The incredible @Silver_Hayes line-up for #Glastonbury2019 is here! https://t.co/M1JWNKfaeopic.twitter.com/C16wqEJdjF

— Glastonbury Festival (@GlastoFest) April 14, 2019

The standout bands performing in the arena this year include Steel Banglez, Lady Leshurr, Four Tet and Camelphat. The area started life as simply “The Dance Tent” in 1995, and over the years has grown into a musical behemoth, playing host to some of the festivals most iconic sets, including a Massive Attack takeover, a legendary Amy Winehouse performance and a Daft Punk headline set in 1997. 

More Glastonbury (@GlastoFest) acts announced as Silver Hayes stages revealed https://t.co/ngAAGbN2KFpic.twitter.com/BIkPNvoxzX

— NME (@NME) April 14, 2019

In a press release the festival described the actions and activities happening on each stage: “Sonic returns this year with a brand new design and the best in both emerging talent and established names. Friday highlights include the first ever Drum n Bass B2B, with Hype and Randall. Plus there’s Wilkinson B2B with Sub Focus. Look out for TQD, My Nu Leng, Holy Goof UK pioneers of Bassline music. On Saturday, it’s a euphoric afternoon with Crazy P, Dan Shake and Artwork. Followed by 3 of the top DJs in Electronic music. Peggy Gou, Camelphat, Denis Sulta. We are excited for Maverick Sabre’s soulful big return on the Sunday. And other UK talents: Ocean Wisdom, Emerald, Ray BLK, Tion Wayne and Hardy Caprio. And don’t miss FKJ’s: show, this will nourish your soul after a long weekend.”

“New micro venue No Average Groove will feature all genres of music and styles. There will be nothing average about this small stage, the new hidden gem of Silver Hayes. So get your dancing shoes on and groove to the tunes from the hottest underground dance music scene”

“Wow returns this year showcasing the best in both emerging talent and established names from House, Techno, Garage, Grime, Drill and Hip Hop. Wow favourites Four Tet, Ben UFO, Midland and Craig Richards return for the best in House and Techno.”

Gully-Blues arena sees two stages from previous years merge to bring a large range of eclectic global sounds, ranging from Bristolian dance to Cuban Salsa and Carnival. Friday will see 7 bands from Bogota Columbia perform whilst Saturday brings a little slice of Havana to Somerset and Sunday is closed by Dubstep royalty “Mala”

“In the Pussy Parlure this year, Friday we will be bringing you dribbles of the London jazz scene with Emma Jean Thackery, Keys wiz Joe Armon Jones, leading up to more neo soul with Sampa the Great and Eliza and our New Orleans funk headliner the night with Tank and The Bangas. Saturday kicks off with Soulful queens Hamza and Grace Carter, rolling into a Mix of dark electronic sounds from Sofi Tuker & Free Love with the evening ending on a R&B and Hiphop headliner Kara Marni. Sunday we’ve started slow with more R&B neo soul ladies with Joy Crookes and Biig Piig, we then pick up the sound with an energetic set from Auntie Flo, Glasto debut from Irish rapper Kojaque, finishing the night with uplifting voices of House Gospel Choir”

The area also plays host to the BBC introducing stage, where the “headliners of tomorrow” will be performing. Previous artists to come through BBC introducing include previous headliners Florence and The Machine, the rock giants that are Slaves, welsh indie performers Catfish and The Bottlemen and Isle of Wight Festival 2019’s headliner George Ezra.

The line up for the #BBCIntroducing stage at #Glastonbury2019‘s Silver Hayes has just been announced! This is *the* place to find the headliners of tomorrow https://t.co/0f0UqXC9vO@GlastoFestpic.twitter.com/kk6KFcm0CM

— BBC Music Introducing (@bbcintroducing) April 14, 2019

Silver Hayes has a line up and history that could rival most festivals around the world, so if you’re lucky enough to have a Glastonbury ticket, make sure you make a visit down there, and you could be part of another legendary summer at Worthy Farm. Just remember your outrageous outfits for “Silver Sunday”

Speaking to the BBC Eavis explained the decision, ‘I am arranging for one year off, say every fifth year or so, to try and move the show to a site that’s more suitable, I have to say. But it would be a huge loss to Somerset if it went there forever, would it not? We’ve got a wonderful product, what we do, and we can do it almost anywhere. I love my own farm … I might have to move it eventually. Most people are on side now and it’s a wonderful, wonderful boost for the whole of Somerset and beyond as well.’ That ability to do it ‘almost anywhere’, apparently included Longleat Estate, with whom Eavis had ultimately unsuccessful discussions earlier in the year. Eavis does ultimately want to keep the festival based in Somerset though, insisting, ‘I don’t want to lose it for ever, no way.’ It seems something will have to be done though, according to the Oxford Union twitter account, Eavis told an audience that, ‘it’s nothing short of a miracle that we’re still going’, given the fact that, ‘Glastonbury is now so big we need to rent land from 22 other farmers.’

However, the solution may not be as simple as it at first appears, Eavis’ daughter Emily spoke to the BBC when Longleat was being considered as a possible site, and insisted that any change if site would also mean a change of name. She said, ‘It’s going to be the whole team behind the Glastonbury festival but it’s not going to be called Glastonbury. The main thing to set straight is that Glastonbury festival itself will always be at Worthy Farm.’

The festival already takes a regular ‘fallow year’ to ensure that the ground has time to recover. With the next fallow year scheduled to fall in 2018, it means that the 2017 edition of the festival could be the last at Worthy Farm for three years, making it even more highly anticipated than usual. The festival will take place between 21^st and 26^th June next year, with the main stages providing music between the 23^rd and 25^th. Radiohead are the only act officially confirmed to headline the festival while rumours continue to swirl about which other acts will appear on the bill. The Sun reported last month that Ed Sheeran had been confirmed as a headliner but there is no official word on this as yet. Foo Fighters were also rumoured to be on the bill at the same time, but again, Radiohead remain the only act written in pen on the bill. Also among the favourites to be the next acts confirmed are Daft Punk, Lady Gaga, Guns N’ Roses, Kasabian and The Stone Roses.