The dairy farm on which the Glastonbury Festival is held is Worthy Farm.
Worthy Farm is in Pilton, Somerset, between the villages of Pilton and Pylle, about six miles east of the town of Glastonbury. It is owned by Michael Eavis, a dairy farmer who founded the festival after being inspired by the 1970 Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music.
The first event took place at Worthy Farm on 19 September 1970 under the name Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival. About 1,500 people attended, paying £1 for entry, which included free milk from the farm. The event later developed into the much larger Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts.
A common mix-up is confusing the festival’s name with its location. Although the event is called Glastonbury, the site is not in the town of Glastonbury itself. During the festival, the working dairy farm temporarily becomes a vast performance site, then returns to agricultural use.