Glastonbury Festival Origins

The forgotten origins of the original Glastonbury Festival, Rutland Boughton's Pre-War Classical Music Commune among the Ancient Mists of Avalon.....With additional commentary on Michael Eavis's own much overlooked contribution to the musical mainstreaming of many New Age ideas. Short extract from Rupert Ferguson's 'Voices of Albion: Levellers, Luddites, Diggers and Dongas in Traditional Myth and Folklore', with cameo appearance from veteran Ambient dj Mixmaster Morris.




For more about this Summer's screening of 'Strange Myths of King's Cross' at September's Portobello Film Festival, go to:

http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com


For more about his book on 'Legendary London' go to:

http://www.nascr.net/~rupertferguson/Acklink.htm

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Glastonbury
• Festival
• Michael
• Eavis
• Rutland
• Boughton
• Mixmaster
• Morris
• Ambient
• Trance
• Techno
• New
• Age

[ftooc]

The Glastonbury Festival came about because Michael Eavis had and still has an overwhelming love of music. It came to Glastonbury because that's where his dairy farm was. It isn't and never has been anything to do with the hippys that thought it was somehow their 'chosen' festival. Bullshit!

[Merlinhedd]

@ftooc the original Glastonbury Festival as created by Bligh Bond was Pre-Second World War and had nothing whatsoever with Eavis or the Hippies Mr. Know It All!!

[ftooc]

Cosmological divine plan? All churches face north!!

[Merlinhedd]

@ftooc ever studied their architectural dimensions or geometrical design?

[rockchick80s]

Thanks for sharing Merlinhedd, never been there and never realised the history behind it. Fascinating as always.