Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2027 sold out within 42 minutes on Sunday, as thousands of fans rushed to secure places for next year’s event at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
The festival will return from June 23 to 27, 2027, following a fallow year. Organisers said demand significantly exceeded the number of tickets available, with the sale opening at 09:00 BST.
Tickets for the main festival weekend cost £408 each, including a £5 booking fee. The price is £29.50 higher than the 2025 festival and marks the first time Glastonbury tickets have exceeded £400.
Organisers confirmed the sell-out shortly after 09:40, thanking those who managed to secure tickets and apologising to fans who missed out.
“There will be a resale of any cancelled or returned tickets in Spring 2027,” the festival said.
The first batch of tickets, sold as coach packages on Thursday, also sold out in less than 30 minutes.
Headliners yet to be announced
Glastonbury has yet to reveal its 2027 headliners. Festival organiser Emily Eavis previously said the team was “very excited” about next year’s event and that preparations were progressing well.
Despite the record ticket price, returning festival-goers said the experience remained worth the cost.
Zoe Scott, who has attended Glastonbury twice, said the festival offered thousands of performances across more than 100 stages and described the atmosphere as a major part of its appeal.
The 2027 festival will also be a special occasion for Nick and Helen Nugget, who first met through mutual friends at Glastonbury in 2007. The couple, from Amersham, will return next year to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary.
They last attended in 2011 and had secured tickets for the 2019 festival but were unable to go after adopting their daughter.
Fans report mixed experiences
Some successful ticket buyers said the sales process appeared fairer than in previous years, with traditional methods used to gain an advantage in the online queue seemingly less effective.
Others said mobile connectivity played a role in their success, with one buyer in Dorset joking that a 5G connection in Shaftesbury appeared to be the key to getting through.
Not everyone was successful.
Mat Chapman, who had been trying to attend the festival for around two decades, had hoped to finally secure tickets with his daughter Amy on her 26th birthday. The pair were unsuccessful once again.
“I’ve always wanted to take her,” Chapman told the BBC, recalling how they used to watch Glastonbury together on television when she was younger.
“There’s always next year. We’ll fly the flag there one day.”
Ticket prices continue to rise
Glastonbury tickets have more than doubled in price since 2010, when a ticket cost £185. The price stood at £318 in 2019 before rising sharply in the years following the pandemic.
The latest £408 price represents the festival’s highest ticket cost to date.
Tickets from Sunday’s sale that are not fully paid for by the early April 2027 deadline will be returned to the official resale pool.
The exact date of the resale has not yet been announced, although it has typically taken place in late April in previous years.
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