2026 Fallow Year Confirmed

[Oll678]

Emily has now confirmed that 2026 will be a fallow year, following on from her previous announcement on the ‘Sidetracked’ podcast 

[Talcroft]

Someone in here alluded to some 'local issues' leading to this happening a year earlier than expected (four year stint rather than five)... Can anyone elaborate or is it particularly sensitive? 

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, Talcroft said:

Someone in here alluded to some 'local issues' leading to this happening a year earlier than expected (four year stint rather than five)... Can anyone elaborate or is it particularly sensitive? 

 

The local issues comment was related to the Eavis family and why they might require some time off organising the festival in next period. 

[Superscally]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

 

The local issues comment was related to the Eavis family and why they might require some time off organising the festival in next period. 

😥

[Justcalledtosay]

I don't think that comes as a surprise to anyone unfortunately 😔 

[danz026]

3 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

I don't think that comes as a surprise to anyone unfortunately 😔 

It’s been heavily hinted at for a long time so I’m not surprised as such, but I do think it’s slightly notable that a fallow year has been called when there was a fallow in 2018, an enforced one in 2020 and then a sort of enforced one in 2021 (although the festival might well have gone ahead had they pushed it back a month or two rather than scrapping it outright).

 

I would have thought that having just one festival in the five year period from the end of the 2017 festival to the start of the 2022 would have allowed significant recovery to take place on the ground which would have allowed a longer run without a fallow year, but seemingly not.

[William Mann]

It was announced on the website when the released ticket info 

[Talcroft]

23 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

The local issues comment was related to the Eavis family and why they might require some time off organising the festival in next period. 

 

Oh nooooooo 😢

[Nobody Interesting]

8 minutes ago, William Mann said:

It was announced on the website when the released ticket info 

It was in the Glastonbury paper at this years festival on Sunday.

[stuie]

13 minutes ago, danz026 said:

It’s been heavily hinted at for a long time so I’m not surprised as such, but I do think it’s slightly notable that a fallow year has been called when there was a fallow in 2018, an enforced one in 2020 and then a sort of enforced one in 2021 (although the festival might well have gone ahead had they pushed it back a month or two rather than scrapping it outright).

 

I would have thought that having just one festival in the five year period from the end of the 2017 festival to the start of the 2022 would have allowed significant recovery to take place on the ground which would have allowed a longer run without a fallow year, but seemingly not.

As I understood it, the intention was for a 5 year run after the covid years.  This has of course changed now. 

[Avalon_Fields]

It’s very understandable. I’m sure 2027 will be a massive celebration in recognition of everything accomplished 

[Simsy]

22 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

It was in the Glastonbury paper at this years festival on Sunday.

Yep, but loads of people here still thought they wouldn't go back to a pre-2012 pattern of 4 on 1 off and would definitely have the fallow in 2028 because football (even though it had already been announced for 2026)

[incident]

3 minutes ago, Simsy said:

Yep, but loads of people here still thought they wouldn't go back to a pre-2012 pattern of 4 on 1 off and would definitely have the fallow in 2028 because football (even though it had already been announced for 2026)

 

A lot of people (including myself) originally expected that it would be in 2028, when we had no firm info coming out of the festival.

 

But I don't believe anyone still stuck with that once Emily floated and then GFL had confirmed the 2026 date back in June.

[William Mann]

Would you say the last festival pre fallow is extra special? Especially as there wouldn't be another for 2 years. Or does it feel kind of rushed and that they're preparing for lots of additions after the fallow? Or is it neither?!

[stuie]

11 minutes ago, William Mann said:

Would you say the last festival pre fallow is extra special? Especially as there wouldn't be another for 2 years. Or does it feel kind of rushed and that they're preparing for lots of additions after the fallow? Or is it neither?!

 

 

I think there will be some kind of nod to the fallow year in the finale and the messaging from the festival and the Eavis' but I don't think we'll get anything extra next year as such. 

 

Some people think that they will save big changes up for the fallow year but I'm not sure there's much evidence of that or if it's just coincidence.

 

Arcadia brought the crane after the 2018 fallow year

The SEC reappeared with a one way system after 2012, for example. 

[Paul ™]

9 hours ago, stuie said:

 

The local issues comment was related to the Eavis family and why they might require some time off organising the festival in next period. 

Yes they will have wanted 2026 off to get some changes in place for 2027.. 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Paul ™

[Suprefan]

Still holding onto the theory that it was for the world cup. They wanna come here to watch the matches haha.

[NorthernSoul52]

It'll be a sad day when ME does go, if we are indeed reading those tea leaves.

 

Hopefully the festival that follows can be a suitable tribute to a world he helped build.