Emily Eavis Quotes
United Kingdom, Music Executive
1979
Emily Eavis is co-organiser of the annual Glastonbury Festival. She is the youngest daughter of the festival's founder and organiser Michael Eavis and his second wife Jean. She grew up on Worthy Farm, Somerset, the site of Glastonbury Festival. In 1985, at age five, she performed Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star on the Festival’s Pyramid Stage immediately before The Style Council headlined. After graduating from Wells Cathedral School in 1997, she began a teaching degree at Goldsmiths University, London. When her mother became ill with cancer, Eavis deferred her course and returned home to care for her.
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