‘The Variety Bazaar’ won’t be like Glastonbury, apparently

So, you know how Michael Eavis dropped the bombshell that when Glastonbury moves to a new location in 2019 he wants to rename it ‘The Variety Bazaar’? Well, he’s kind of cleared all that up a bit.

He and Emily Eavis recently did a webchat with The Guardian, and they said that The Variety Bazaar wouldn’t be taking place until 2021. Then, Emily revealed what their plans were for the coming years: “I think we’re most likely going to come back [to Glastonbury] in 2019 after the fallow year in 2018, when there will be no event. Then 2020 is our 50th anniversary. And 2021, we may then do a show somewhere else, which we’re calling the Variety Bazaar. But none of this is set in stone.”

She also confirmed that it wasn’t going to replace Glastonbury, but rather would be a unique, stand-alone event: “It’s not going to be exactly the same. It will be unique. With the same team, but crafted into a new event. Like a sister festival. We’re not going to just try to roll out Glastonbury 100 miles away.”

Despite this, it’ll apparently still be on the same scale as Glasto. But since they’re planning to hold The Variety Bazaar every five years, and never run it alongside Glasto, maybe it won’t be too much pressure.

And are you still wondering why it’s called The Variety Bazaar? Michael let us know: “There was a shop in our local town, Shepton Mallet, years and years ago, run by three sisters, which sold all sorts of stuff – everything from knitting to books to cream cakes. And the name of the shop was the Variety Bazaar. I mentioned it to Emily and she loved it.” Okay then.