Crispin and Glastonbury Festival
Crispin was a great family man and first attended the festival with his wife and three children in 1982. The family have gone on to attend every festival since.
In those early years, Crispin helped his wife Sue run a stall selling her own handmade jewellery and also worked as a CND volunteer on the festival gates.
He became a founder member of the Glastonbury Festival Press team in the late 1980s and worked for the festival for over 20 years. As Press Officer, he took a personal interest to ensure journalists from all over the world had access to this world-renowned event and he had a far reaching impact on the whole festival team.
In 2004, he wrote Glastonbury Festival Tales with fellow Press Officer John Shearlaw, an oral history capturing the spirit and soul of the festival.
In those early years, Crispin helped his wife Sue run a stall selling her own handmade jewellery and also worked as a CND volunteer on the festival gates.
He became a founder member of the Glastonbury Festival Press team in the late 1980s and worked for the festival for over 20 years. As Press Officer, he took a personal interest to ensure journalists from all over the world had access to this world-renowned event and he had a far reaching impact on the whole festival team.
In 2004, he wrote Glastonbury Festival Tales with fellow Press Officer John Shearlaw, an oral history capturing the spirit and soul of the festival.
What others say
‘Crispin was such a staunch founder member of the press team and a resolute campaigner for Green issues who kept up the pressure on me constantly.
His campaign against nuclear power is well known and his intelligent analysis of the case against Hinkley C was so well defined. He will be so sadly missed by us all and will be a hard act to follow.'
Michael Eavis
‘I only met him twice, but we emailed often. He helped us create what is now South Africa's biggest, best and greenest music festival. Thanks Crispin for everything. You will be missed.’
Kavan, Festival Organiser, Rock the Daisies, South Africa
‘A lot of people who met Crispin at the Festival and in the build-up, met a kind, unassuming man who cared about their inability to upload hi res photograph or charge their laptops.
His colleague and friends, in the main interchangeable, knew this Crispin, but also a man who held strong views and had the ability to express them with passion and clarity.
He had a dry keen wit and often ended a heated "discussion" with a pithy comment. The Festival has become what it is today because of people like Crispin, decent, honourable, humane souls. He will be missed.’
Robert Richards
‘I met Crispin one time in Prague (a very fun evening some five years ago) and almost twenty times in Pilton. Now we have a present for him - our last book Unknown Pleasure, that is dedicated to "Crispin Aubrey” ... because without his helping it could never been written.
We´re proud, he was a friend of us... With Thanks.'
Vojtech & Magdalena Lindaur, Rock and Pop Magazine, Prague
'Every year, Crispin would take time out to have a cup of tea with me and to hear about our latest activities, tracking our progress with interest and often with timely advice. He lived and breathed all that Glastonbury stands for and has helped communicate to the whole world what an unique, diverse, entertaining, educating and life-changing experience that is the Wonder-full Glastonbury Festival!'
Gareth Strangemore-Jones Founder, CEO & Group Managing Editor, Worldshift Media
His campaign against nuclear power is well known and his intelligent analysis of the case against Hinkley C was so well defined. He will be so sadly missed by us all and will be a hard act to follow.'
Michael Eavis
‘I only met him twice, but we emailed often. He helped us create what is now South Africa's biggest, best and greenest music festival. Thanks Crispin for everything. You will be missed.’
Kavan, Festival Organiser, Rock the Daisies, South Africa
‘A lot of people who met Crispin at the Festival and in the build-up, met a kind, unassuming man who cared about their inability to upload hi res photograph or charge their laptops.
His colleague and friends, in the main interchangeable, knew this Crispin, but also a man who held strong views and had the ability to express them with passion and clarity.
He had a dry keen wit and often ended a heated "discussion" with a pithy comment. The Festival has become what it is today because of people like Crispin, decent, honourable, humane souls. He will be missed.’
Robert Richards
‘I met Crispin one time in Prague (a very fun evening some five years ago) and almost twenty times in Pilton. Now we have a present for him - our last book Unknown Pleasure, that is dedicated to "Crispin Aubrey” ... because without his helping it could never been written.
We´re proud, he was a friend of us... With Thanks.'
Vojtech & Magdalena Lindaur, Rock and Pop Magazine, Prague
'Every year, Crispin would take time out to have a cup of tea with me and to hear about our latest activities, tracking our progress with interest and often with timely advice. He lived and breathed all that Glastonbury stands for and has helped communicate to the whole world what an unique, diverse, entertaining, educating and life-changing experience that is the Wonder-full Glastonbury Festival!'
Gareth Strangemore-Jones Founder, CEO & Group Managing Editor, Worldshift Media
