‘None of us knew we’d have babies when we bought our tickets!’ The joys of bringing your young child to Glastonbury

‘My favourite bit is the bouncy castle’ … Grace with her mum and dad Emma and Mike Ainslie, from Shrewsbury. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

Billie Eilish became the youngest ever Glastonbury headliner when she played the festival on Friday night at the age of 20 – but she is certainly not the youngest attendee. After two years of Covid cancellations, many of this year’s festival-goers were joined by young children they didn’t necessarily expect to have with them when they bought their tickets. Here’s how some of them got on.

Ophelia (11 months), with Molly and Jack Lumb, from Manchester