How to watch Glastonbury 2024 on TV? Full schedule, plus radio coverage
Glastonbury will be available to watch and stream on the BBC this weekend (Picture: James Veysey/ Rex/ Shutterstock)
It’s now been 54 years since Glastonbury first launched, with tens of thousands of people flocking to Worthy Farm each year.
This year will be no different, with the 2024 crowd expected to draw in 210,000 music fans, including performers, stage crew, celebrities and fans, as well as hospitality and medical staff.
The headliners fronting the festival this year are Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA, with Shania Twain filling the Legends slot.
Follow the latest news from Glastonbury in our 2024 live blog
Of course, being an iconic festival, getting there in person can seem pretty impossible at times, with the first wave of tickets, which started at £355, selling out in just 25 minutes earlier this year.
For those who missed out, there’s still a chance to be part of the action, with the BBC providing live TV and radio coverage of the performances.
So, when can you watch Glastonbury this year and will it all be shown? Here’s everything you need to know.
What channel is Glastonbury on?
Dua Lipa will headline the festival on Friday – and you can watch it all from home (Picture: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Time)
Gates for Glastonbury 2024 open to ticket-holders on Wednesday June 26, with the festival running until Sunday June 30.
The BBC have promised more coverage of the festival than ever before, with a whopping six weeks of content running on BBC Sounds, BBC Radio, TV, and iPlayer.
It kicked off on June 3 and continues until the conclusion of the festival on Sunday night.
There are more than 100 different stages at the Glastonbury Festival, and while the BBC won’t be covering all of them, they’ll have highlights from the big five, which includes the Pyramid Stage, The Other Stage, West Holts, Woodsies (formally the John Peel) and the Park Stage.
There will also be two dedicated Glastonbury TV channels on BBC iPlayer; the Glastonbury Channel Live, which will stream performances as they happen, along with the newly launched Glastonbury Channel II, which will collate highlights from across the weekend.
By the end of the weekend there will be over 90 performances available to watch, including Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA, Shania Twain, Anne-Marie, AURORA, The National, Jessie Ware, Nothing But Thieves, Paloma Faith, Charlie XCX, The Vaccines, Janelle Monae and more.
The full Glastonbury 2024 TV schedule for BBC One, Two, Three and iPlayer
Friday, June 28:
- The One Show, 7pm, BBC One and iPlayer
- Glastonbury 2024 coverage starts at 7:30pm, BBC Two and Player
- Paul Heaton & Sugababes, 7:30pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- Dexys & PJ Harvey, 9pm BBC Four and iPlayer
- Idles, 10.15pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- Dua Lipa, 10.30pm BBC One and iPlayer
- Jungle, 11:30pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
Saturday, June 29:
- Glastonbury 2024 coverage starts at 5pm, BBC Two and iPlayer
- Corinne Bailey Rae & The Last Dinner Party, 7pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- Keane & Nitin Sawhney, 8pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- Orbital, 9:15pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- Coldplay, 10pm, BBC One, BBC Two and iPlayer
- Jessie Ware, 10:15pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- Disclosure, 11:45pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
Sunday, June 30
- Seasick Steve & Paloma Faith, 7pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- Shania Twain, 7:30pm, BBC One, BBC Two and iPlayer
- Steel Pulse & Brittany Howard, 8:30pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- The National, 9:45pm, BBC Four and iPlayer
- SZA, 10pm, BBC One or BBC Two (depending on football schedules) and iPlayer
Jack Saunders, Jo Whiley, Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne and Huw Stephens will be leading up TV coverage over the duration of the festival.
The One Show helps kick off the Glastonbury weekend on Friday June 28 at 7pm, with a special celebration of Glastonbury through the years, before linking up live to the 2024 event.
How to watch Glastonbury on BBC iPlayer
Coldplay are set to draw a huge crowd both at the festival and on TV screens (Picture: Matt Jelonek/ WireImage)
Viewers can watch the same TV streams on iPlayer if they are watching from a laptop or tablet, but the national broadcasters streaming platform will also have exclusive content not shown on the traditional TV channels.
Viewers will be able to navigate between live streams from the five filmed stages.
The BBC Glastonbury Webcam will also have its own stream on iPlayer.
Content will remain on the platform for 30 days after broadcast.
How to listen to Glastonbury on the radio
You can listen to Glastonbury acts – such as the SZA – on the radio, too (Picture: Anna Webber/ Getty Images for Spotify)
The BBC will have a whopping 90 hours of coverage across Radio 1 and Radio 1 Dance, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
6 Music will serve as the radio home of the festival by providing all-day coverage from Wednesday June 26 until Monday July 1.
The station will be broadcasting over 54 hours of live shows from Glastonbury and for the first time, joining forces with BBC Sounds’ Sidetracked, broadcasting three Glastonbury specials of the podcast on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 6 to 7pm.
Highlights on the first day include The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show from 7am on Radio 2 and BBC Sounds and Woman’s Hour from 10am on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
Over the weekend, there will be rolling coverage from the festival.
On Monday, the station will also ease listeners’ post-Glastonbury blues with The Morning After Glastonbury, featuring hours of highlights from the weekend, exclusive guest mixes from special guests and more.
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