New features for Glastonbury Festival's Arcadia

Fatboy Slim will be headlining Arcadia at this year's Glastonbury Festival

One of Glastonbury Festival's most popular late-night venues is launching a new attraction.

The world-famous event is returning to Worthy Farm in Somerset on 26 June, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA headlining.

Once the Pyramid Stage closes, thousands of revellers often head to Arcadia for the festival's after-hours entertainment.

For 2024, the team behind Arcadia is introducing The Dragonfly - a giant biomechanical creature made from an adapted Royal Navy helicopter.

The new attraction will be unveiled for the first time at this year's festival

Designers say they wanted to repurpose a "weapon of destruction into a unifying symbol".

“Arcadia’s firmly back to its roots with some deep repurposing of insane military machinery to create a ground-breaking centrepiece for our boldest ceremonial arena yet, opening profound new levels to the experience," founders Pip Rush and Bert Cole said.

Fatboy Slim, Eric Prydz, Amelie Lens and Andy C will be headlining Arcadia, where a new interactive area for children is being introduced for this year's festival.

The Alchemists' Playground will be a collaboration with constructive play specialists, Woodland Tribe, to offer "workshops and creative adventure".

"Expect a riot of imagination and some epic pieces of Arcadia hardware to get creative with," an Arcadia spokesperson said.