A ticket to the first Glastonbury event in 1970 cost £1. That admission price covered the one-day Pop, Blues & Folk Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.
The festival was organised by farmer Michael Eavis and attracted roughly 1,500 people. Although £1 sounds tiny today, the ticket was part of a small-scale event built around live music, camping and an alternative counterculture atmosphere. The price also helped distinguish the 1970 festival from the following year’s event, which was free to attend.
The 1970 bill included Tyrannosaurus Rex, Steamhammer, Quintessence, Stackridge and other progressive, folk and blues-oriented performers. The event’s modest finances were a major contrast with the huge commercial operation Glastonbury later became.
Inflation comparisons can be misleading: a modern equivalent depends on the measure used and the year chosen. The quiz asks for the historical face-value price, not its present-day purchasing power. In contemporary terms, the key fact is simply that the original ticket cost one pound.