As host Emily Eavis counted down to the start of the internationally renowned music festival, a brass band performed.
For the next five days, festival attendees should anticipate “mostly warm, dry, and settled” weather.
However, the Met Office reports that there could be sporadic showers starting on Friday and continuing over the weekend.
There won’t be any loud entertainment on Wednesday, just like in years past, with the main music stages not opening until Friday.
Pop sensation Dua Lipa, British rock group Coldplay, and American singer-songwriter SZA are this year’s headliners; Canadian country music icon Shania Twain will occupy the coveted legends spot.
The 900-acre festival also features comedy shows, talks, film screenings and Q&As, and circus acts.
On Friday at noon, rock outfit Squeeze will take the Pyramid Stage. Olivia Dean, a rising star, K-pop trio Seventeen, and singer Paul Heaton will follow.
LCD Soundsystem and PJ Harvey will go on before Dua Lipa makes her big stage debut.
A number of the 28-year-old star’s hit songs, such as Houdini and Training Season from her third studio album Radical Optimism, which was released earlier this year, are anticipated to be played during the celebration.
