There is arguably no outdoor music festival more iconic than Glastonbury, annually bringing hundreds of thousands of people from across the world together for one weekend-long party. Over the years, the UK's biggest outdoor music festival has achieved legendary status, largely thanks to the sheer amount of music fans who have taken to Somerset's Worthy Farm to watch some of the biggest names in the music industry perform.
This year's event has been met with masses of excitement following a two-year break due to organisers enforcing two consecutive fallow years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Up to 200,000 people are set to descend onto the site to enjoy all the iconic festival has to offer.
But what exactly does the long-running festival celebrate and what are its objectives?
