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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Rosie Mullender

‘Like winning a golden ticket’: how Glastonbury’s traders thrive off of good vibes

Traders Yeshi and Julie from Taste Tibet (left) and Gillian from Eco Print Textiles  Yeshi and Julie from Taste Tibet; Taste Tibet pop up; Gillian from Eco Print Textiles
Traders Yeshi and Julie from Taste Tibet (left) and Gillian from Eco Print Textiles. Composite: Jamie Lai

A five-day event spread over more than 360 hectares at Worthy Farm in Somerset, the Glastonbury Festival takes a full year of planning, with about 3,000 staff and volunteers working behind the scenes to help make the festival a bucket-list event for 200,000 or more revellers.

Among the staff are almost 800 vendors selling everything from food and drink to upcycled clothing, handmade jewellery and art. Whether they’re busy building up stock and testing new products or making sure the payment network at the festival won’t let them down, these vendors spend weeks planning their crucial contribution to the Glastonbury experience.

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