A behind the scenes documentary made about GlastonBARRY!

The documentary titled ‘Behind the scenes at GlastonBARRY 2024’ is a backstage style expose of what running and setting up the festival entails.

The documentary is 19 minutes long and was produced by Festival Director Matt Blumberg and film company LUNA TIDES.

Festival Director Matt Blumberg behind the scenes with his son 'the boss' (Image: Matt Blumberg) Festival Director Matt Blumberg said: “Basically, we are working with a company called LUNA TIDES who’ve followed us around since summer last year and they put it together for us and it’s just a little look at what goes on behind the scenes of the festival really.

“It just catches the camaraderie of our team behind the scenes and shows some of the hard work that other people don’t really see. There’s a lot of work that goes into the build up for a whole year really.”

Iconic moments from the documentary included the construction of the 2024 Big Top tent and opening day of the festival.

The GlastonBARRY crew working hard behind the scenes (Image: Matt Blumberg) The GlastonBARRY festival brings in on average 18,000 festival goers each year.

According to Matt more than half of these are from outside of Barry. He said: “We get visitors from all over the world we sell tickets and it’s unbelievable where we sell tickets we’ve sold tickets in America, Canada, Australia, all over the UK and across Europe. 

“There’s a family that come from Germany every year and there’s a bus load from Manchester every year so it’s a great little community.”

The event is Barry’s biggest musical event of the year and costs a whopping £400,000 to run.

The GlastonBARRY Festival team behind the scenes (Image: Matt Blumberg) Matt said: “The costs go up every year as you can image but on average it’s just over £400,000.”

With GlastonBARRY still going strong fans of the festival can indulge in the documentary online via the GlastonBARRY Facebook page.