Djing at Glastonbury

[westholtschic]

Good afternoon.

I''m already going to be at Glastonbury volunteering with FMS but would love to DJ at Glastonbury for free. I have already played a couple of local festivals but it would be a dream come true to play at the festival for free. I play Soul, Motown, Funk, Disco and Northern Soul.

Does anyone know who is the best person/s to contact please ? Thank you.

[incident]

There's no one person, there's not even a defined group of people.

Once you get past the main 5ish stages, pretty much every stage or area has it's own distinct management who book acts. So basically I'd suggest making a list of each of the possible places you think would suit you best, and then contacting them individually - most of them will have Facebook and/or Twitter pages.

You can go to them saying that you've already got a wristband, which is a definite advantage as there's a real shortage of them on smaller stages so make sure you say that up front. It also helps if you're prepared to play at a less desirable time ie when your favourite ever band is headlining the Pyramid - I've talked to a manager of a very small stage in the past, and he constantly got E-Mails along the lines of "We'd love to play on your stage, how about Thursday evening and we'd need 4 wristbands for the band and another 4 for our partners" - those E-Mails just got deleted immediately.

[westholtschic]

2 minutes ago, incident said:

There's no one person, there's not even a defined group of people.

Once you get past the main 5ish stages, pretty much every stage or area has it's own distinct management who book acts. So basically I'd suggest making a list of each of the possible places you think would suit you best, and then contacting them individually - most of them will have Facebook and/or Twitter pages.

You can go to them saying that you've already got a wristband, which is a definite advantage as there's a real shortage of them on smaller stages so make sure you say that up front. It also helps if you're prepared to play at a less desirable time ie when your favourite ever band is headlining the Pyramid - I've talked to a manager of a very small stage in the past, and he constantly got E-Mails along the lines of "We'd love to play on your stage, how about Thursday evening and we'd need 4 wristbands for the band and another 4 for our partners" - those E-Mails just got deleted immediately.

Thank you very much 

[CaledonianGonzo]

There was a competition this year to DJ at the Rum Shack but it was late afternoon when the main stages were all at full pelt and the it basically warned the winners that the venue was unlikely to be busy.

[august1]

Dont see why you cant reach out to a few stages, maybe with a link some of our work/perfomances if you have them?

Chances are you'll be playing to about 3 people tbh, but you can say you've played Glastonbury?!

[stuartbert two hats]

@Sawdusty Surfer do you have any names that are publicly passable on?

[westholtschic]

Thank you very much 

[Madyaker]

1 hour ago, westholtschic said:

Good afternoon.

I''m already going to be at Glastonbury volunteering with FMS but would love to DJ at Glastonbury for free. I have already played a couple of local festivals but it would be a dream come true to play at the festival for free. I play Soul, Motown, Funk, Disco and Northern Soul.

Does anyone know who is the best person/s to contact please ? Thank you.

There are places in the south east corner that do open decks sessions early in the day, not sure how it works though. You need to pick which areas you think would be best suited and contact them individually @Ddiamondd might have useful info?

Edited October 12, 2019 by Madyaker

[ghostdancer1]

if you have a mixcloud/soundcloud account with some sets, I'd include a link when contacting them

[lukethekid]

I’d like to have a go at this but as said it’s not like you’re gonna be playing to a massive crowd and it would probably feel a bit of an anticlimax after hyping yourself up for it. 

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

if you have a mixcloud/soundcloud account with some sets, I'd include a link when contacting them

and maybe something we could have a listen to to 

[lukethekid]

3 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

and maybe something we could have a listen to to 

The pressure’s on

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, lukethekid said:

The pressure’s on

no pressure ... ive no doubt it will be 100 times better than I could ever do  

[westholtschic]

 

Thank you all very much. I don't care if I only have one person dancing. I don't have a mix but here is my radio show that I do fortnightly if you would like a laugh!

 

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Soundart_Radio/lets-groove-01032019

 

[august1]

slight tangent to this and I know there is the efest meet up. A efests/secretglasto party/DJ set would be decent. Obviously anyone could come. Could get a decent crowd

[Peter_Quaife]

1 hour ago, westholtschic said:

 

Thank you all very much. I don't care if I only have one person dancing. I don't have a mix but here is my radio show that I do fortnightly if you would like a laugh!

 

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Soundart_Radio/lets-groove-01032019

 

Funky like a train! Had a wee wiz through the show, very good! 

[Crazyfool01]

as its Saturday night ..... ITs a 9 from me and its providing my listening for the evening ... Thanks  

2 hours ago, westholtschic said:

 

Thank you all very much. I don't care if I only have one person dancing. I don't have a mix but here is my radio show that I do fortnightly if you would like a laugh!

 

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Soundart_Radio/lets-groove-01032019

 

 

[dotdash79]

The open arms had a open set thingy, I saw a sign about it. 
 

In face one of the best moments of the festival was at about 2 am on the Sunday/Monday seeing a man dressed as a wizard playing load of piano old school records and about 100 people turning up from no where to rave. 

[westholtschic]

1 hour ago, august1 said:

slight tangent to this and I know there is the efest meet up. A efests/secretglasto party/DJ set would be decent. Obviously anyone could come. Could get a decent crowd

Would be an honour to play at this 

[lukethekid]

3 hours ago, westholtschic said:

 

Thank you all very much. I don't care if I only have one person dancing. I don't have a mix but here is my radio show that I do fortnightly if you would like a laugh!

 

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Soundart_Radio/lets-groove-01032019

 

Is right lad, hope you get to spin on Worthy Farm. 

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[westholtschic]

4 minutes ago, lukethekid said:

Is right lad, hope you get to spin on Worthy Farm. 

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Thank you 

[westholtschic]

50 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

as its Saturday night ..... ITs a 9 from me and its providing my listening for the evening ... Thanks  

 

Thank you 

[westholtschic]

1 hour ago, Peter_Quaife said:

Funky like a train! Had a wee wiz through the show, very good! 

Thank you 

[philipsteak]

6 hours ago, august1 said:

 

Chances are you'll be playing to about 3 people tbh, but you can say you've played Glastonbury?!

The year the Stones played I got chatting to a guy who'd DJ'd a little tent somewhere on the Saturday. We decided he could legitimately tell his kids that he'd once supported The Rolling Stones

[CaledonianGonzo]

So can Richard Ashcroft, but everyone just roasts him 24 hours a day.