Glastonbury Festival has confirmed that general admission tickets for its 2027 edition will cost £408 each, including a £5 booking fee, marking the first time in the festival's history that prices have surpassed the £400 mark. The announcement, made by organisers on Tuesday evening, has divided fans online, with some branding the cost «insane» and «simply not fair», while others insist the five-day experience still represents value for money.
The 2027 festival is scheduled to run from Wednesday, June 23 to Sunday, June 27 at Worthy Farm. Coach and ticket packages will go on sale at 6pm BST on Thursday, October 1, followed by standard tickets at 9am BST on Sunday, October 4. The new price represents a significant jump from the 2025 edition, which cost £378.50 per ticket, and is noticeably higher than tickets were a decade ago.
Data analysis reported by BBC News shows that ticket prices have risen steadily from £286 in 2010 to £374 in 2025. The sharpest increase came after the pandemic, with prices climbing from £318 in 2019 to £374 in 2025, and now to £408 for the upcoming event. Organisers attribute the rising costs to increased energy and infrastructure expenses, as well as post-Brexit complications affecting equipment transportation, labour shortages, and visa issues.
Before the pandemic, organiser Emily Eavis revealed that the festival cost roughly £40 million to stage, requiring a full sell-out of tickets just to break even. The price increase has prompted a range of reactions on social media, with some attendees comparing the cost favourably to the price of individual concerts in the current market.
«It's £80-£100 for a big venue gig now. I think £408 is fair for five days of massive acts,» one person wrote on X. Another agreed: «£400 Wednesday to Monday, absolutely thousands of things on for the best weekend of your life. Bargain.» A third fan added: «It has gone up a lot, but the price of individual gigs has rocketed too. £30+ for Academy shows, £60+ for Apollo sized, £80+ for arenas, stadium shows are insane. Obviously I'd rather it was a lot less, but for what you get, I think it's still value for money.»
Others, however, were less receptive to the price hike. One former attendee wrote: «The last time I went was 2009. It was £165. It felt affordable, worth every penny. With inflation, sure, it should be £300 now. I get it, it's a charity event. But £400?? That doesn't feel right or fair.» Another fan joked: «Oasis better be playing for that ticket price,» while others branded the costs «insane» and «simply not fair».
The issues affecting Glastonbury's costs have impacted other festivals as well. BBC News data revealed that Parklife tickets have gone up by 71 per cent since 2013, while Reading & Leeds prices have risen by around 14 per cent over the same period. For 2025, Reading & Leeds tickets ranged between £325 and £361 for the full three-day run, while Primavera Sound tickets averaged between £245 and £350.
Despite the increases across the board, Glastonbury remains at the top end of the scale, reflecting its longer running time, the scale of its bill, and its legacy in British festival culture. Early bookies' favourites for the Pyramid Stage next summer include Sam Fender, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Little Simz, with other rumoured names including Harry Styles, Radiohead, Fontaines D.C., Muse and The Rolling Stones. The latter follows Mick Jagger and Keith Richards both suggesting the band could return to touring in 2027. Last month, Eavis ruled out Madonna as a headliner, and Liam Gallagher recently appeared to dismiss the chance of Oasis topping the bill next year.