Glastonbury 2003: The Statistics

United Kingdom United Kingdom | | 02 July 2003

Festival site: 400 acres

Paths & Roads: 10 miles

Superfence: 6.9km long, 3.6m high

Water: 3 million gallons used, 250,000 bottles consumed, £1M raised for WaterAid

Tickets sold: 112,500

Performers & Crew: 34,000

Amount of effluent produced by this lot: 700,000 gallons! Yuck.

Toilets: 2,500 + 20 vacuum tankers (or 'shit trucks') and 120 poor 'toilet workers' fighting an uphill struggle to keep it all clean and safe!

Beer: 400,000 pints consumed with 1000 beer workers in 18 bars, supplied by 40 booze tankers.

Rubbish: 120,000 binliners used + 1000 recycle drums + 4500 painted waste bins + 1100 recycling & litte-picking staff

Markets: 17 different market areas with 687 stalls

Entertainment: 218 bands & DJs on the 7 main stages + 345 walking performances + so many in the circus, cabaret and Green areas that it's impossible to count!

Virtual Festivals Crew Members: 1 editor, 5 photographers, 4 writers, 1 performing Leveller, 2 'Market Traders', 2 film-makers, 1 off-site helper

Official Website: 1 manager, 5 editors, 164 contributors

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- Photographer: Andrew Future

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