The farm where the cows make way for music

摘要

Rachael Porter has been to see the Somerset farm that hosts one of the world's biggest outdoor festivals. Summer is a busy time for milk producers Michael and Jean Eavis. Not just because they make 2,000t of silage to feed their 250 cows, but becausethey also hold the largest outdoor event in the world when Worthy Farm, at Pilton, Somerset, becomes the venue for the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. Every June, music replaces milk and hoards of people oust the herd - 80,000 passed through the turnstiles in 1994 - to spend three days being entertained by live music, theatre and cinema. Michael's interest began back in 1970 after a visit to the Bath Blues Festival With a handful of pop and folk stars and a lorry-load of scaffolding, he decided to stage a weekend event himself Admission was pound 1.00, including free milk.