If you missed out when Glastonbury tickets sold out in minutes back in November, organisers are now offering the chance to win one of ten pairs of tickets in a raffle to support Oxfam’s Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal.
As with the tickets auctioned on eBay over the last week, which raised over £160,000 for the Trussell Trust’s foodbanks, each pair of tickets won in the raffle will include a “once-in-a-lifetime” Glastonbury experience – such as watching a set from the Pyramid Stage viewing platform or introducing an act on the Park Stage. The full list of prizes is below.
A donation of £10 is required to enter the prize draw online, with entries accepted until 12 noon on Wednesday 8th March, and there is no limit on the number of entries you can buy. You can also enter via post without making a donation to the earthquake appeal.
As of lunchtime today, just hours after the raffle was announced, over £75,000 has already been raised and more than 3,400 people have already taken part. Glastonbury has a proud history of charitable giving and operates on a not-for-profit basis. After each festival, any surplus money is donated to charity partners such as Oxfam, Wateraid and Greenpeace, totalling over £20 million in the last two decades.
Click here to enter the prize draw on Crowdfunder.co.uk – info on postal entries is below.
Full list of prizes
All prizes listed below include a pair of general admission tickets to Glastonbury Festival 2023, valid for access from Wednesday 21st June to Monday 26th June.
- Watch a set from the Pyramid Stage viewing platform
- Watch a set from the Other Stage viewing platform
- Watch a set from the Pyramid Stage viewing platform
- Watch a set from the Other Stage viewing platform
- Introduce an act on the Park Stage
- Exclusive small ad in the Glastonbury Free Press newspaper and the first copy printed
- Watch a set from the West Holts Stage pit, plus a backstage tour
- Pre-show tour of the festival site
- Guests of honour at Glastonbury-on-sea
- One-on-one Mezcal ceremony plus access to the Temple for a set of your choice at The Common
All prizes include a pair of tickets to the festival.
Prizes are listed in the order they will be drawn and there will be two sets of winners for the Pyramid Stage and Other Stage prizes.
How to enter the raffle
Online entries
Go to the official page on Crowdfunder.co.uk
Decide how many entries you want
There’s no limit on how many times you can enter, but you can only win one prize.
Enter your details and payment info
It’s a £10 donation per entry, with no additional fees. Crowdfunder isn’t taking a cut so the full amount will go to the Oxfam appeal.
Wait to find out if you’ve won
The draw takes place on 15th March and winners will be notified within five days
Postal entries
- Write down or print out your full name and contact telephone number.
Alternatively, you can give another method of contacting you, such as your address. - Put the paper with your details in an envelope
You must do this for your entry to be valid. For example, you can’t use a postcard to enter. Multiple entries in the same envelope won’t be accepted. - Pay for postage
Use a standard first or second-class stamp, online postage, or take it to the Post Office. - Send it to the address below:
Oxfam Glastonbury Prize Draw, Mosaic Fulfilment Solutions, York House, Wetherby Road, Long Marston, YORK YO26 7NH
About the appeal
Glastonbury and Oxfam are raising money for the Disasters Emergency Committee or DEC Turkey-Syria Appeal. The DEC is an umbrella group of 15 UK charities, including Oxfam, Save the Children and the British Red Cross. You can read more about their Turkey-Syria Appeal on this page of their website.
On the announcement of the Glastonbury raffle today, Oxfam said: “A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has devastated regions of northern Syria, southern Türkiye and surrounding areas. There’s been huge loss of life, thousands of people injured, and many more still buried in the debris.
“Survivors are on the streets in freezing conditions. With their homes in rubble, people are struggling to find safe shelter, water, and food. DEC charities and their local partners are among the first responders providing urgent help.
“Oxfam’s team in Syria, and its affiliate in Türkiye, Oxfam KEDV, are working with local partners to offer clean water, food, sanitation and shelter, and understand what long-term support will be needed. By entering today, you’ll be helping people affected by this devastating disaster.”
Other Glastonbury news
Recently, Royal Blood and Florence + The Machine have all been rumoured for a place on the line-up. But as it stands, only Elton John’s Sunday night headline slot has been officially confirmed. Meanwhile, a petition calls for the RMT’s “legendary leader” Mick Lynch to be given a spot on the line-up.
And in other news, Becky Hill has come very close to confirming she’ll be playing at Glastonbury this summer.
In an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, she said: “I’m the first-ever female resident at Ibiza Rocks so that’s so cool. I’m currently working on my new album. All the music is written, we’re just getting it ready to release now. And I’m really hoping to be seen at Glastonbury this year, so fingers crossed”.
Guns N’ Roses basis Duff McKagan appears to have confirmed the band will be playing at Glastonbury after months of strong rumours they’ll be headlining the Pyramid Stage. With only Elton John officially confirmed, the bookies now have the banned pegged as joint-favourites for the two remaining headline slots, along with Arctic Monkeys.
Glasto organiser Emily Eavis told Metal Hammer in 2021: “We had Napalm Death in 2017, and it doesn’t get much heavier than that! But I think Guns N’ Roses need to play here at some point don’t they?”
And back in January 2020, The Sunday Times said: “Guns’n’Roses headlining Friday night Glastonbury [is] looking increasingly likely” – just weeks before almost all of that summer’s festivals were forced to cancel when the pandemic broke out.
Beyoncé is also rumoured after announcing world tour dates which leave open the possibility of an appearance at Worthy Farm.
However, despite earlier rumours of Britpop legends Blur being on the line-up this summer, it’s now looking unlikely the band will be there after drummer Dave Rowntree said: “No one, as far as I know, from Glastonbury has approached us.”
Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora told media there’s a chance of a reunion gig at Glastonbury 2023 and The 1975 are rumoured to appear after the long-expected band confirmed tour dates which leave them free over the weekend of the festival. It would be The 1975’s fourth time at Worthy Farm, having previously played sets in 2013, 2014 and 2016, and while they’ve been rumoured most years since they now haven’t been on the line-up for five years, despite countless comments from band members and crew that they want to return.
Pulp are also strongly rumoured to appear on the Glastonbury 2023 line-up after announcing details of a reunion tour next summer – which includes space for a potential Glasto slot. The band were already deemed a likely contender by bookmakers, who in September were offering odds of 9/1 on Pulp headlining the iconic Pyramid Stage.
Meanwhile, Victoria Beckham has ruled out a Worthy Farm appearance as part of a Spice Girls reunion in a US TV interview – following years of speculation fuelled by her former band mates.
She told Watch What Happens Live: “I had so much fun being in the Spice Girls – but now, with everything else that I have got going on with my fashion and my beauty line, four children, I couldn’t commit to that. love the girls. I really, really enjoy singing Spice Girls when I’m doing karaoke, but I think I’d better leave it there.”
Arctic Monkeys were also rumoured to have signed a deal to headline Glastonbury 2023 when their UK tour sold out in minutes last year. A source told The Sun: “‘Alex Turner and the band are coming back to Glastonbury, and this time their set is going to be even bigger and better.
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Anna Barclay
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