Glastonbury Festival tickets for next year's edition go on sale on Thursday, October 1, at 6pm via See Tickets, with coach packages available first. General admission tickets follow on Sunday, October 4, 2026. A full weekend ticket costs £408, with a £100 deposit required upfront.
The festival returns next summer after taking a fallow year in 2026. Every five years, Worthy Farm is given a break to allow the farmland to recover and the natural environment to regenerate.
Rumoured headliners and 2025 lineup
The rumour mill is already turning on who will take to the stage next year, with Harry Styles, Sam Fender and Olivia Dean among the rumoured headliners. One person who won't be performing is Madonna, with festival organiser Emily Eavis putting an end to the rumours.
Last year saw indie band The 1975, music icon Neil Young and pop star Olivia Rodrigo headline the Pyramid stage. Only the best close out each night of the Somerset festival, with music royalty such as Paul McCartney, Beyonce, Elton John and Bruce Springsteen having delivered performances for the ages.
Ticket price history
With The Kinks and T-Rex on headline duties, the first edition of Glastonbury in 1970 cost just £1 to attend. The second edition was free of charge. Tickets climbed to £5 in 1979, rose to £8 in 1981/82, and reached £12 by 1983. Attendees paid £13 in 1984, £16 in 1985, £17 in 1986, and £21 in 1987. The first big jump came in 1989 when it set punters back £28.
A weekend ticket leaped to £38 in 1990. When The Orb, Lenny Kravitz and Velvet Underground played in 1993, attendees paid £58. By 1998, it cost £80 to watch Primal Scream, Blur and Massive Attack, up £15 from 1995's price. At the turn of the century, a weekend ticket cost £87, with the final time a ticket cost under £100 arriving in 2002, when it cost £97.
Rising costs in the 2020s
Increasing every year after that, tickets cost £145 in 2007, headlined by Arctic Monkeys, The Killers and The Who. Rising by £10 in each of the next two years, prices stood at £175 in 2009. Tickets broke the £200 mark in 2013, when seeing Arctic Monkeys, The Rolling Stones and Mumford & Sons cost £205. Reaching £225 in 2015, a small uplift of £3 was seen in 2016. The final pre-pandemic Glastonbury in 2019 cost £248.
Once live gigs were occurring again, Glasto-goers forked out £285 in 2022. Selling out in seconds as usual, 2023's festival cost £360 to attend. The following year saw ticket prices rise to £355, with 2025 Glasto tickets costing £373.50. Last year's edition didn't use its full 210,000 capacity, which for context is less people than Oasis will play to during their Etihad Stadium residency.
Many fans on social media have called out the prices, which Eavis defended last year. "We have tried very hard to minimise the increase in price on the ticket, but we're facing enormous rises in the costs of running this vast show, whilst still recovering from the huge financial impact of two years without a festival because of COVID," she said. "In these incredibly challenging times, we want to continue to bring you the best show in the world and provide our charities with funds which are more vital than ever."
