It's not about the music

[ukslim]

It's that if you don't fancy anything that shows up on the "lineup", you can wander around, and stumble upon something you do like. My favourite act of 2007 was an unlisted act in the Trash City bar. I can't even remember what they were called. A little rock band from London who'd brought their fan club along.

[fuzzyvision]

Seeing as got my ticket so late this time (today) im gonna try not to see the lineup until i get to the festival. Its gonna be like xmas day as a kid!

[irons]

Seeing as got my ticket so late this time (today) im gonna try not to see the lineup until i get to the festival. Its gonna be like xmas day as a kid!

[lofichic]

It's the fact that once you've been to Glastonbury, bands don't sound as good anywhere else.

It's lugging your stuff in, getting your tent pitched, being all practical - then sitting on the ground, while a grin breaks over your face, and going - "I'm home..."

It's when you're watching the Super Furry Animals, and the clouds break with a beam of sunlight at the very moment Gruff Rhys sings, "Hello sunshine".

It's having "Neil Diamond!!!!!" written on your chalk board in your kitchen for two months before the festival, listening to a Neil Diamond Greatest Hits on the way down, and missing Neil Diamond for an astrology reading in the Healing Fields.

It's having Wayne Coyne trip over your guy ropes on the way to play in New Bands.

It's the way the Tor presides over the whole proceedings.

It's stumbling into a tipi and sitting down for some hot chai tea at 4 in the morning with a while robed man playing the ukulele and only realising it's surreal when you get home.

It's dragging your feet through mud with each footstep taking a minute until you realise that Michael Eavis is making some sort of announcement on the Park stage which somehow allows you to run back along the same path.

It's the shared smile you have with a complete stranger in a pub in Liverpool in December when you're talking about Glasto.

It's just the entire energy, vibe and shared experience - being at home with thousands and thousands of people, knowing that it's transitory nature is what makes it so special.

It's knowing that everyone who has typed something here has had exactly the same feeling and warmth in their limbs and smile on their face as they try and recall that impossible something that sets it apart from all other festivals.

Other people have done a much better job of explaining it, the word's really fail me.

[irons]

Words don't fail lofichic, that's just brilliant.

[mynameisearl]

Other people have done a much better job of explaining it, the word's really fail me.

[kinglewi]

The Brothers bar!!!!!!!

Also they say its all about the music, but the 2nd most famous thing about Glastonbury is the rain!

[LusciousLucy]

It's home...truly home. Nowhere else on the planet makes me feel the way it does.

It's the reason I travelled back halfway across the planet this year and last.

It's the first taste of Hot & Spicy in 51 weeks.

It's seeing friends you havent seen in 51 weeks.

It's the place where you know who you really are on the inside and people get to see it on the outside for those precious few days.

It's the best food and drink festival in the world!

It's the sound of the longdrop doors!

It's the sound of the wind through your tent at Pennards.

It the energy, life and beauty.

It's the discovering what you didnt manage to find last year, new discoveries and experiences and returning to the things you know and love or had forgotten from years before.

I still dont know how many days/weeks it is exactly...but it's soon that's all that matters!

[xxtinkerbellxx]

I haven't even been yet and this thread has got me all emotional! I have the feeling that once ive been to Glastonbury no other festival is ever going to compare

[Alcatraz]

It's about the fact that sooooo many people can take soooo many highlights from it, often due to unique experiences.

As demonstrated by this thread

[fullfathom5]

Peace, love and bananas!

[lofichic]

I haven't even been yet and this thread has got me all emotional! I have the feeling that once ive been to Glastonbury no other festival is ever going to compare