Glastonbury 2027 tickets: Sale times, booking rules and mistakes to avoid

Glastonbury 2027 tickets go on sale this week, with coach packages available on Thursday 1 October and general admission on Sunday 4 October. Registration for the October sales has already closed, so the festival’s booking rules now matter most to people hoping to secure a place.

The sale dates were announced by Glastonbury on 8 September. A BBC guide published on 29 September brought together common booking pitfalls and advice from regular festival-goers. Some of those suggestions are personal experience; the festival’s published instructions provide the confirmed rules.

When are the sales, and who can buy?

Tickets with coach travel go on sale at 18:00 BST on Thursday 1 October. General admission opens at 09:00 BST on Sunday 4 October. The festival says its tickets are sold exclusively through glastonbury.seetickets.com; no other site or agency has been allocated them.

Anyone aged 13 or over on 23 June 2027 must have an individual registration to try for a ticket. Registration closed at 17:00 BST on Friday 25 September and will not reopen until after the October sales. Someone buying for a group needs each person’s registration number and corresponding postcode, according to the festival.

What will a booking cost?

A full weekend general admission ticket costs £408, including a £5 booking fee, plus £11.25 postage and packing per order. A coach booking also carries the coach fare and a £3 administration fee. The festival allows up to six tickets in one transaction, with a £100 deposit for each person when booking.

The remaining £308 per ticket is due between 1 and 7 April 2027, alongside the applicable postage and packing. The festival is scheduled for 23 to 27 June 2027 at Worthy Farm. It says a ticket includes five nights’ camping and access to more than 4,000 performances across over 100 stages.

How the online queue works

The festival says people already on its ticket page when a sale begins will be assigned places in a random queue. Those arriving after the start will join at the back. It advises being online at least 10 minutes before opening, while making clear through the random allocation that arriving early does not secure a favourable position.

Use one browser tab and avoid refreshing once in the queue, the festival says. Multiple tabs can disrupt the sales process and cause a transaction to fail; refreshing or using multiple devices can also cost a buyer their place. The BBC’s account of entering the waiting room early should be read in light of the festival’s random queue allocation.

Once a buyer reaches the booking page, the festival allows five minutes to complete the transaction. It advises having payment details ready and access to any device needed for card-issuer security checks. Tickets are allocated only after payment is processed, so reaching the page alone does not secure them.

If the booking page hangs, the festival suggests pressing the browser’s back button once and continuing from there. If that fails, it says to close the browser and start again. It also cautions against continuing to refresh more than 10 minutes after entering details, when access to the page may have expired.

Coach choices and personal tips

A coach booking requires a departure town and day that work for the group. The festival says travel on the selected coach is mandatory to receive the ticket, and a coach package cannot later be changed to general admission. Buyers should therefore check the route before paying the deposit.

Paul Farrugia, an unofficial Glastonbury guidebook author whom the BBC describes as a ten-time attendee, suggests checking with a bank that See Tickets is recognised as a trusted merchant. He also told the BBC that people trying from the same home could be disadvantaged by sharing an IP address. That is his advice, not a confirmed festival rule or a proven way to improve queue placement.

SJ Smallpage, who runs Glastonbury fan groups, told the BBC to press back once if a booking page crashes after the queue rather than repeatedly refreshing. That aligns with the festival’s published fallback for a hanging page. Buyers still face a random queue and limited tickets; none of these steps guarantees a booking.