During Glastonbury 2025, the Eavis family announced that the festival would not be organised in 2026 to allow the natural environment to recover, with the festival due to return in 2027. This will be the first fallow year since the COVID-19-related cancellations of 2020 and 2021.
BBC covered the slot with a "best of" special.

Forty Glastonbury Gems With Glastonbury Festival taking a well-deserved fallow year break in 2026, this deep dive into the archives revisits 40 precious performances from Worthy Farm. This extended celebration spans from when the festival was first televised in 1994 right through to 2025, with appearances from the likes of Adele, Blondie, Blur, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Florence + The Machine, Johnny Cash, Kylie Minogue, Lizzo, Oasis, Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith, Paul McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, Pulp, REM, Radiohead, Robbie Williams, Stormzy, Sugababes and The Rolling Stones. Plus rarely seen performance footage of Amy Winehouse, Ed Sheeran and Olivia Dean.