| Genre: | Music festival |
| Frequency: | Mostly annually, with some fallow years. |
| Location: | Glastonbury Abbey, England |
| Coordinates: | 51.1455°N -2.7144°W |
| Years Active: | years |
| Founder Name: | Michael Eavis |
| Last: | 2023 |
| Next: | 2024 |
| Participants: | See performers |
| Attendance: | 10,000 |
| Organised: | Glastonbury Festivals Ltd. |
Glastonbury Extravaganza (also known as Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza and previously as Glastonbury Classical Extravaganza) is an annual music event held in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey in Glastonbury, England since 1996.[1] The event is held as a thank you to local people from Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis.[2]
The event started life as a classical music concert – expanding out to three days and moving into a mix of classical, pop and rock music. Since 2013 it has returned to a single Saturday night format, but retained a popular music theme. The current format of the event is that the grounds open at 16:30, a local choir opens the proceedings at around 17:00 followed by a number of acts leading up to the headliner, followed by a firework display to close the evening at around 22:00. People bring their own food and drink to set up picnics, and there are a number of award winning Street Food trucks in the Abbey grounds, some of which also trade at the famous Glastonbury Festival. Extravaganza is one of three events organised by Eavis each year. The other events are the major Glastonbury Festival and the small-scale Pilton Party, held in Pilton.
| Year | Date | Headline Artist | Support Act(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Pendyrus Male Choir[3] | |||
| 1997 | Pendyrus Male Choir | |||
| 1998 | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 2000 | Pendyrus Male Choir | |||
| 2001 | Saturday 18 August 2001[4] | Pendyrus Male Choir | ||
| 2002 | Pendyrus Male Choir | |||
| 2003 | Saturday 2 August 2003 | Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra[5] | ||
| 2004 | Friday 30 July 2004 | Van Morrison[6] | Pendyrus Male Choir | |
| Saturday 31 July 2004 | ||||
| Sunday 1 August 2004 | Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra | |||
| 2005 | Friday 5 August 2005 | Joss Stone[7] | ||
| Saturday 6 August 2005 | ||||
| Sunday 7 August 2005 | ||||
| 2006 | Friday 4 August 2006 | Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra[8] | ||
| Saturday 5 August 2006 | ||||
| Sunday 6 August 2006 | ||||
| 2007 | Friday 10 August 2007 | Corinne Bailey Rae[9] | ||
| Saturday 11 August 2007 | ||||
| Sunday 12 August 2007 | Paolo Nutini | |||
| 2008 | Friday 8 August 2008 | Lulu[10] | ||
| Saturday 9 August 2008 | Kate Nash | |||
| 2009 | Saturday 8 August 2009 | Bjorn Again[11] | ||
| Sunday 9 August 2009 | Jo Appleby, Andrew Rees, The Corelli Quartet[12] | |||
| 2010 | Saturday 7 August 2010 | Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel[13] | ||
| Sunday 8 August 2010 | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Nicola Benedetti, Andrew Rees, Jo Appleby, RaVen Quartet | ||
| 2011 | Saturday 6 August 2011 | Bootleg Beatles[14] | ||
| Sunday 7 August 2011 | Wynne Evans, The National Symphony Orchestra, Mendip Male Voice Choir[15] | |||
| 2012 | Fallow Year – no event[16] | The venue slot was instead used for the "Orchestra In A Field" event[17] | ||
| 2013 | Saturday 11 August 2013 | Bryan Ferry and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra | Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel[18] | |
| 2014 | Saturday 9 August 2014 | George Ezra, Wildflower[19] | ||
| 2015 | Saturday 8 August 2015 | The Drystones, The Shires[20] | ||
| 2016 | Saturday 6 August 2016 | Jamie Cullum[21] | ||
| 2017 | Saturday 5 August 2017 | Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys performing 'Pet Sounds' | Black Dyke Band, Corinne Bailey Rae[22] | |
| 2018 | Saturday 4 August 2018 | Tom Odell[23] | ||
| 2019 | Saturday 3 August 2019 | The Specials[24] [25] | The Brue Boys,[26] Lighthouse Family | |
| 2020 | Saturday 1 August 2020 | |||
| 2021 | Saturday 4 September 2021 | The Staves. Tanita Tikaram, Glastonbury Male Voice Choir | ||
| 2022 | Saturday 6 August 2022 | Seasick Steve | ||
| 2023 | Saturday 5 August 2023 | Lightning Seeds, Wells City Band[27] | ||
A number of artists have had to withdraw after the initial line-up was announced due to illness or scheduling conflicts.
| Year | Artist |
|---|---|
| 2009 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2018 | Paloma Faith |
Vouchers for the event usually go on sale in the December of the year before the event. These are available from the Glastonbury Abbey shop (online and in person). The announcement of who will be performing is then made in early May and the tickets are available from July onwards. The vouchers can only be exchanged for that year’s event.
| Year | Adult | Child | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | £40 | £25 | |
| 2023[28] | £45 | £25 |