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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Olivia Petter

‘I used to have to leave events like this’: Glastonbury’s biggest change this year is how it caters for neurodivergent people

Writer Olivia Petter takes a break from the chaos (and heat) at one of the festival’s five Sensory Calm Spaces - (Olivia Petter)

Nobody comes to Glastonbury to relax. With 200,000 people on site, countless musical acts to see, and miles of farmland to traipse across, it couldn’t be a less conducive atmosphere for calming your nervous system.

The music is loud and everything else somehow feels even louder. Most of us dive in headfirst, thinking we’ll just keep calm and carry on until the dreaded Monday morning return. Of course, for the neurodivergent, it’s not quite so simple.

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