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Massive Migrations

The Glastonbury Festival


Every year, upwards of 135,000 music fans camp among stages in the fields of Glastonbury, a small town in Somerset, England. The influx of people who come from all around the world for the weekend festival swells the population roughly 1,560 percent.


Photo caption: Overhead Glastonbury Festival site (2002)   Credit: Chris Drake / CC BY-SA 2.0

Sources:
» Glastonbury, UK website
» BBC. "Music Festival Tickets sell out." October 5, 2009