Glastonbury ticket tips.

If you’ve got a big group of you going (or know others who are), form a syndicate. Each person who gets through can buy 6 tickets from memory, but they are allocated to individuals via the their registration numbers. Before the sale we used to circulate a spreadsheet with say 4 groups of 6 with all relevant details, then each member of that group of 6 tries to get t tickets for their group, and other groups once their group had got them. Keep in touch  via a whats app group. takes a bit of organising but worked every year 5 Glasto’s in a row.

thd other thing to consider is the coach package tickets. They go on sale a couple of days earlier and are less popular. You have to then take the coach though (can’t just use the entry ticket) so need to travel light

Other than that, if there’s just a few of you, it’s dumb luck unfortunately

Write a catchy tune and bag an invite

Take this advice with a pinc of salt as I have failed despite trying fairly hard for the last X years. This year I did some reading, and this is the summary:

Get in a group and get organised as above

Try for coach tickets, you get 2 chances then

When you are on the 'you are in a queue' page with the countdown, you can refresh, but there is a limit to the rate you can do it. It might be session based, based so while having a few tabs open is OK, having a million is pointless.

Likewise there are rumours of source IP limiting so having loads and loads of devices on your home WiFi will not necessarily help. You need to spread it about a bit eg some on a VPN or phone network.

Don't give up. Last year I gave up after they tweeted 'gone' but they were still selling

Complain that it's not the same as it used to be

Bit of a different angle, try working? Lots of volunteer stuff going on, also lots of paid work*  Puts a new perspective on things.

*depending on your skill set / contacts you can be really well paid, my 4 month summer stint sees me through the year

Modern day Glastonbury, and 'festivals' in general sound horrendous to me.

And the ticket prices are eye watering.

I really don't get the appeal of them.

20 years ago.. OK.. But now? Nah.

If you’ve got a big group of you going (or know others who are), form a syndicate.

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Modern day Glastonbury, and ‘festivals’ in general sound horrendous to me.

Glastonbury is nothing like 'festivals in general'.

And the ticket prices are eye watering.

I don't agree - when you think that going to a single gig to see many of the headliners would cost £100+, the £360 it costs to see three full days of non-stop, back-to-back musicians is remarkable value IMO.

Also, I find that most food and drink on-site is very reasonably priced. The last time I went, there was an outlet at the back of 'The Other Stage' doing amazing Full English breakfasts with coffee for about £6 (IIRC), all the produce was locally-sourced and it was as good as any Full English I have ever had.

Volunteer - for example Oxfam have lots of opportunities for stewarding at Glastonbury and other festivals.

Modern day Glastonbury, and ‘festivals’ in general sound horrendous to me.
And the ticket prices are eye watering.

As above, Glastonbury is one of the biggest festivals in the world, and I wouldn’t go just because of the huge amount of walking around to get to the various stages. However, Greenman and End Of The Road are fantastic; numbers are limited, but the stages are all close together and if you get an event planner/clash finder you can see lots of bands easily, and check out any that might be interesting, then move on to something else if not. I’ve done Greenman twice and EoTR last year, I managed 23 bands last year, including Pixies, and I think the ticket was just under £200 for the weekend including camping. When I went to the IoW Festival in 2015, a ticket was about the same price, but the three headliners were The Prodigy, Blur and Fleetwood Mac, and one concert by the Mac in London was over £100/ticket.
Add up all the other bands over the weekend, like Suzanne Vega, Counting Crows, James, in fact there were 44 acts over the weekend, so roughly £4.20 per act. And you think festival tickets are overpriced? Sheesh. Just a comparison, when I saw Suzanne Vega in Bath last February tickets were £37.50, Jesca Hoop in Bristol in a little venue on Sunday was £22.50 per ticket, Thea Gilmore in Bristol next January was £22.50 per ticket, yet seeing more bands in a weekend than you’re likely to see in a year, paying less than the cost of a pint per act is eye-watering? You need to go to Specsavers, my friend…

Volunteer – for example Oxfam have lots of opportunities for stewarding at Glastonbury and other festivals.

Too late for this year. The Glastonbury places are much sought after and charities that supply volunteers for Glastonbury will expect you to have volunteered and worked at a couple of the less desired festivals in the year before. You'll usually have to come up with the ticket money anyway, and you'll only get reimbursed after you're confirmed to have done your shifts.

I wouldn’t go just because of the huge amount of walking around to get to the various stages

That's one of the things I used to like about it, there's so much to see and do that you might just happen upon on your travels.
I think Glastonbury is still good value but it's a bit misleading to compare what you'll see there with what you'll get at a gig - other than the headliners sets aren't usually more than about 45 minutes.