Woodsies
Welcome to Woodsies, a live music hub and alternative hang-out during the day, which comes alive as an ambient, immersive arena at night.
Taking its name from the Worthy Farm fields it occupies, the Woodsies Area combines Woodsies Main Stage with the new ambient-immersive Tree Stage, The Wood (with aerial walkways in the trees and interactive spaces) and Wood’s Bar.
Once again, Woodsies Main Stage will present an amazing range of the best of today’s music, from the Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition winners to more established and well-known Festival acts, including Four Tet, Scissor Sisters and Jorja Smith. So be prepared to have your socks blown off and your hair raised in the amazing atmosphere of the big stripey marquee in the North West Corner.
Adding to the area’s eclectic sound, the Tree Stage returns for its second-ever year as Glastonbury’s first outdoor ambient-immersive stage, hosting high-profile and emerging electronica, laid-back listening experiences, awe-inspiring audio displays and ecological conversation.
Exposed to the elements, audiences gather around a towering oak tree totem, enveloped by the festival’s first quadrophonic sound system for an intimate, reconnective experience that blurs the boundary between nature, sound, and self.
The weekend will see a lineup of boundary-pushing artists: Mary Anne Hobbs and Anna Phoebe present a unique hybrid of live DJing and violin; Yann Tiersen presents a genre-defying, expansive electronic set drawing from his 2025 album The Liquid Hour;; melt into Leon Vynehall’s new ambient work Warm Romantic; renowned techno pioneer Juan Atkins shifts frequency with a dub-inspired immersion; the swirling saxophone of Laura Misch surrounds our oak tree; Gwenno enchants with her Welsh-Cornish vocals; Arushi Jain reimagines Indian classical music through modular synth and Hinako Omori embraces us with her shimmering, dreamlike soundscapes
Don’t miss our Opening Ceremony on Wednesday at sunset as Woodsies heralds the dawn of the festival with a meditative evening featuring world-acclaimed sound recordist, Chris Watson, known for his work with the BBC and David Attenborough; expansive movement and joyful experimentation from artist, composer and vocalist bones tan jones; a journey through music and folk traditions from ‘custodian of the natural world’ Sam Lee and a bio-accoustic sound journey, ‘How to be a Whale,’ that will transform you into a creature of the depths, plus more.
MASTERY: QUANTUM SOUND will present a Closing Ceremony on Sunday night, playing with the boundaries of sound as meditation and live electronic music. Join for Cherub Sanson and Tim Wheater’s instrumental sound journey, a special ambient performance by Max Cooper, the debut of Jon Hopkins’ Embodiment Breathing experience, an ambient electronica live set from Hannah Holland and a mesmerising ambient live set by Wata Igarashi, all complemented by the immersive visual art of Jonny.tv.
Over into the wilds of The Wood and the Other Wood reflect, find shade or perhaps find yourself away from the bustle and bass of the arenas. An aerial walkway through the tree canopy takes you over Peter’s Pond. Dappled in sunlight during the day, the Woods becomes an enchanted fantasyland at night.
At The Wood’s Bar, expect rare grooves, world and jazz from our two house bands, as well as live piano and relaxing DJ sets keeping the bar alive as a vibrant and welcoming spot to quench your thirst.
Every night, from dusk till dawn, the Tolpuddle Fire is lit in the ring of great stones below the Union Castle ship. Historically connected to the Eavis family, the stones and the fire symbolise the legacy of a small group of agricultural labourers from Dorset, whose conviction, deportation to Australia and subsequent pardoning in the early 19th century became the first semblance of the trade union movement in the UK. Convivial and warming with music floating past, it is the perfect place to make friends and immerse yourself after a hard day of festivities.
A ship-shaped platform high up in the big ash tree, christened Union Castle (after the ship that took Michael Eavis on his seafaring adventures), overlooks Glastonbury Tor and the Woodsies arena.
We have planted more than 1000 new trees in Woodsies alone as part of our commitment to maintain the magic of the original Worthy Farm and to let us remember the importance of the land as a haven for wildlife.
So that’s Woodsies. Find us a stone’s throw from Silver Hayes and San Remo, just north of the river and next to the Pyramid field. We can’t wait to see you there!
