Every banned item at Glastonbury Festival 2025 that 'will NOT be returned'

After a long wait for the annual music festival to return, there's now only days to go until Glastonbury Festival 2025 officially kicks off.

The beloved summer event welcomes music fans from up and down the country into its vast 900-acre site for five days of non-stop entertainment every year and is now the largest music festival in the UK,attracting around 200,000 people each year, with more than 100 different stages to choose from. The most famous of course is the iconic Pyramid Stage, which welcomes the headliners each year, while other stages are dedicated to various types of music to effectively allow attendees to experience several different festivals all in the same space.

This year's event at Worthy Farm in Somerset runs from Wednesday, June 25, to Saturday, June 29, and will see the 1975 headline the Pyramid Stage on the Friday, Neil Young and his band The Chrome Hearts will be the closing act on Saturday, and Olivia Rodrigo tops the bill on Sunday. The festival gates open at 8.00am on Wednesday and car parks open the night before at 9am, but attendees must stay in their cars until the gates officially open.

With mere days to go until the festival starts, Glastonbury Festival has issued advice on what to pack and warned people "only bring what you really need" and warned there are several items that are strictly banned.

Anyone found to be bringing banned items to the event will have them confiscated and these "will NOT be returned". So if you're not sure what you can or cannot pack, here a full list of everything banned item at Glastonbury Festival 2025:

• Portable laser equipment or pens
• Knives
• Animals (except registered guide dogs)
• Sound systems or drums
• Generators
• Sky lanterns
• Kites
• Fireworks
• Flares
• Any type or wax candles
• Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
• Anything made of glass
• Gazebos
• Disposable vapes
• Body glitter
• Disposable wipes
• Excess packaging
• Only food and alcohol for personal consumption can be brought onsite

Glastonbury Festival says: "You may be searched at the entrance for any items that may be used in an illegal or offensive manner - which will be confiscated.

"Persons suspected of carrying out illegal and/or offensive activities onsite may also be searched and face eviction. NB: Confiscated items will NOT be returned.

"Persons using fireworks will be evicted from site and materials confiscated. No unauthorised tape recorders, professional film or video equipment are allowed onsite. Cameras for personal use are welcome.

"Flying or filming with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, or so-called drones) is not allowed on site before, during or after the Festival - and is prohibited by law. We have a working site and the safety of our audience, crew and staff is paramount."