How to watch Glastonbury 2024: Everything you need to know to stream the UK festival from anywhere

How to watch Glastonbury 2024

Headliners: Coldplay, Dua Lipa, SZA
Streaming starts: Friday 28 June, 2024
UK coverage: BBC iPlayer
Outside the UK: Nord VPN

This year’s Glastonbury festival takes place between Wednesday June 26 and closes out on the evening of Sunday, June 30th and features a massive lineup of hundreds of artists including this year's Pyramid Stage headliners Coldplay, Dua Lipa and SZA.

While the gates swing open on Wednesday to allow fans into the Worthy Park site to set up their festival tents, the music doesn't really start until the Thursday, with the vast majority of artists playing throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If you're not at the festival in person, these are days you will be able to watch coverage at home.

If, like me, you weren't lucky enough to score a ticket - and with Glastonbury 2024 selling out in record time, I'm sure I'm not alone - there’s no need to panic as you’ll be able to watch live coverage and selected sets from a wide variety of artists when it all kicks off. We tell you how in this how to watch Glastonbury guide.

How to watch Glastonbury 2024 in the UK

If you’re based in the UK, you will be able to watch select Glasto sets for free on the BBC iPlayer . These usually stick around for a long time after the event, too. If you’re going to be on holiday and still want to dive into the action, you can use a VPN service such as NordVPN, our current top pick, instead, so you can still get your Glastonbury fix. We've got more guidance on this below.

Not only will the BBC have dozens of full sets to explore, but the broadcaster also has a fantastic archive of festival sets from previous years, including Radiohead's legendary 1997 set – and further highlights from previous years to gorge on.

Audio coverage for Glastonbury 2024 will also be available via the BBC Sounds app.

If that's not enough, the BBC Music YouTube channel has a great playlist of key performances from last year's festival which we've added below.

How to watch Glastonbury 2024 outside the UK

If you're going to be outside the UK enjoying your summer holiday during the BBC's extended Glastonbury coverage you’ll need to get a VPN which will enable you to change your current IP address to the one you use at home. It’s not a difficult process and you can get up and running in minutes – and we recommend using a service such as NordVPN. It's our current service of choice and right now it's available at a great price and with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

To use, simply click on the link, download the file and install the VPN. Open it up on your device – smartphone, tablet or laptop – click on a server location, pick the stream and you'll be ready to relive all the Glastonbury action.

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Glastonbury 2024: Where to start

While Glastonbury is rarely a festival for heavier guitar bands, if your tastes are eclectic you'll find plenty to enjoy across the weekend.

Headliners Coldplay are still great value, particularly when they bust out hits from their first three albums. Avril Lavigne will be bringing early-2000s pop-punk vibes to the Other Stage, while we're excited to catch The Streets revive their alt-UK hip-hop for a geed up crowd when they hit the Other Stage.

Elsewhere, you won't want to miss Bombay Bicycle Club, Bloc Party and the post-punk noise of Fontaines DC.

How to rewatch Glastonbury 2023

Glastonbury 2023 came to a triumphant end late on the Sunday evening of last year's festival with an epic, hit-strewn set for the ages from Elton John - widely believed to be his last on UK soil, but with so much going on across the Worthy Farm site, it was pretty hard to see everything the festival had to offer.

Luckily the BBC iPlayer has archived dozens of live performances that’ are still available to watch for a limited time, so if you were there and want to relive full sets, explore new artists or just want to have a mix of things to watch over the weeks to come, you can do just that.

This playlist on the BBC Music YouTube channel is also worth a look.