Over in the Kidz field, there were huge queues for the extreme sports phenomenon known as Sock Wrestling.
The concept is simple: Two kids face each other on a mat, each wearing a single sock. Then they circle, provoke and grapple each other until one triumphantly rips off the other’s footwear and claims victory.
On Saturday, it devolved into chaos when one kid challenged their dad to a face-off.
But the dad wasn’t prepared to lose face. Years of familial tension boiled over as the stand-off became unnecessarily, dramatically tense.
Then, in the words of 6 Music’s Steve Lamaq, “the kid flattened his dad” and the crowd went nuts.
Someone commission this for prime time BBC One right now.
4) Fatboy Slim’s centenary
If Fatboy Slim isn’t here, does Glastonbury even happen?
The DJ/producer played his 100th (and 101st and 102nd and 103rd) set at the farm this weekend, drawing huge crowds everywhere he went.
He celebrated his centenary with a mash-up of his signature hit Praise You, and The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
As you might expect, it went off. He’s come a long way, baby.
5) CMAT’s discombobulation
Irish singer CMAT ended her performance on the Pyramid Stage by saying it was “the biggest moment” of her career.
Asked how she was processing that incredible reception, she told us she had “no idea”.
“I think I’m going to process it in about three to five business months,” laughed.
The 29 year old, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, said she didn’t speak for around an hour after her set ended.
“I was pretty, pretty shocked. Yeah, no idea,” she said.
“I’m scared still. As if it’s about to happen, but it’s over.”
She said it had taken “constant grafting” to get to the Pyramid Stage – but all the practice paid off, as she lit up the stage with her powerful vocals and kooky stage presence.
It felt very much like we were watching a star being born. She’ll be back here very, very soon.
6) This sculpture
Spotted by the incredible team behind the @GlastoLive account on Bluesky, this installation is made entirely of keys that people lost or left behind after last year’s festival.
If you’re still on site this morning, check your pockets before you go!
7) And this one
Rave pioneers The Prodigy made a triumphant return to Glastonbury, headlining The Other Stage on Sunday, 30 years after their debut.
It was an incendiary set – you could even call it a Firestarter – but there was also a touch of poignancy, as it was the band’s first Glastonbury without frontman Keith Flint, who died in 2019.
The band’s vocalist, Maxim, stepped up in his place – with hits like Omen and Breathe causing pandemonium in the packed-out field.
“I think Mr Flint would have have been proud of you,” he declared to the thousands watching.
The star’s memory was also honoured at Glastonbury’s infamous Carhenge installation, with a new mural that captured his fierce punk energy.
“Each of the cars have been dedicated to characters whose life’s work has contributed to the underground culture, which is now our culture,” said artist Joe Rush, who curates Carhenge, in a BBC interview last year.
8) Fun with flags… or not
Glastonbury’s flags are a handy way for friends to find each other in a crowded field, but they’re also an outlet for creativity.
Our favourites this year included a tribute to TV personality Kim Woodburn and a Charli XCX-themed banner bearing the legend “bratwurst”.
But not everyone is a fan.
Poet and BBC radio presenter Robin Ince posted the following poem to his Bluesky account as the festival kicked off.
I know you’re proud of your town, your joke, your team
But I’m here to see Self Esteem
Not your wind-blown patchwork
That obscures Jarvis Cocker’s twerk
But as much as I want to see bands that are live
I don’t mind if you cover up The 1975
9) One Glastonbury legend anoints another
“He is perhaps the best songwriter to come out of England, he is a Glastonbury legend and a personal hero of mine,” Olivia Rodrigo tells the audience during her headline slot.
She is talking about Robert Smith, The Cure’s frontman for the past 49 years and a four-time Glastonbury headliner.
There are audible gasps from a few mums and dads in the crowd when one audience member asks, “Who is he?” but you’d hope they were won over after an absolutely superb duet on the Pyramid Stage.
The pair sang Friday I’m in Love and Just Like Heaven, with their vastly different sounding vocals somehow contrasting perfectly.
Rodrigo confessed her love of British culture throughout, including Marks and Spencer’s Colin the Caterpillar and also admitted she’d got through “three sticky toffee puddings” since arriving on Worthy Farm.
Perhaps she‘ll give apple crumble a go next.
10) A wedding… and a wedding cake
You can do anything at Glastonbury. Even get married.
Charles and Charlie Shires turned up at a recording of the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast, fresh from a ceremony at the festival’s Healing Fields.
They’d literally tied the knot, in an ancient Celtic ceremony known as handfasting, where a couple’s hands are bound together.
“We made our own hand-tying cord out of ribbons,” explained Charlie. “I was crying the whole way through. It was very gorgeous.”
“Are your family pissed off with you?” asked Annie Mac.
“Probably,” laughed Charles. “But we just thought this is the best place, right? Everyone has the most fun in this place every summer.”
To celebrate, Charlie – who is a professional baker – brought a wedding cake from their home in Yorkshire, and distributed slices to the audience.
“I can’t believe it survived,” she laughed.
11) What’s happening in 2026?
Glastonbury is taking next year off, but that doesn’t mean Emily Eavis will be putting her feet up.
“We bought some land on the outside of the site and we’re just going to do a big planting project,” she told the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast.
The project, which will see 30,000 new saplings added to the site, is intended to “restore the wild side of the farm and the surrounding land,” she added.
The festival won’t be far from her mind, though. All weekend, Eavis has been wandering around the site making notes on her phone about improvements she wants to make.
“I’ve got a huge list of little things,” she told the on-site newspaper, The Glastonbury Free Press.
“We’re always looking to make it better. The detail is critical. Even just a small touch – like putting a new hedge in – can make a real difference.
“And that’s what fallow years are for: you lay the ground to rest and you come back stronger.”
See you in 2027, then. *sniff*
