How Old is too old?!

[SammyN]

I am trying to convince a friend of mine to get a Glasto ticket if and when they go on re sale following the cancellations and she hit back saying that she was too old to go to a festival (She is only 36)!

I am a Glasto virgin but have been to my fair share of other festivals over previous years, but need help to try and explain how Glasto differs from the norm!

[FunkyDenz]

There's no maximum age, it's ability that is important.

Loads of people in their 50s and 60s go, and some older folks too. Seem to remember a thread by someone in their 70s who was going to support their grandson on the BBC Introducing Stage.

[sisterofmercy]

You're never too old for Glasto!

36 isn't old anyway, my mum and dad have been going for at least 10 years now, and they're only 42, plus they intend to go for as long as they can afford it.

Glastonbury isn't full of 14 year olds and pissed up students (well, not JUST full of pissed up students), there's plenty of diversity and there's something for everyone, the site is enormous afterall. I think as long as you're physically up to the challenge of camping and walking a lot, then you can go at any age, I've seen people there who look like they're about 80 and they still seem to enjoy it.

[4AssedMonkey]

We went to our first Glasto this year and I'm 34, my tow mates are older (37 and 39 I think) and we were thinking we may be too old and stand out. Not a chance. There are all sizes, shapes, ages, in fact it's probably the most diverse group of people I've ever seen in one place, from 3 generations of 1 family, to groups of teenage students, to retired couples. Go for it.

[DaveMac]

It isn't your physical age that counts at Glasto it's your attitude that matters !

There are lots of old ravers like me about and many others older and younger who make up Glasto's wide diversity.

If your friend keeps an open mind and gets involved with the Festival rather than being a spectator she will be fine. This place is a tonic to everyday crappy life !

Too old for Glasto ? No chance !!

Edited October 17, 2009 by DaveMac

[grumpyhack]

I started my festival going at the age of 18 with the Bath Blues Fest in 1968, followed by Shepton Mallet in 69, which mutated into Glastonbury in 1970. I still do at least three fests a year including Glasto. It's not hard to work out that I'll be 60 come next year's Glasto.

We have a regular group of five who go to Glasto - most of us late 50s and one who's 62. So if 36 is too old we've got no chance!

I don't know what your friend's reservation is about. If it's the camping bit that shouldn't be a problem. Over the years our festival-going approach has changed. We now take much more equipment to ensure we can still enjoy a few creature comforts and in 2010 we'll be taking a trailer tent.

If it's about the music then answers can be found in the multitude of threads along the lines of "it's not just about the music." At Glasto you'll find music to suit all tastes and ages. Remember one of the greatest performances in recent times came from Leonard Cohen, then aged 73. But Glasto really does offer so much more. You can spend a couple of wonderful days in the craft or healing fields and not even visit a main stage.

If it's about the people your friend will be definately out-aged by a large number of Glasto goers and she certainly won't be an oldie.

[FunkyDenz]

I've seen people there who look like they're about 80 and they still seem to enjoy it.

[sisterofmercy]

They're probably about 20 but have overdone the MDMA.

[Mardy]

I think 26 is the upper age limit. They check you, and if you've not got id proving you're under 26, you can't come in, which is pretty fair, I think. Otherwise it'd be full of old people.

[Buddhafish]

I'm 40, and I usually meet up with my 52 year old uncle. I think anyone under 30 should be banned.

[strudders]

30 is too old.....

anybody who turns 30 whilst on site will have a blinking red light on there palm, once this turns black they are taken up to the stone circle and sacrificed to the god of Evis......

[SammyN]

Ok maybe I should have asked how young was too young?! Maybe I will just give her my ticket and be done with it seeing us i fall in the under 30 age bracket!!

[doubledutch]

Ok maybe I should have asked how young was too young?! Maybe I will just give her my ticket and be done with it seeing us i fall in the under 30 age bracket!!

[jasper in the rye]

im 50 and god willing hope to be going for the next 10 years

[.jay.]

the way i see it is if you feel you are too old then you probably are, just drag her kicking and screaming then after she will realise how deluded she really is!

[toooldtoknowbetter]

I went on my own last year - a Glasto virgin aged 46.

This year I took two mates who'd never been before - they are 48 and 55.

Hope your friend got a ticket and has a great time.

[sums98]

TOO OLD at 36?......give over

[rischbrit]

One of our group is 64 he has a bus pass and everything but comes to Glasto each year and can out dance/drink the rest of us!!!! when we are tired he wants to carry on!!!! Don't be daft you're not too old for Glasto!

[bob parkhurst]

I think 26 is the upper age limit. They check you, and if you've not got id proving you're under 26, you can't come in, which is pretty fair, I think. Otherwise it'd be full of old people.

[maninkilt]

43

[grumpyhack]

I've used this description many times before when trying to explain about Glasto. It's like going through the back of the wardrobe in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Narnia books. You go through the gates and enter a magical world where all 'normal' rules are suspended for a week. You meet new people in a non-judgemental way - they can be from all backgrounds but share a common love of the festival.

Age, background, employment (or lack of) become irrelevant.

[eve & nash]

None of us have ever been to Glastonbury before and the ages range from 30 to 47 TBH I have no problem over my age at festivals (unlike the real world) even at Leeds I felt totally at home and that place has a rep for being a unruly playground full of silly little children

[Lucanesque]

38, Glasto virgin, camping virgin... closest I've been to a tent is supping champagne at a wedding.

Off out to the local rec now to (try and) stick up my new tent for the first time, and then next week will be spending a night on a campsite to road test it proper.

So, no, 36 surely can't be too old

[MikeyB37]

38, Glasto virgin, camping virgin... closest I've been to a tent is supping champagne at a wedding.

[lynneyt]

this year I saw a woman who looked like she was in her mid-late 60's, carrying a flag which said 'Gran and grandad - Glasto virgins 09'