“It's a big, warm, beautiful thing that surrounds you with gentle weirdness, essentially”: Glastonbury’s ambient-focused Tree Stage returns, complete with a quadrophonic sound system and Jon Hopkins’ Embodiment Breathing experience

Glastonbury Festival Tree Stage.

A lot of the Glastonbury Festival headlines are taken by… well, the headliners, but, as regular visitors to Worthy Farm will tell you, a lot of the most interesting action is happening away from the Pyramid Stage and other big arenas.

Take the Tree Stage, for example: established in 2024 as part of the Woodsies area, this is set to return for the 2025 festival, which kicks off tomorrow (25th June) and runs until Sunday. Set beneath a canopy of oak trees, this is a place to relax rather than rave, and features Glastonbury’s first quadrophonic ambient sound system.