In pictures: Glastonbury Festival day one

The Pyramid Stage opened with a theatre and circus show for the first time since 1990

Under cloudy skies thousands of people descended on Glastonbury Festival earlier as music lovers spent the day carrying, pushing and pulling a week's worth of possessions across the green grass and mud tracks of the site.

Festival founder Michael Eavis also put in a rare appearance much to the joy of those entering the site.

Once at their chosen camping grounds it was time to relax and prepare for what's to come.

The audience at the immersive aerial performance were asked to tune in and hum along to the movements of a digital cyclist on screen at the Pyramid Stage, creating a "collective soundscape".

Glastonbury organisers described the performance, named The Dreamweaver's Journey, as a "beautiful chaos of sound".

Acrobats and singers took part in an immersive performance

A wheelie great idea: One man turned heads as he brought his festival gear onto the farm in a modified wheelie bin.

A balancing act: People head into the festival with all of their belongings on their back.

Crowds were encouraged to sing along to the "breath-taking aerial odyssey"

Opening ceremony: For the first time since 1990, the Festival will officially open with a Theatre and Circus act on the Pyramid Stage at 22:00 BST.

Selfie stop at Carhenge: Got to remember these moments.

Keeping it cool: Quality mother-and-daughter-time spent over an ice cream.

Barking mad: The scrap metal dog returns to Carhenge for another year.

Crowds unwind and relax before the music officially begins on Friday.