Greenbelt / 2008 - Rising Sun / Lineup / Family & All-Age

Greenbelt Self Portrait

Visual Arts Hub

Come down to The Hub and add yourself to the giant self-portrait of Greenbelt this year!

Tropical Inc

Onsite all weekend, Tropical Inc will be giving shows and talks that offer a unique insight into the world of exotic animals. It's a rare opportunity to get close up and personal with meerkats, Pythons, Tarantulas, lizards, parrots - even a skunk.

Tom Elliott

Children's Festival Sunday

Tom Elliott, author of Learning Ventriloquism is a Ventriloquist, Magician and Comedian. With comedy characters to humorous illusions and comedy, Tom is guaranteed to entertain and amuse!

Three's a Crowd : Paul Cookson, Stewart Henderson, Ian McMillan

Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Cookson and Stewart Henderson for a big family show with three big poets stretching their lyrical sinews to make you laugh, cry … and join in.

Dalcrose workshops : Bethan James

Two workshops in music and movement - one for children and one for adults.

Snail Tales

Saturday

Throughout history, God's people have passed on their experience of Him through stories. For Jesus, stories were His method of choice for teaching. Our understanding of the world is shaped by the stories that we hear everyday - yet the art of telling our own is becoming lost in the age of special effects.

Godly Play

Godly Play was introduced into the UK in 2000 and is now used widely as an approach to children's Christian nurture.

Greenbelt School of Art

Grandstand

Hosted this year in a new venue for Visual Arts in the Grandstand, the Greenbelt School of Art will be running classes all weekend.

Messy Space

Like a huge version of your living room over the summer holidays, the Messy Space is the place for the whole family to hang out and do stuff.

The Twist - family and late night varieties : Paul Cookson

Daytime and nightime fun and frolics with Paul's Cookson's inimitable Twist shows - featuring the Prof on accordian and a host of special guests and surprises.