Zac and Freddi, both 17, and their friend Matt, aged 18, all from Norwich, have had to borrow money from their parents to attend the festival.
Zac is about to start an electrician’s apprenticeship while Matt is going to university to study for a degree apprenticeship in quantity surveying.
Freddi is at college and working in a pub, cooking and washing up, which he says is the only job he was able to get without experience.
“It’s minimum wage but I feel lucky to have got it,” he says.
He hopes to be able to afford to go to university to study criminology.
Many of their friends are Neets, meaning they are not in education, employment or training, and one has applied for “more than 100 jobs”.
Almost one million young people across the UK fall into this category, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
That equates to about one in eight young people. Graduates make up about 10% of them.
Job vacancies in the UK are currently at their lowest level in nearly four years.
In April, National Insurance Contributions paid by employers increased while a rise in the minimum wage came into force.
The hike is forecast to raise £25bn in revenues by the end of the Parliament, but some analysts say it has discouraged firms from hiring.
There are concerns the forthcoming Employment Rights Bill could make it even harder for employers to offer people part-time jobs.
The bill includes a right to guaranteed hours and a crackdown on zero-hour contracts without the offer of work.