [11]
2015 Joan Armatrading [20]
2018 Paloma Faith [23]

Ticketing

Vouchers for the event usually go on sale in the December of the year before the event. These are available from the Glastonbury Abbey shop (online and in person). The announcement of who will be performing is then made in early May and the tickets are available from July onwards. The vouchers can only be exchanged for that year’s event.

Historical ticket price information
YearAdultChild
2019£40£25
2023 [30] £45£25
2024 [31] £50£25

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References

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  2. ↑ Digital, Pretty Good. "Glastonbury Festival – Steve Harley looks forward to Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza". Glastonbury Festival – 21st–25th June, 2017.
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  5. ↑ "Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza 2003 – eFestivals.co.uk". www.efestivals.co.uk.
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  12. ↑ "Jessie and Harriet play Glastonbury". www.wellscathedralschool.co.uk.
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  15. ↑ "Glastonbury Musical Extravaganza – www.visitsomerset.co.uk". www.visitsomerset.co.uk.
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