Glastonbury 2008 failed to make a profit
But the festival still raised £1 million for charity
03 November 2008
The organiser of the Worthy Farm bash told 6Music that rising fuel costs and other general price hikes were to blame.
He also admitted that they had to sell out to make a profit, but the festival still managed to give £1 million
to charity.
Speaking at Thursday's UK Festival Awards, Eavis said: "It
was hard work making it work last year because costing had gone through the roof and the diesel costs had gone up by about
200,000 pounds. All the other costs had gone up as well.
"Glastonbury costs 22 million now, it's a huge
cost. The infrastructure, the fencing, the roads, the water and the loos, the marquees, the management, the security and the
police, it goes on and on so we do have to sell out in order to make it work."
Eavis also admitted that
there is no money to reinvest into the festival. He said: "We still made about a million pounds for the charities
we work for, so we actually achieved a million but we didn't make any beyond that. There's no money to reinvest
or anything.
"Having said that, it's the first year in 39 years that we didn’t make anything out
of it, so it's not bad really is it."
Bestival organiser Rob Da Bank
also admitted that his festivals didn’t make money this year. He said: "We put so much heart and soul into
these things, we don’t make money. It really is all about the love. To win Best New Festival for Camp Bestival, which
was a massive risk, is a really good reward."
Glastonbury Festival picked up three honours at the UK
Festival Awards including Best Major, Most Memorable Moment for Jay-Z's version of Oasis' 'Wonderwall'
and the Outstanding Contribution to festival award for Michael Eavis himself.
Camp Bestival also
won Best New Festival. Click HERE
for a full list of the winners.
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