Day One Of Glastonbury Festival 2025 In Pictures

6 days ago

Emma Hallett & Lili Sheppard

BBC News, Somerset

Yui Mok/PA Media Acrobats and circus performers take part in the opening ceremony in the Pyramid Arena at Glastonbury Festival. There are red fireworks going off around the stage. — The Pyramid Stage opened with a theatre and circus show for the first time since 1990

Under cloudy skies thousands of people descended on Glastonbury Festival earlier as music lovers spent the day carrying, pushing and pulling a week’s worth of possessions across the green grass and mud tracks of the site.

Festival founder Michael Eavis also put in a rare appearance much to the joy of those entering the site.

Once at their chosen camping grounds it was time to relax and prepare for what’s to come.

Reuters Michael Eavis smiles and waves at the camera from the window of his van

The audience at the immersive aerial performance were asked to tune in and hum along to the movements of a digital cyclist on screen at the Pyramid Stage, creating a “collective soundscape”.

Glastonbury organisers described the performance, named The Dreamweaver’s Journey, as a “beautiful chaos of sound”.

Yui Mok/PA Media A woman wearing a long white dress standing on a tall stilt on stage. She is holding up a large floaty piece of white material. — Acrobats and singers took part in an immersive performance

PA Media Man pushes modified wheelie bin across grass with bags and sleeping equipment in

A wheelie great idea: One man turned heads as he brought his festival gear onto the farm in a modified wheelie bin.

Rear shot of man and woman carrying tents and belongings on their back as they walk along gravel

A balancing act: People head into the festival with all of their belongings on their back.

Reuters/ Jaimi Joy Acrobats perform at the Pyramid arena during Glastonbury Festival, there is a large screen to the right of the stage and bright sparks around the stage. — Crowds were encouraged to sing along to the “breath-taking aerial odyssey”

The iconic Pyramid Stage sits in the centre of the photo with screens either side and tents in front

Opening ceremony: For the first time since 1990, the Festival will officially open with a Theatre and Circus act on the Pyramid Stage at 22:00 BST.