When is the next Glastonbury fallow year?

During the weekend of the festival around 200,000 people descend on Worthy Farm so the fallow years allow the land time to recover

In just two months time, hundreds of thousands of of music fans will descend on Worthy Farm in Somerset for this year's Glastonbury Festival.

Taking place on 25 to 29 June, the likes of The 1975, Charli XCX and Olivia Rodrigo will take to the stage, with Raye, Rod Stewart, Fatboy Slim and Jorja Smith also appearing on the bill.

Tickets for the festival sold out back in November, with those lucky enough to bag them putting down a £75 deposit to secure their place at the festival.

Ticket holders then had to pay the remainder of their balance during the first week of April to ensure they kept their ticket.

This week, the tickets that were not paid for in full are due to go back up for sale, which will be fans last chance to buy a ticket. Glastonbury has said only a "very limited" number of tickets will be available.

For those keen to land their place at the huge event, there will be added urgency, because while the UK’s biggest music festival has been held at the end of June for the last three years, it could soon be taking a break.

Traditionally, Glastonbury runs for four or five years in a row before taking a year off in what is known as a fallow year to allow the farm land on which it takes place to fully recover. The last time Glastonbury had an official fallow year was in 2018.

Speaking last year on the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast, organiser Emily Eavis was asked whether she had any acts booked for the 2025 festival.

“I have a vague idea in my head of who is going to be doing it next year,” she told hosts Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, before adding: “Then we might do a fallow year after that. It's looking like we are due a fallow year.”

While disappointing for those wishing to go, but Emily also insisted the fallow years are “important” for several reasons.

Glastonbury takes place on a working dairy farm and the 900 acre site is home to the farm’s herds of cows when the festival isn’t taking place.

During the weekend of the festival around 200,000 people descend on the site, so the fallow years allow the land time to recover. On top of that, setting up the festival is a huge task, so the organisers and everyone else involved in making it happen need a break too.

Emily explained last year: "The fallow year is important because it gives the land a rest, and it gives the cows a chance to be out for longer and reclaim their land.

"It gives everybody a little time to switch off - and the public as well. I know we’re in the middle of it but it is a lot isn’t it? And then you go away for a bit and it feels lovely when you come back.

“And I think it’s quite good not to just seem to be cashing in and stuff. You know, at the best time when we could just rake it all in - but no we’re not going to actually.

“It's so important that ethos, sometimes you just need to calm it all down, have a little break and come back with a renewed excitement and enthusiasm.”

For those still hoping to secure their tickets this week, this year's resale will take place on 24 and 27 April 2025.

The first resale is for coach packages which includes coach travel to and from the festival as well a ticket for the festival. These go on resale at 6pm on Thursday 24 April.

General admission tickets will then go on sale on Sunday, April 27, at 9am.

People who also want to buy accommodation options will have the chance at 11am after the general resale takes place on April 27.