AS THE weekend of Glastonbury Festival 2025 begins to grow into a memory, and the incredible scenes of the most historic music festival in the world become snapshots on our Instagram feed, we are revisiting the event with photographer Eve Louisa.
From the rucksacks piled high with water guns – the perfect weapon for 30 degree heat, to the smiley face that appeared in the sky when Chic played their Sunday Pyramid stage set, relive or relish in the festival of the year.
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Each photo explores the underbelly of Glastonbury. Less about the glitz and glamour of the big stages, it looks out at the hundreds of tents that expand across the fields of Worthy Farm, the build-up of bin bags, and the various flags that fly high. Louisa draws us into a detailed painting that feels more familiar to us.
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Pairs of legs brushing against each other, toes being stood on followed by apologetic murmurs, all in an attempt to get up to the eye-line of your favourite DJ.
Merging into the anonymous crowd, the heat from the people as you pass is sticky — like a melting lollipop stick covered in fluff. It’s almost unbearable. But as the beats drop and you’re dancing with your chosen family, a breeze kicks in, and suddenly it all feels more than worth it.
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Despite the smell of the porta-loos and the ground that in the heat of June 2025 leaves dust clouds that coat your lungs, festivals dominate British culture. They are a strange phenomenon and cause hundreds of thousands of people, myself included, to be in enchanted with their chaotic charm. It is Glastonbury festival that is the ultimate confirmation of the joy, laughter and connection that can be found within them.
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
Glastonbury Festival 2025. Photograph: Eve Louisa
by Ellis Dowle