Relive it all: Tribute music festival GlastonBARRY 2024

Head organiser of the even Matt Blumberg said an event calculator estimated the three day tribute music extravaganza can bring over £1.5m to the local economy every year.

But forgetting the cash for a minute, experiencing the sheer joy that was expressed at Romilly Park on Saturday was something special.

The biggest ever GlastonBARRY in 2024 (Image: Newsquest)

18,000 tickets are sold for the three day event (Image: Newsquest)

People come from all over including Lisa from Bristol, and Stacey from Nottingham (Image: Newsquest)

Fans loving the tribute acts (Image: Newsquest)

Foo Fighters headlined that day before Abba headlined the Sunday and just after a Harry Styles/ Taylor Swift themed junior GlastonBARRY kicked off the event.

Charlotte and Alfie from Barry having a great time (Image: Newsquest)

Luke, Elly, Rebecca, and Abby in the big top! (Image: Newsquest)

People were loving the show (Image: Newsquest)

Watch the video below of the incredible scenes at GlastonBARRY

One of the notable facts about this year’s GlastonBARRY was the ‘big top’ – that incredible blue and yellow striped tent that hangs over Barry for just three days of the year, was the biggest yet, coming in at a whopping 75metres by 45meters. Inside is like being in an alien ship disco with the unusual shaped red ceiling – something to see just on its own.

They even come from Penarth, including Busy Teapot owner Adrian Shaw (right) (Image: Newsquest)

Tribute acts rocked it out on stage (Image: Newsquest)

Mr Blumberg is a Barry Boy, in fact he is a Romilly Park boy, having grown up in one of the houses next to the park.

Starting the event at Memo Arts centre, who would have thought years down the line he’d be holding a huge party for 6,000 people in the park!

Watch the video below of the incredible scenes at GlastonBARRY

People come from all over the country to cram into Romilly and enjoy the music – including music fans we met that had come from as far as Nottingham.

People were loving the weather too (Image: Newsquest)

Shyla and Molly had a great time (Image: Newsquest)

There was a whole host of acts (Image: Newsquest)

GlastonBARRY thanked everyone for dancing the days away (Image: Newsquest)

On their Facebook page GlastonBARRY said this year was a huge success and confirmed the tribute festival would come back for 2025.

“Thank you dancing queens!

“GlastonBARRY 2024 is officially over, and what a weekend it was!

“Thank you to everyone who attended, drank, sang and danced the night away!

“We'll see you in 2025!”

Mr Blumberg summed up GlastonBARRY’s success by saying: “The testament is they come by chance thinking it’s just a tribute festival, then thy come back next year bringing a new group of people.”