Glastonbury Festival seeks spoken word acts

Glastonbury Festival 2015

Wednesday 24th to Sunday 28th June 2015
Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4AZ, England MAP
£220 (secured with a deposit) - SOLD OUT

Daily capacity: 198,000

Glastonbury Festival is seeking poets, lyricists, spoken word artists, troubadours, story tellers, stand-up poets and slam champs.

The Poetry&Words area of the Festival are looking for talented poetry types who could get an opportunity to perform their work on Glastonbury Festival's poetry stage.

The Festival is looking for applications from experienced writers and performers who can leave the Glastonbury audience speechless (in a good way!).

Those who think they would fit the bill are asked to please e-mail poetryandwords@hotmail.co.uk with their poetry CV and 1-3 video and/or audio files of them performing their work. Organisers are happy to receive either attachments (of a manageable size!) or web links. They can even provide a snail mail address for those old school applying poets.

Applications will close at 5pm on Friday 6th March 2015, and applications received (by post or e-mail) after this date will not be accepted.

Each year Poetry& Words receive a high volume of applications and are therefore unable to reply to individual e-mails. Successful artists should hear back from them within two months of the deadline.

This year's sold out Glastonbury Festival runs for five full days from Wednesday 24th until Sunday 28th June 2015 across over a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Pilton in Somerset.

As ever, entry includes a free programme. Once again, the Festival will be raising more than £2 million in funds for Oxfam, Wateraid, Greenpeace and and hundreds of other worthy causes, both local and international.

The only act confirmed is Lionel Richie in the teatime legends slot. There are no other acts confirmed yet for 2015, the line-up will not be announced until spring. Expect something like 2,000 performances at over 100 venues including music, cabaret, theatre, circus, a fantastic Kidz area, poetry, green crafts and information, site art, decor, and loads, loads more ... much more than just the music, so make sure you check it all out!

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 2015 rumours, updated as we receive information.

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