Hidden Glastonbury

[Wanderlei]

Are these hidden places any good though? Or is it just the exclusivity thing that people find appealing?

[morph100]

Are these hidden places any good though? Or is it just the exclusivity thing that people find appealing?

Depends what's happening in there sometimes you want to stay for an hour sometimes after five minutes you wanna go somewhere else, much the same as any other small part of glastonbury but it all adds to the overall amazing experience.

[jeffie]

Has anybody ever managed to find the hidden grotto?

I've only managed to find it once and that was completely by accident.

goodness nose what's behind that small door at the back? some magic artifact perhaps? or the ticket making goblins?!

What! I didn't even know it existed!

[chestwig]

I won't spoil the fun, but if you search on YouTube on Underground Piano Bar construction you can work out where it was!

Nope still can't figure it out.

[headshrinker1979]

A few years back (I assume 2011 the year U2 headlined) a couple of friends in my group found a U2 themed Karaoke bar with weird puppets. They would give you sun glasses and you'd go round the back of a little stage, put your head through the hole so it looked like you were Bono and the Edge and you sang U2 based Karaoke.

I assume this was only for 2011 but some other version of this should be there every year.

This bar was awesome!!! Sign outside said welcome to the church of the blessed Bono. Whenever i hear Where The Streets Have No Name i think of people in this bar behind that little stage singing along :-)

[bigbilly]

That's all the tunnel is. A little shortcut. Nice to tick off the list but nothing out of the ordinary.

You've found it :/)

[fingers_mark]

I found the (Water) Stone Dragon for the first time this year. Made my festival discovering it. Went back a couple of times to show friends,

Edited June 30, 2014 by fingers_mark

[LetsGoToMars]

Finally found the underground piano bar! Was in the afternoon so wasn't anything going on there. I'm more relieved to finally know whether or not it does actually exist.

[kidpresentable]

I found the Piano Bar too. Bit of an anti-climax as it was far too full to really enjoy/appreciate. Not sure about the use of the word "underground" either! It's an interesting thing to have it tucked away though and would have been great if it was a bit quieter when I arrived (late Friday night).

Edited July 1, 2014 by kidpresentable

[Vacant0]

Went to the Piano Bar on the Sunday night at about 2 in the morning. Was absolutely nuts in there. Worth the 45 minute queue and was the highlight of the festival for me.

Found the tunnel as well. Ye, it is literally just a tunnel but I've been going for seven years now and had absolutely no idea it was there until this year.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Piano Bar queue on the Sunday night was, simply, enormous.

[UEF]

There seemed to be an enormous amount of "places to be" with queues. The scene was not unlike the queues round the block of some club in Essex or Liverpool

Was a good thing all in all though, as it otherwise drew people away from other stuff. Felt rather happy to walk past the enormous queue for the ribbon tower to get the same view from the hill behind it...

[wozwebs]

Whereabouts was the Piano bar, didn't find it.

[suddyboyy]

Is the piano bar the one near the stone circle near the stone dragon?

Went in there at 5/6am on monday after watching the sunrise at the stone circle. Had to give the Irish bouncer a bump of "supplies" to get in

[Winslow Leach]

Had a horrible experience at the Piano Bar on Sunday night that put me right off it. The bouncer guy claimed they wanted more women inside, grabbed my friend by the arm and tried to drag her to the front, despite her clearly physically and verbally protesting. We had to go and stop him and then just left.

[justperfect]

I know its not as "hidden" as it was a few years ago but managed to go down the rabbit hole this year after the 8th time of asking.

was there pretty early on Fridays as nothing really stood out for me so basically walked (crawled) straight in.

Came out after a few hours and the que was massive.

thats one ticked off the list....piano bar next year

[cdm22]

I found the (Water) Stone Dragon for the first time this year. Made my festival discovering it. Went back a couple of times to show friends,

Snap. My fifth time of going and actually remembered this time to find it! T'other half didn't even know about it and this was her twelfth Glastonbury. Also walked through the (not hidden) tunnel and finally went up the ribbon tower after waiting for the best part of an hour but now ticked off the list too.

Edited July 1, 2014 by cdm22

[verrymerry]

I'm sure there was another tunnel near the stone one, just not as well made. I haven't found it since, but I'm certain it exists!

Is that grotto real? I've never heard of it either!

[gmb1992]

What about the Horridor in The Unfairground?

Is that one?

Has anyone been in there?

I went through the curtains in Bez's Acid House but got shouted back out again?

[Winslow Leach]

What about the Horridor in The Unfairground?

Is that one?

Has anyone been in there?

I went through the curtains in Bez's Acid House but got shouted back out again?

Where the hell is the Horridor? I was keeping my eye out but couldn't see it. Was it inside the Acid House?

[JGP]

Went in search of the Piano Bar this year, went up around the tipis by stone circle and asked a steward and she basically told us it's a myth so we gave up and tried to find the burrows for the rabbit hole and failed at that too.

[gmb1992]

Where the hell is the Horridor? I was keeping my eye out but couldn't see it. Was it inside the Acid House?

Yeah attached to the acid house, i wasnt there this year but last year it was just next door.

Sounds very strange too

[Winslow Leach]

Went in search of the Piano Bar this year, went up around the tipis by stone circle and asked a steward and she basically told us it's a myth so we gave up and tried to find the burrows for the rabbit hole and failed at that too.

It's not a myth, it's over the bridge by the stone dragon. Some of the music in there is cool but as i said before, some of the guys that run the place have left a bad taste in my mouth.

[Bef]

The underground rabbit hole you are talking about exist, i was there 2014 and managed to cut the que by a rabbit in a hat sucking my finger.. It wasn't the people i was with it was just the rabbit picked me.. I saw some very secret acts on the Thursday but after Thursday it tends to get very busy as words spread around and every one knows about it.. Still on the hunt for secret piano stage

[stuartbert two hats]

I'm sure there was another tunnel near the stone one, just not as well made. I haven't found it since, but I'm certain it exists!

Is that grotto real? I've never heard of it either!

I think there is another tunnel, but that's probably not the one you're thinking of, as it's staff only. The stone tunnel has received some cladding over the last few years, not sure when, but I think sometime in the noughties. I remember in being different in 2000 to now, plus it's been mentioned on here.