Newbie questions

[Mr Boogie]

Every year I mean to get tickets for Glastonbury but miss out due to lac of planning, but I've finally cracked... I have to go next year and will do what it takes to get tics. This might sound like a stupid question but what is the general age range of people who go? I'm 29 and wondering if I'd be the oldest f***er there (frankly).

Also think I might struggle to get a large group of folks together (or even any) seeing as how everybody is doing ridiculous things like getting married and saving cash... so do people ever go by themselves?

Free drinks next year for whoever tells me what I want to hear!

[Girlwiththemostcake]

Haha, definitely not the oldest there. It was my 46 year old husband's first time and he commented at how many "really old people" were there!

You definitely don't need to go in a large group to enjoy yourself. I believe a group of people from here who were going alone all camped together.

[airwaves]

Oh I dream of being 'only' 46, and as for 29...............

I went to my first when I was 46.

At 62 I've just done my 14th in a row.

Here's to 2015

[Georgeh]

There as 6 of us this year age's range from 19 to 60 We all did our own things & met up at various times for a beer & exchange stories.

[TheNewUnion]

I'm 40, was chatting to a lady in her 60's before Lily Allen who told me that this was the first Glastonbury her mother had missed in years. Her mother was 82.

In the Chat forum there was a thread for solo travellers, loads went on their own and there are a few scheduled get togethers that some guys on here arrange so if you have to go it alone you'd be in good company.

Edited July 1, 2014 by TheNewUnion

[mandb]

Any age goes - it really does. Saw a grey haired old lady on the shoulders of a younger guy watching Blondie. She was having a wail of a time. when I spoke to her later she said he was her Grand Son - that is the spirit of Glastonbury and by no means unusual. No other festival gives you that

[frostypaw]

You don't have a single thing to worry about. You're probably a bit lower than the average, though never sure how many nippers there

You can do it alone but at least find a group to camp with so you have some familiar faces and folk to do stuff with now and then - too much happens not to talk about it

[LRMD]

I went for the first time this year, we are 37, there was a mix really, lots of young people and a fair few older ones, families, couples, groups, kids, all sorts!

[Scubabe]

I'm 36, I went this year for the first time, and I went solo, and I didn't feel out of place

[kalifire]

Ditto. 36 this year and went alone. There were loads of people older than me, and loads younger too. Neither group seemed to care much about age. The whole thing's beyond that.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I've been going for quite a few years and have always seen older people than me attend - even this year at the grand age of 49. I'd say that I would feel out of place at some other festivals, but not Glastonbury. If Michael Eavis can get around the site at 78 then that allows a lot of scope for other slightly younger people to give it a go.

Lots of people go by themselves and often arrange to meet up with each other via this site.

[Mr Boogie]

Thanks for all the replies! Assuming I can get a tic then I'll deliver on the promise of a cider next June!

[rischbrit]

My first time was 29. Went with a group that had been going for years and I was one of the youngest. One of the group was 67. He was the last one up at night and the first up in the morning! Put us all to shame!

[pentura]

You can never be too old to attend the festival!

[Pear_Cider]

I'm 58 and one of the younger ones. At 29 you're a mere whippersnapper!! I went on my own last year...loads of people do...it's all good

[craigyb31]

We was talking to to old couples at the side of the glade on the Saturday, they started discussing Metallica and said they weren't going to see them because of the bear hunting thing so was going to see Pixies instead, they were between 60 and 70 easily, they finished off by saying goodbye because they wanted to see Kodaline. Your never too old

[toppo]

Saw a great sign/arty installation type thing in green fields.

YOU'RE NEVER TO OLD TO BEGIN YOUR CHILDHOOD

Which I can totally relate to regarding the festival

[jeffie]

1997, I was 34 for my first. Been almost every year ever since. I'll let you do the maths...

[Kellg80]

My first this year, I'm 34 husband is 35 and kids 9 and 4 .

[quiet guy]

Started going when Iwas 32 back in 1999 and been to everyone since. Your never to old or young.

[grumpyhack]

I'll officially be an OAP (65) by the time of the next Glasto. But as long as I'm younger than some of the headliner's I've seen - Dolly who was 68 this year, Joan Baez when she was 69 and Leonard Cohen who was superb at the age of 74 - I reckon I'm in with a chance.

The biggest limitation will be when I find it hard to walk around the site but, hopefully, that's still a fair way off.

[sedra]

I'm 54, the people I were with or knew were there were 34, 42, 60, 35, 10, 6, 40, 50, 17, 20, 68. There are children from a few weeks old to 70's/80 year old and everyone in between - it truly is the festival for all. I did think there were less school age children there this this year tho prob due to new rules.

[BA4 4BY]

Went for the first time in 2007 at the age of 41 and have been every year since, the last 3 have been solo. There's nothing like it in the whole world, just do it.

[Ruwise]

I was 33 when I first went. I think the Glastonbury you want to experience may change with age but the great thing about it is that it is so diverse there is room to do completely different things. I know 2 sets of friends who went this year and we probably only have about 1 act in common that we all saw.

[phil the shrew]

29 is not old in Glasto terms, what's great about the festival is the age range and the flexibility of the site to accommodate all ages and tastes.

What you might want to do before going is a bit of research on camping areas and schedules and stages.

Some camping areas attract a noisier late night crowd, whilst others are more laid back older crowd where you can get a bit of kip each night. Some of the late night areas and dance village also tend to have a slightly younger crowd, but somewhere like Avalon or West Holts tends to be a bit older. Although all stages have a pretty mixed age range