Fiona Rees, 50, husband Matt, 43, and 11-year-old son Dylan were gutted when Glastonbury was canecelled due to coronavirus.
They’ve attended five of the last six festivals but missed it last year because they couldn’t get tickets and went to the Isle of Wight instead.
The family was looking forward to being back in 2020 – the festival’s 50th year – but it wasn’t to be.
So instead they built their own festival in their garden – complete with Pyramid Stage, bar, camping area and even toilet tent – with the help of Fiona’s father, Colin Stent, 67.
Fiona, from Worcestershire, said: ‘Glastonbury is just magical. I have been to a lot of different festivals over the years and it just has a completely different feel about it. Everybody goes and they are just there to chill out and have a good time, and it has those vibes.
‘It’s the only place I would go on my own because you’d come back and you’d have made friends while you were there because someone would always scoop you up and look after you.’
This weekend when the festival would have been, they will be be joined for the weekend by family and two friends in their large garden. The experience even includes a specially built toilet tent, a kids’ field and an outdoor hot tub.
She said: ‘We will be having a few drinks and watching the streaming of previous years.
‘Being sat out there at night with the fire going, and watching it, it comes pretty close on the basis that we can’t go there.’
She said the festival was a special place for the family.
‘When we went a couple of years ago, Coldplay headlined,’ she said.
‘There were 100,000 people in a field with wristbands on. My son was seven and he just looked back at me and said, “Mum, this is the best day of my life”. The atmosphere was just immense.’
They will be attending next year as their tickets are guaranteed but for now they are excited for their makeshift event.
After posting pictures of their own festival on several Glastonbury Facebook groups, the images quickly went viral.
Mrs Rees said: ‘People have asked me if they can join us. I had someone last night practically begging me for a ticket.
‘I’ve printed off some tickets and I’ve laminated them. If you haven’t got a ticket you aren’t coming in!’
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