Glastonbury Festival’s free cinema tent, Pilton Palais, has revealed its full line-up for this summer’s festival. It includes pre-release screenings of Despicable Me 4, Kneecap, Unicorns and Problemista. They’ll also have a vampire theme running through all of their late-night showings.
Organisers promise that “more films than ever before” will be accompanied by Q&A sessions or personal introductions and appearances. Most of these are included in today’s line-up announcement but Pilton Palais promise some “surprise guest appearances” will be announced on their Facebook and Instagram.
While we’re still awaiting the official map for Glastonbury 2024, the Pilton Palais cinema is usually located between the Theatre & Circus field, Kidz Field and Acoustic Tent. We’re not expecting that to change this year. All films are completely free-of-charge to festival ticketholders and booking is not possible or required. This means the most popular screenings can fill up, so if you’re set on seeing something plan to arrive early.
The films start at 1pm on Wednesday and Thursday and then 11am for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. With the exception of Wednesday night, the final film starts at 00:30, meaning the cinema will run until the early hours of the morning.
Last week, the line-up posters for The Park area were revealed, with Fontaines D.C., Peggy Gou and London Grammar set to headline the main Park Stage. Other artists on the Park Stage, which is usually televised via BBC iPlayer, include Orbital, Ghetts, The Mary Wallopers, King Krule and Dexys.
Two new venues within the Park area have also been revealed today, The Wishing Well and Scissors!, with the latter billed as “An utterly delicious femme-queer venue where anything can (and does!) happen.” These venues replace the famous Rabbit Hole, which will no longer be part of the festival.
Last month, The Vaccines joined the bill with the reveal of the Woodsies area line-up poster. The band said on Twitter: “Beyond excited to be coming back to Glastonbury, the best party in the world, and playing Woodsies for the first time since 2011. See you all there??”
Also back in April, Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis was honoured at Windsor Castle for his services to music and charity. The 88-year-old dairy farmer received the honour from the Princess Royal after hosting the first Glasto’ on Worthy Farm back in 1970.
Eavis told the official Glastonbury site he was “really surprised” by the knighthood, modestly wondering “Why did they choose me?” Despite his humble reaction, the festival he created has become the largest greenfield music event worldwide, attracting around 200,000 revellers and top acts each year.
Crucially, it also raises millions annually for good causes like Greenpeace, Oxfam and WaterAid. In 2023 alone, over £3.7m was donated to charities tackling issues like homelessness, food poverty, the refugee crisis and mental health.
So while Eavis questions his deserving of the title “Sir”, few could argue he hasn’t earned it through steadfast commitment to charitable giving and pulling off the iconic festival year after year.
If you missed out this year, there are currently loads of competitions with the chance to win Glastonbury tickets. Most of these are free for anyone to enter, while a few are restricted to customers of the right phone network or energy company and some others require a purchase from the Co-op or Oxfam.
Alternatively, or if you’re lucky additionally, head beyond the mainstream for a change of pace you won’t regret and grab some tickets to one of these fantastic independent festivals.
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Anna Barclay
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