Object number
2009/38/3
Title
Glastonbury Festival 1997,
Collection
Exhibition
Description
A flyer for the 1997 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts.
This is an A4 flyer for the 1997 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. The design includes the title and dates of the festival, information about ticket prices and contact numbers, and a quoatation reading: 'Legend tells of the enchanted city, which appears for just three days a year, at mid-summer, in the flowering meadows of the Vale of Avalon. And 'tis said that there may be found entrancing music, amazing spectacle and strange wonders beyond compare.'
Physical description
A4 sized advertising flyer printed on paper; colour printing on front and black & white on back
Label Text
Glastonbury Music Festival Posters // 1997 and 1999, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset. Glastonbury Festival attracts music lovers from all over the world to a farm in rural Somerset to share the enjoyment of music. Both music and being in the countryside are beneficial to mental health. // However, the experience of being around such large crowds can also be overwhelming. Alcohol and drug use associated with the Festival can also have an impact on mental health. There are Welfare Centres on site as well as the Samaritans for those seeking help. The Accessible Campsite is also a calm space for people to go during the Festival. // The first poster depicts a calming rural farm scene with people dancing. The second shows the psychedelic effect of music, drugs, and alcohol using bright colours and the merging forms of people. // MERL 2009/38/3 and 2009/38/5.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – '6 A4 flyers for the Glastonbury Festival for the years 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000. // Printed on paper, colour printing on front, black + white printing on back. // ... Purchased as part of the Collecting 20th c Rural Culture project', MERL OLIB database note – 'Depositor attended the Galstonbury Festival from the 1970s.'
Production date
1997 - 1997
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