IT IS the highlight of the festival calendar and attracts more than 160,000 revellers to Worthy Farm every year.

But music lovers didn't get there fix of Glastonbury festival this year - here's why...

As you probably already know, Glastonbury takes place on Worthy Farm - which is a working dairy farm in Pilton, Somerset.

Every six years, the festival is put on hold because of a 'fallow year' to prevent excessive damage to the site.

2018 was a fallow year - hence no Glastonbury festival this year.

The organisers said they were giving "the farm, the village and the festival team the traditional year off".

Were there plans for the festival to be moved from Worthy Farm?
Determined not to let Glasto's 160,000 yearly revellers down, organiser Michael Eavis had hoped to move the festival to a different site in 2018.

He had planned to host the musical extravaganza at the Longleat Estate, in Wiltshire, but the plans fell through.

There are no plans to hold future Glastonbury festivals anywhere other than at Worthy Farm.

When will Glastonbury festival return in 2019?
The last time Glasto took a break was back in 2012 and yes, the festival will resume as normal between Thursday, June 26th and Sunday,June 3oth 2019.

There's no word yet on which artists will be headlining the 2019 festival but an announcement will be made closer to the time..

Although Madonna is being tipped to play.

You can already register your interest for Glastonbury 2019 by visiting the festival's official website.