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Glastonbury: behind the scenes

From bands to bar staff, profiles of the people who make Glastonbury happen
  • Michael Eavis in Pilton, in June 2014

    Glastonbury 2014: 'We've been working 12 months for this,' says festival founder Michael Eavis – video

    Michael Eavis, the founder of the Glastonbury festival, talks about the flurry of local activity that in the runup to the event

  • Arcadia stage, Glastonbury 2014: ‘It’s not your average 9 to 5’ – video

    Arcadia stage, Glastonbury 2014: 'It's not your average 9 to 5' – video

    Pip Rush and Bertie Cole take an aerial, pyrotechnic music show to Glastonbury each year. Here's a look at what's in store

  • The Hub stage at Shangri-La, Glastonbury festival

    Shangri-La stage, Glastonbury 2014: 'It's a corporate hell this year' – video

    Artist Deborah Armstrong and DJ Chris Tofu share what's in store for punters at Glastonbury festival's immersive Shangri-La stage

  • Glastonbury festival 2014: Mutoid Waste company – video profile

    Mutoid Waste Company: 'We made a giant toad out of VW Beetles' – Glastonbury festival 2014 video profile

    Artist Joe Rush outlines the Mutoid Waste Company's plans for performance art pieces at Glastonbury's Trash City

  • The Rolling Stones

    Baby born at Glastonbury

    Festival-going couple deliver their own 'Glastonbury Girl' at the Ivy Mead medical centre on site – and name her Ivy

  • Glastonbury 2013: Caitriona Hansen

    Glastonbury festival 2013: the debut festivalgoer - video profile

    Who are the people that make Glastonbury festival special? Meet student Caitriona Hansen, who is attending the music event for the first time

  • Block 9

    Glastonbury festival 2013: Block9 - video profile

    Who are the people that make Glastonbury festival special? Meet the duo behind radical set-design and club producers Block9

  • Alice Russell

    Glastonbury festival 2013: singer Alice Russell - video profile

    Who are the people that make Glastonbury festival special? Meet singer Alice Russell, who returns to Worthy Farm as a solo singer

  • A Glastonbury bin featuring a mouse

    Glastonbury festival 2013: Hank the bin painter - video profile

    Who are the people who make Glastonbury festival special? Meet Hank the bin painter

  • The Temple construction crew

    Glastonbury festival 2013: the Temple construction crew – video profile

    Cameron Robertson: At the 2011 festival, the Bullring – also known as Campo Pequeno – hosted mock bullfights, tomato fights and wrestling. We meet Jake Owen and his construction team as they rebuild the venue – rebranded the Temple – for this year's festival

  • Glastonbury Festival Profiles 2013: high-wire walker Chris Bull

    Glastonbury festival profiles 2013: high-wire walker Chris Bull - video interview

    In the first of a series of videos on the types of people that make up Glastonbury festival, tightrope walker Chris Bull discusses his performance in the Theatre and Circus tent

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