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Glastonbury Festival 2014

Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th June 2014
Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4AZ, England MAP
£210 (secured with a deposit) - SOLD OUT

Daily capacity: 177,500

Glastonbury Festival has launched the Emerging Talent Competition 2014. The return of the annual search for unsigned bands and solo artists which will give new artists from the UK and Ireland the chance to compete for a slot on one of Worthy Farm's famous main stages at this year's festival.

For the 2014 competition, acts will be able to enter for one week only from 9am on Monday, 20th January until 5pm on Monday, 27th January via the official Glastonbury Festival website.

The competition is open to all bands and performers who are not signed to a major label and based in the UK or Ireland. Entrants from any musical genre can follow in the footsteps of previous ETC competitors, who include Stornoway, Scouting For Girls, We Have Band, Liz Green, Ellen and the Escapades, The Subways, The Travelling Band and, last year, Bridie Jackson and The Arbour (who ended up playing five sets at Glastonbury 2013).

Entries for Glastonbury Festival's ETC2014 will be FREE during the competition week (ETC rules and conditions apply).

Once the entries are in, a newly-recruited panel of around 40 of the UK's top music bloggers will help compile a longlist of 120 acts. The longlist will then be whittled down to a shortlist of eight acts by judges including Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, before a live final showcase in April decides the winning act.

Glastonbury has been running a competition to find the greatest Emerging Talent for the last six Festivals, and the winners will be following in the footsteps of previous winners Bridie Jackson and The Arbour (2013), Treetop Flyers(2011), Ellen and the Escapades (2010), We Have Band (2009), Golden Silvers, and The Travelling Band (2008), Liz Green (2007), The Deadbeats (2005), Blackbud, and The Subways (2004).

Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition is the best way to get your music listened to by many of the stage and area programmers involved in the Festival.

To enter, acts will need to supply a link to one original song on SoundCloud, plus a link to a video of themselves performing live (even if it's only in a bedroom). . The entry form will be on the official Glastonbury website. For more information, and full details of the ETC2014 rules and conditions, please see www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk.

Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis said, "We get very excited about new music, and the Emerging Talent Competition is just a brilliant way for us to discover fresh talent. Our stage bookers come down to the live finals, and dozens of the acts who've entered over the years have been given a slot at the Festival. We can't wait to see what this year's competition brings!"

Tickets for Glastonbury have completely sold out, although there is likely to be a resale of returned tickets in the spring, and eFestivals will let ticket buyers know beforehand when the re-sale will be.

Anyone aged 13 or over (when the Festival starts) who wishes to buy a ticket must be registered.

Registration does not reserve or guarantee you a ticket in the resale, but if you don't register you will not be able to buy a weekend ticket for Glastonbury Festival 2014.

Ticket balances for both UK and international buyers of £160 per ticket, will be payable in the first week of April 2014, when there will also be options to book everything else needed (tipis, campervan tickets, parking, cancellation protection).

Anyone who decides not to pay their balance in 2014 will be refunded their deposit, minus a £10 administration fee. The deadline for ticket refunds is Friday, 9th May 2014.

For more details about registering and ticket information click here.

This summer's sold out event will run for five full days from Wednesday 25th until Sunday 29th June 2014 across over a 1,000 acres of countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset and, as ever, includes a free programme. Once again, the Festival will be raising funds for Oxfam, Wateraid, Greenpeace and a host of local charities and causes (raising millions each year).

Expect something like 2,000 performances at 50 or so venues including music, cabaret, theatre, circus, a fantastic Kidz area, poetry, green crafts and information and loads, loads more ... much more than just the music, so make sure you check it all out!

Registration for Glastonbury Festival 2014 is now open. Everyone who plans to the come the Festival must register, and that includes children aged 13, 14 and 15. Each ticket sold will feature a photograph of the person in whose name it is registered and will be non-transferable. So if you plan to buy tickets for friends or family you must make sure they all register. Tickets are expected to go on sale some time in the autumn this year.

Online registration for 2014can be carried out by clicking here.

As usual eFestivals will bring you the very best-sourced rumours, allowing festival-goers to see who is playing long before the bands are formally announced - keep your eyes on the Glastonbury 2014 rumours, updated as we receive information.

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