The day has finally arrived, the first Glastonbury Festival 2024 ticket (plus coach travel) go on sale tonight (Nov 16). Festival-goers and music lovers from around the globe will be heading online in various time zones to get their hands on those all-important tickets.
For those who don’t remember, festival organisers decided to postpone the original sales, which were due to take place on Thursday, November 2 and Sunday, November 5. However, after a debacle with the pre-2020 registrations, which people were emailed about to renew and update, the organisers delayed the sales by two weeks so people still had a chance.
Ticket sales will take place this evening for general tickets plus coach travel at 6pm (GMT). On Sunday, November 19 at 9am (GMT), fans will be able to buy general admission tickets.
Keen festival punters were given another chance to renew or reapply for registration, after a number of people missed the emails sent by the festival organisers about warning for those who registered before 2020. Glastonbury bosses then gave one final warning on October 30, when the registration closed.
However, many music fans found their accounts had been deleted or failed to update with new information. At the eleventh hour, festival organisers shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, to announce the delay.
The official Glastonbury Festival account posted: “This year's Glastonbury ticket sale has been moved back by two weeks. This is to ensure that everyone who would like to buy a ticket is registered and therefore eligible to purchase one. The new dates for Glastonbury ticket sale are as follows: TICKETS PLUS COACH TRAVEL ON SALE AT 6PM GMT, THURSDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER, GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ON SALE AT 9AM GMT, SUNDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER.
"Following this year's Festival, we alerted everyone with a registration which pre-dated 2020 of a scheduled review of the details held by See Tickets in the Glastonbury Festival registration database. This was in order to ensure that the details we hold are current and that we do not store individuals' information for any longer than is necessary. These registrants were asked to take action to confirm their registration if they wished to keep it.
"As always, registration was then closed on Monday (30th October) ahead of the ticket sale. Unfortunately, it has come to light that some individuals hoping to buy tickets for 2024 have discovered after Monday's registration deadline that they are no longer registered, despite believing they were.
"Out of fairness to those individuals, we will be re-opening the window for registration at 12 noon on Monday, 6th November. It will remain open until 5pm on Monday, 13th November. We urge everyone hoping to buy a ticket to Glastonbury 2024 to either check their existing registration https://glas.to/lookup now or submit new registration, which remains free of charge, at https://glastonburyregistration.co.uk, from 12 noon on Monday.
"We apologise for the late change to the ticket sale dates, but we want to ensure that everyone who would like to buy a ticket for next year's Festival is able to confirm their registration ahead of the sale."
However, it is now too late to register, so if you haven’t you will not be able to try for tickets in this week’s sales. So those of you who have managed to get your registration sorted, what can you expect from this week’s ticket sales?
When do Glastonbury Festival 2024 tickets go on sale?
If you need one final reminder, tickets plus coach travel options go on sale at 6pm GMT tonight (Thursday, November 16). Those looking for general admission tickets will have to try their lunch on Sunday, November 19 at 9am GMT).
Where can you buy them?
Tickets will be exclusively sold at glastonbury.seetickets.com, so don’t be fooled by ticket touts or third party companies flogging tickets. It’s important to remember that SEE Tickets are the only company authorised to sell tickets for Glastonbury Festival.
All tickets for the festival are individually personalised to the named ticket holder and are strictly non-transferable. You can book up to six tickets per transaction, and will need to pay a deposit for each person.
Glastonbury Festival 2024 ticket prices
There has been an increase for next year’s tickets. For 2024, tickets cost £355 plus a £5 booking fee, of which a £75 deposit which is payable when booking in November.
If you’re purchasing a coach ticket, the total price will also include the fare. The full balance is payable in the first week of April 2024 (from 9am BST on Monday, April 1 to 11.59pm BST on Sunday, April 7).
Return coach prices range from £44 (Bristol) to £151 (Edinburgh), while it’s possible to get single journeys from Bath, Bristol, London, Reading and Taunton.
